canlii-mcp (tomilashy/canlii-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 60 out of 100, grade C. It declares 7 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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canlii-mcp

MCP server providing access to Canadian legal information metadata (case law and legislation) from CanLII.

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// key findings
⚠️
Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
✅
7 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour
7 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: MCP_AUTH_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// tools this server exposes7 tools

These names and descriptions are the publisher's own, read from the source code. We print them as written. Our assessment is the findings above, not this list.

list_case_databases

List all courts and tribunals in the CanLII collection with their database IDs.

list_cases

List decisions from a specific caselaw database. Returns case titles, citations, and IDs.

get_case

Get metadata for a specific case including title, citation, decision date, keywords, and URL.

get_case_citations

Get citation information for a case: what it cites, what cites it, or what legislation it references. Note: the CanLII API currently only supports English for this endpoint; French requests will fall back to English.

list_legislation_databases

List all legislation and regulation databases in the CanLII collection.

list_legislation

List statutes or regulations from a specific legislation database.

get_legislation

Get metadata for a specific piece of legislation including title, citation, dates, and repeal status.

// known CVEs in dependencies3 high1 medium23 low

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@hono/node-server@1.19.9GHSA-wc8c-qw6v-h7f6

@hono/node-server has authorization bypass for protected static paths via encoded slashes in Serve Static Middleware

highhono@4.11.9GHSA-88fw-hqm2-52qc

hono: CORS Middleware reflects any Origin with credentials when `origin` defaults to the wildcard

highhono@4.11.9GHSA-q5qw-h33p-qvwr

Hono vulnerable to arbitrary file access via serveStatic vulnerability

mediumhono@4.11.9GHSA-xf4j-xp2r-rqqx

Hono: Path traversal in toSSG() allows writing files outside the output directory

low@hono/node-server@1.19.9GHSA-92pp-h63x-v22m

@hono/node-server: Middleware bypass via repeated slashes in serveStatic

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// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configCANLII_API"": "your_api_key"
🔐 secretMCP_AUTH_TOKENdocker run -e CANLII_API=your_api_key -e =your_secret -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/tomilashy/canlii-mcp
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployPORT
// quality suggestions

All four hints declared on every tool

7/7 tools missing one or more hints — list_case_databases (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); list_cases (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_case (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +4 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

License file

No license file

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Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

Production dependencies are patched

0 critical, 3 high severity in production deps — @hono/node-server@1.19.9 (high), hono@4.11.9 (high)

Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.

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