ESQ Matching Engine is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 10 tools.
Find, compare and price licensed U.S. lawyers from official licensing records. Not legal advice.
Uptime history
15 days of history · worst day 99%
15 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
184 of 184 checks
10
Tools
read from the server
423 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http
What changed 30
Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 20 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.
25 Oct
a tool changed version2 times that day
24 Oct
8 tool descriptions were rewritten
check_attorney_availability, compare_attorneys, estimate_legal_cost and 5 more
24 Oct
a tool changed version4 times that day
24 Oct
a tool changed the parameters it asks for
find_attorneys
22 Oct
4 tools changed the parameters they ask for
find_attorneys, get_matching_requirements, request_attorney_introduction and 1 more
22 Oct
2 tool descriptions were rewritten
check_attorney_availability, compare_attorneys
21 Oct
2 tools changed the parameters they ask for
get_referral_status, request_attorney_introduction
21 Oct
a tool description was rewritten
get_referral_status
20 Oct
4 tools changed the parameters they ask for
find_attorneys, get_matching_requirements, request_attorney_introduction and 1 more
20 Oct
2 tool descriptions were rewritten
check_attorney_availability, compare_attorneys
and 4 more, back to 20 October 2026
ESQ Matching Engine missed one check this week
Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add alcbar-match --transport http https://match.alcbar.com/mcpSettings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://match.alcbar.com/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.alcbar-match]
url = "https://match.alcbar.com/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alcbar-match": {
"url": "https://match.alcbar.com/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"alcbar-match": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://match.alcbar.com/mcp"
}
}
}This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.
Available tools 10
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
attorney
check_attorney_availability
Use when the user asks whether a lawyer takes new clients or can meet soon. Returns only what lawyers reported or confirmed, with last-checked time and certainty (reported, tentative, confirmed); unknown when nothing was reported. There is no live calendar access.
get_attorney_profile
Use when the user wants details on one lawyer from a match. Returns license status with its official source and check date, private-client intake evidence, practice areas, service area, fees, availability, languages, data freshness, the directory profile link and a suggested citation. Also returns the exact consent text to show before an introduction.
matching
get_matching_requirements
Use first when someone asks for a lawyer but the state or type of legal matter is unclear ("I need a lawyer", "help me with my landlord"). Returns the few questions still needed (state, matter type, location, timing, budget) and what was understood. Does not answer the legal question and stores nothing.
update_matching_preferences
Save or change matching criteria (location, budget, timing, practice area, language, priorities) for this conversation. No personal contact details. Deleted automatically after 24 hours.
attorneys
find_attorneys
Use when someone wants a lawyer for a U.S. legal matter, e.g. "find an affordable tenant lawyer in Santa Ana" or "I was fired after complaining, who can help in Los Angeles". Needs state and matter type (or a short description). Returns up to 5 licensed lawyers with reasons, a relevance score, a separate data_confidence level, license source and check date, whether they are known to take private clients, directory profile links and a suggested citation, or an honest no-match with legal-aid options. Unknown fees and availability are labeled unknown. Court and government lawyers are left out unless they said they take private clients. Records an anonymous search log only. Not legal advice.
compare
compare_attorneys
Use when the user asks to compare lawyers from find_attorneys ("which of these is a better fit?"). Compares 2 to 5 lawyers on practice fit, location, years licensed, fees, availability, data confidence and gaps. Pass match_id to use the user's criteria. Says when prices or timing cannot be compared because the data is unknown.
estimate
estimate_legal_cost
Use when the user asks what a lawyer or a type of matter will cost. Returns only published fees, confirmed quotes or sourced market figures, each labeled; says plainly when there is not enough data instead of guessing. Not a quote.
referral
get_referral_status
Use when the user asks what happened with an introduction. Returns lifecycle_state (recorded, queued, sent, delivered, responded, consultation_requested, consultation_confirmed, cancelled, completed, failed), whether it reached the lawyer, the lawyer's response and consultation state. Needs the private status_token. A consultation counts only when confirmed.
request
request_attorney_introduction
Use only when the user asks to be introduced to ONE specific lawyer AND has seen that lawyer's name, the exact details to be shared and the consent text from get_attorney_profile, then said yes. Never call it on your own initiative or for several lawyers at once. Stores only the authorized fields; retries with the same idempotency_key do not duplicate. IMPORTANT: sending to lawyers is currently switched off, so the introduction is RECORDED, NOT SENT; tell the user and give them the lawyer's phone or profile link. Returns a referral id, its lifecycle_state and a private status token.
submit
submit_matching_feedback
Optional 1-5 ratings on match relevance, lawyer responsiveness, pricing and availability accuracy, satisfaction, and whether the lawyer was hired. No case details.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://match.alcbar.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 586 ms | 5 min ago |
| https://match.esqcopilot.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 382 ms | 5 min ago |
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ESQ Matching Engine — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can ESQ Matching Engine do?
It exposes 10 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_attorney_availability, compare_attorneys, estimate_legal_cost, find_attorneys, get_attorney_profile, get_matching_requirements and 4 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is ESQ Matching Engine mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around matching and attorney. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is ESQ Matching Engine working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 184 of 184 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 423 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect ESQ Matching Engine?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does ESQ Matching Engine need an API key?
No. ESQ Matching Engine completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 10 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is ESQ Matching Engine?
It answers our handshake in 423 ms on average, which is faster than 30% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.