Egyptian Law MCP Server

Egyptian Law MCP Server

The Egyptian legislative portal alternative for the AI age.

Query Egyptian legislation -- including القانون المدني (Civil Code), قانون العقوبات (Penal Code), قانون حماية البيانات الشخصية (Personal Data Protection Law), and more -- directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

If you're building legal tech, compliance tools, or doing Egyptian legal research, this is your verified reference database.

Built by Ansvar Systems -- Stockholm, Sweden

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Why This Exists / لماذا يوجد هذا

Egyptian legal research is fragmented across the Official Gazette (الجريدة الرسمية), the State Council portal (مجلس الدولة), and various ministry websites -- often in Arabic-only PDFs with inconsistent numbering. Whether you're:

• A lawyer validating citations in a brief or contract
• A compliance officer checking obligations under Egypt's Personal Data Protection Law or Cybercrime Law
• A legal tech developer building tools on Egyptian law
• A researcher tracing legislative history across Egyptian codes and supplementary laws

...you shouldn't need dozens of browser tabs, Arabic OCR pipelines, and manual cross-referencing. Ask Claude. Get the exact provision. With context.

This MCP server makes Egyptian law searchable, cross-referenceable, and AI-readable.

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Quick Start

Use Remotely (No Install Needed)

Connect directly to the hosted version -- zero dependencies, nothing to install.

Endpoint: https://mcp.ansvar.eu/law-eg/mcp

Claude Desktop -- add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "egyptian-law": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://mcp.ansvar.eu/law-eg/mcp"
    }
  }
}

GitHub Copilot -- add to VS Code settings.json:

{
  "github.copilot.chat.mcp.servers": {
    "egyptian-law": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.ansvar.eu/law-eg/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Use Locally (npm)

npx @ansvar/egyptian-law-mcp

Claude Desktop -- add to claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "egyptian-law": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ansvar/egyptian-law-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor / VS Code:

{
  "mcp.servers": {
    "egyptian-law": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ansvar/egyptian-law-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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Example Queries

مجرد اسأل بشكل طبيعي / Once connected, just ask naturally:

• "ما الذي يقوله القانون المدني المصري في المادة 89 عن تكوين العقود؟"
• "ما الذي يقوله قانون العقوبات عن جرائم الحاسب الآلي والاتصالات؟"
• "ابحث عن أحكام حماية البيانات الشخصية في التشريع المصري"
• "ما متطلبات قانون حماية البيانات الشخصية رقم 151 لسنة 2020 للموافقة؟"
• "تحقق مما إذا كان قانون مكافحة جرائم تقنية المعلومات لا يزال سارياً"
• "ما العقوبات المنصوص عليها في قانون مكافحة الفساد المصري؟"
• "ابنِ موقفاً قانونياً بشأن مسؤولية صاحب العمل بموجب قانون العمل المصري"
• "What does Egypt's Personal Data Protection Law (Law 151/2020) say about data processor obligations?"
• "Search Egyptian law for provisions on anti-money laundering and suspicious transaction reporting"

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What's Included

Note: This release includes 0 indexed provisions -- Egyptian legal source ingestion is in progress. The server infrastructure, all 13 tools, and the full API are operational. Content will populate as ingestion completes.

What's operational now: All 13 tools respond correctly. Citation validation, list_sources, and about work against the current database state. Search and retrieval tools return results as laws are indexed.

Verified data only -- every citation will be validated against official sources (Official Gazette, ministry portals). Zero LLM-generated content.

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See It In Action

Why This Works

Verbatim Source Text (No LLM Processing):

• All statute text is ingested from official Egyptian legal sources (Official Gazette, State Council portal)
• Arabic text processing uses OCR and structured extraction to preserve exact provision text
• Provisions are returned unchanged from SQLite FTS5 database rows
• Zero LLM summarization or paraphrasing -- the database contains legislation text, not AI interpretations

Smart Context Management:

• Search returns ranked provisions with BM25 scoring (safe for context)
• Provision retrieval gives exact text by law number and article
• Cross-references help navigate without loading everything at once

Technical Architecture:

Official Gazette (Arabic PDF) --> OCR/Parse --> SQLite --> FTS5 snippet() --> MCP response
                                    ^                            ^
                             Arabic text extractor       Verbatim database query

Traditional Research vs. This MCP

Traditional: Search Official Gazette --> Find PDF --> OCR Arabic text --> Ctrl+F --> Cross-reference with supplementary laws --> Repeat

This MCP: "ما متطلبات الموافقة في قانون حماية البيانات الشخصية وكيف تتوافق مع اللائحة الأوروبية العامة؟" --> Done.

