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Lawcus MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 27 tools. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Read Lawcus contacts, matters, leads, time and billing reports; create contacts and tasks.

Uptime history 22 hours of history

22 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

79 of 79 checks

Tools

read from the server

381 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 25 Oct 2026

What changed 3

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 25 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

25 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

and 2 more, back to 25 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Lawcus MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add lawcus --transport http https://lawcus.usefulapi.io/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://lawcus.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.lawcus]
url = "https://lawcus.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lawcus": {
      "url": "https://lawcus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "lawcus": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://lawcus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 27

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

lawcus

lawcus_create_contact

WRITE: create a new contact in Lawcus (a person or a company). It does not send anything to the contact. Person needs first_name and last_name; Company needs name. Check lawcus_list_contacts first to avoid duplicates.

lawcus_create_task

WRITE: create a task in Lawcus, optionally on a matter and assigned to team members. Lawcus may email or SMS the assignees if reminders are set; no reminders are set by this tool.

lawcus_get_contact

Lawcus: one contact by UUID, with addresses, phones, emails and custom fields.

lawcus_get_firm

Lawcus: the firm (team) details: name, address, currency, locale and phone numbers.

lawcus_get_lead

Lawcus: one lead by UUID.

lawcus_get_matter

Lawcus: one matter by UUID with its client, workflow stage, billing settings, balances and custom fields.

lawcus_get_me

Lawcus: the user the API token belongs to (id, uuid, name, timezone, role such as OWNER/ADMIN/MEMBER).

lawcus_list_billing_items

Lawcus: billable activity (time entries, expenses and flat fees) with payment details, filterable by date range, user, practice area, matter, client and invoiced state. Also returns time totals for today/week/month/year.

lawcus_list_contacts

Lawcus: list contacts (people and companies; clients are contacts), filterable by name, email, type or update date. Paged with skip/take.

lawcus_list_expenses

Lawcus: expenses logged against matters. The API returns all expenses; filter here by matter and date range, reply cut to `limit`.

lawcus_list_interactions

Lawcus: logged client interactions (emails, calls, secure messages) with subject, matter and contact. Paged with skip/paginate.

lawcus_list_lead_sources

Lawcus: the firm's lead sources (Website, Referral, Google, ...). Ids go into lead and contact filters.

lawcus_list_leads

Lawcus: list leads (prospective matters) with client contact details and pipeline stage. Paged with skip/take.

lawcus_list_matters

Lawcus: list matters (cases) with status, client, billing type, trust and retainer balances. Filter by status, name, number, client or dates. Paged with skip/take; the reply also carries opened/closed counts.

lawcus_list_tasks

Lawcus: list tasks, optionally by completion, assignee, matter or tag. The API returns the whole list; the reply is cut to `limit`.

lawcus_list_team_members

Lawcus: the people on the firm's team with id, uuid, name, role and hourly rate. Ids are used in matter, task and report filters.

lawcus_list_time_entries

Lawcus: time entries (hours worked, rate, total, matter, invoiced or not). The API returns all entries; filter here by matter and date range, reply cut to `limit`.

lawcus_list_workflow_stages

Lawcus: the stages of one workflow (pipeline).

lawcus_list_workflows

Lawcus: the workflows (matter and lead pipelines) with their ids.

lawcus_report_accounts_receivable

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): unpaid invoices by age (who owes the firm what).

lawcus_report_client_trust

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): client trust (IOLTA) balances; zero balances hidden unless display_zero is true.

lawcus_report_invoice_history

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): summary of issued invoices for a period.

lawcus_report_matter_balance

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): balance summary of all matters, optionally trust balances only.

lawcus_report_payments_collected

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): payments the firm collected in a period.

lawcus_report_revenue

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): revenue by attorney for a period.

lawcus_report_time_entries

Lawcus report (needs the Admin role): time entries summarized per user for a period.

lawcus_search

Lawcus: global search across contacts, matters and leads for a keyword.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://lawcus.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	194 ms	2 min ago

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Lawcus MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Lawcus MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 27 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: lawcus_create_contact, lawcus_create_task, lawcus_get_contact, lawcus_get_firm, lawcus_get_lead, lawcus_get_matter and 21 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 →

Is Lawcus MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 79 of 79 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 381 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Lawcus MCP by usefulapi?

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 Lawcus MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Lawcus MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 27 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Lawcus MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 381 ms on average, which is faster than 38% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Lawcus MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at lawcus.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.