# `us.corpuslaw/corpus-legal` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/us.corpuslaw/corpus-legal
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/us.corpuslaw/corpus-legal
- Version: 1.2.1 (active)
- Publisher: us.corpuslaw (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:55:44.960Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Corpus Law
Search and cite US law from official sources, then form an LLC or nonprofit with free agent tools.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:21:42.186Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 3 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `account.status` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "account.status" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":false,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "account.status" says "status": a word for reading.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `formation.payment_status` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "formation.payment_status" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "formation.payment_status" says "status": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (3)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `account.status`

- The name "account.status" says "status": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reports the credit balance, tier, rate limits, and upgrade options for the API key on this connection, or the free-tier allowance and the key URL for an anonymous caller. Free — this call does not consume a credit. Also mints or returns a referral code; `referral_code` on later calls keeps the same referral identity.
```

### `formation.checkout`

- The name "formation.checkout" says "checkout": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Creates the founder's formation order and a USDC (Solana) payment request — no API key, no Corpus sign-in. Payment is USDC on Solana ONLY. The first call takes the complete draft, the founder's contactEmail, an idempotencyKey (the same order is returned on retry), and consent { version, registeredAgentAcknowledgements: true }, which records that the founder accepted the registered-agent acknowledgements. A queue-lane order first returns a submission promise, accepted with a second call { orderId, trackingToken, acceptPromise: { termDays } }. The payment response includes a payPageUrl: an ordinary https link to a Corpus page with a QR code to scan with a phone camera, a button that opens a Solana wallet, and the address and exact amount for a manual send. The founder pays the exact amount from a self-custody wallet (never an exchange withdrawal; refunds go only to the sending wallet) and must click the confirmation link Corpus emails within 48 hours, or the order is refunded. Nothing is filed before that confirmation, and then Corpus's human review, unless the founder chose to skip review on an expedited order (offered only where formation.requirements shows a SKIP REVIEW line). The tax-ID add-on is not sold here. Free; does not consume credits.
```

### `formation.payment_status`

- The name "formation.payment_status" says "status": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reports the USDC payment state of an order created by formation.checkout: awaiting, paid, expired, underpaid or held, plus whether the founder has confirmed by email (required within 48 hours of payment). Reading the chain also records a payment that just arrived. Free; does not consume credits.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `formation.compare`

- The name "formation.compare" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compares LLC formation providers on price, recurring costs, registered-agent renewals, and machine/agent capabilities, from a dated dataset of 19 LLC services + 1 adjacent verified against primary sources. Corpus is one of the compared providers and is scored with the same rubric, including its own gaps; the response says so. Free; does not consume credits.
```

### `formation.handoff`

- The description's first verb is "validate": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Validates a formation draft (people, address, management, EIN answers, state-specific answers) and returns exactly what is still missing. A complete draft also returns a prefilled corpuslaw.us link that opens the formation agent with every detail loaded, where the founder reviews, signs in, and pays. Free; does not consume credits.
```

### `formation.lookup_naics`

- The name "formation.lookup_naics" says "lookup": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns candidate NAICS industry codes (typically 2–6) for a plain-English business description. A code is required for every LLC, and for nonprofits in AK, CT, LA, MS, TN, WV. Free; does not consume credits.
```

### `formation.requirements`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the intake checklist for forming an LLC or nonprofit in one state: every required field, that state's specific questions, live all-in pricing, and the optional EIN add-on with its price when available. Free; does not consume credits.
```

### `law.get_node`

- The name "law.get_node" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the full official text, citation, and hierarchy of one legal provision, by its node id (the UUID in search results).
```

### `law.list_coverage`

- The name "law.list_coverage" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the covered jurisdictions (federal, state, and municipal) with per-jurisdiction provision counts, searchable-chunk counts, GIS status, and a placeholder flag.
```

### `law.search`

- The name "law.search" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Searches US federal, state, and municipal law by topic or keyword (legality, permits, zoning, licensing, compliance, filing requirements). Returns ranked provisions with verbatim citations, headings, snippets, and node ids. `jurisdiction` limits results to one state, federal law, or a city.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `corpus-legal`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__corpus-legal__law_search",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__law_get_node",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__law_list_coverage",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__formation_requirements",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__formation_compare",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__formation_lookup_naics",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__formation_handoff"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__corpus-legal__account_status",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__formation_checkout",
      "mcp__corpus-legal__formation_payment_status"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```