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Available Tools (13)

Core Legal Research Tools (8)

International Law Integration Tools (5)

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International Law Alignment

Egypt is a member of the Arab League and has ratified numerous international conventions that shape domestic legislation:

• Arab League Conventions: Egypt has ratified Arab League conventions on combating cybercrime (Arab Convention on Combating Information Technology Offences, 2010), which informs the Cybercrime Law (Law 175/2018)
• African Union: Egypt is an AU member and participates in the Malabo Convention on cyber security and personal data protection
• GDPR Proximity: Egypt's Personal Data Protection Law (Law 151/2020) draws directly from GDPR structure -- controllers, processors, data subject rights, and cross-border transfer rules follow GDPR Chapter patterns
• UN Conventions: Egypt has ratified UNCAC (anti-corruption), UNTOC (organized crime), and the Vienna Conventions, which are implemented in domestic criminal law
• WTO/TRIPS: Egypt's intellectual property law implements TRIPS obligations

The international alignment tools allow you to explore these relationships -- checking which Egyptian provisions correspond to international obligations, and vice versa.

Note: International cross-references reflect alignment and implementation relationships. Egypt adopts its own legislative approach through Parliament and Presidential Decrees.

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Data Sources & Freshness

Content will be sourced from authoritative Egyptian legal databases:

• Official Gazette (الجريدة الرسمية) -- Official publication of Egyptian legislation
• State Council Portal (مجلس الدولة) -- Administrative court legislation and rulings
• Ministry of Justice portals -- Consolidated law texts

Data Provenance

Automated Freshness Checks

A GitHub Actions workflow will monitor Egyptian legislative sources for changes once ingestion is complete.

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Security

This project uses multiple layers of automated security scanning:

See SECURITY.md for the full policy and vulnerability reporting.

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Important Disclaimers

Legal Advice

THIS TOOL IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE

Statute text will be sourced from official Egyptian government sources. However:

• This is a research tool, not a substitute for professional legal counsel
• Court case coverage is not included -- do not rely solely on this for case law research
• Verify critical citations against the Official Gazette (الجريدة الرسمية) for court filings
• International cross-references reflect alignment relationships, not direct transposition
• Egyptian law is primarily in Arabic -- users should verify Arabic-language provisions against the official Arabic text
• Governorate-level regulations are not included -- this covers national legislation only

For professional legal advice in Egypt, consult a member of the Egyptian Bar Association (نقابة المحامين المصريين).

Before using professionally, read: DISCLAIMER.md | SECURITY.md

Client Confidentiality

Queries go through the Claude API. For privileged or confidential matters, use on-premise deployment.

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Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/Ansvar-Systems/Egyptian-law-mcp
cd Egyptian-law-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm test

Running Locally

npm run dev                                         # Start MCP server
npx @anthropic/mcp-inspector node dist/index.js    # Test with MCP Inspector

Data Management

npm run ingest          # Ingest laws from Egyptian legal portals
npm run build:db        # Rebuild SQLite database
npm run drift:detect    # Run drift detection against anchors
npm run check-updates   # Check for amendments and new laws

Performance

• Search Speed: <100ms for most FTS5 queries (once populated)
• Reliability: Designed for 100% ingestion success rate

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Related Projects: Complete Compliance Suite

This server is part of Ansvar's Compliance Suite -- MCP servers that work together for end-to-end compliance coverage:

@ansvar/eu-regulations-mcp

Query 49 EU regulations directly from Claude -- GDPR, AI Act, DORA, NIS2, MiFID II, eIDAS, and more. Full regulatory text with article-level search. npx @ansvar/eu-regulations-mcp

@ansvar/us-regulations-mcp

Query US federal and state compliance laws -- HIPAA, CCPA, SOX, GLBA, FERPA, and more. npx @ansvar/us-regulations-mcp

@ansvar/security-controls-mcp

Query 261 security frameworks -- ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2, CIS Controls, SCF, and more. npx @ansvar/security-controls-mcp

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Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Priority areas:

• Arabic text ingestion pipeline improvements
• OCR quality for Official Gazette PDFs
• Court case law (Court of Cassation decisions)
• Historical law versions and amendment tracking

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Roadmap

• Server infrastructure and all 13 tools
• Vercel Streamable HTTP deployment
• npm package publication
• Core law ingestion (Civil Code, Penal Code, Commercial Code)
• Personal Data Protection Law (Law 151/2020) full provisions
• Cybercrime Law (Law 175/2018) full provisions
• Labour Law and Companies Law
• Court of Cassation case law
• Historical law versions (amendment tracking)
• Arabic full-text search optimization

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Citation

If you use this MCP server in academic research:

@software{egyptian_law_mcp_2026,
  author = {Ansvar Systems AB},
  title = {Egyptian Law MCP Server: AI-Powered Legal Research Tool},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://github.com/Ansvar-Systems/Egyptian-law-mcp},
  note = {Egyptian legislation with Arabic text support and international law alignment (indexing in progress)}
}

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License

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE for details.

Data Licenses

• Statutes & Legislation: Egyptian Government (Official Gazette -- public domain)
• International Metadata: Arab League, African Union, UN bodies (public domain)

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About Ansvar Systems

We build AI-accelerated compliance and legal research tools for the global market. Egyptian law presents unique challenges -- Arabic-primary sources, multi-source publication, and complex code structures -- that make AI-readable tooling especially valuable.

So we're building it. Navigating Egyptian legislation shouldn't require OCR pipelines and manual cross-referencing.

ansvar.eu -- Stockholm, Sweden

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