opencaselaw

Name: opencaselaw Review
Item: opencaselaw
Rating: 3.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Data & Analytics Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Enables legal research automation and compliance validation at scale through structured access to comprehensive Swiss case law and legislation, reducing manu…

Open Swiss legal corpus + MCP server: 1M+ court decisions (1875–today), 21k laws, 10M-edge citation graph, 42 MCP tools. CC0 data, MIT code. Live at mcp.opencaselaw.ch

Find relevant court decisions and legal precedents to support contract or compliance arguments.
Analyze citation patterns across Swiss court cases to identify judicial trends and influential rulings.
Generate legal research summaries by querying historical case law and statutory references automatically.

56 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Enables legal research automation and compliance validation at scale through structured access to comprehensive Swiss case law and legislation, reducing manual document review cycles and citation risk.

Best for

Legal compliance teams and enterprise consultants building AI-assisted contract analysis or regulatory due diligence workflows.

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Source

https://github.com/jonashertner/opencaselaw

By jonashertner

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install jonashertner/opencaselaw

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

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First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me find relevant court decisions and legal precedents to support contract or compliance arguments

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars56Last updated2026-08-23LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-23 · scanner v1

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No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 56 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.00 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedAug 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 56 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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