Jordanian Law MCP Server

The Official Gazette of Jordan (الجريدة الرسمية) alternative for the AI age.

Query 62 Jordanian statutes -- from the Cybercrime Law and Penal Code to the Labour Law, Companies Law, and more -- directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

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

Built by Ansvar Systems -- Stockholm, Sweden

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Why This Exists

Jordanian legal research means navigating moj.gov.jo (وزارة العدل, Ministry of Justice), legislation.gov.jo, and Official Gazette archives published in Arabic. Whether you're:

• A lawyer validating citations in a brief or contract
• A compliance officer checking obligations under the Cybercrime Law and data protection provisions
• A legal tech developer building tools on Jordanian law
• A researcher tracing provisions across 62 key statutes

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

This MCP server makes Jordanian 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://jordanian-law-mcp.vercel.app/mcp

Client	How to Connect
Claude.ai	Settings > Connectors > Add Integration > paste URL
Claude Code	claude mcp add jordanian-law --transport http https://jordanian-law-mcp.vercel.app/mcp
Claude Desktop	Add to config (see below)
GitHub Copilot	Add to VS Code settings (see below)

Claude Desktop -- add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jordanian-law": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://jordanian-law-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "github.copilot.chat.mcp.servers": {
    "jordanian-law": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://jordanian-law-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Use Locally (npm)

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

Cursor / VS Code:

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

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Example Queries

Once connected, just ask naturally:

• "البحث عن أحكام حماية البيانات الشخصية في قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية الأردني" (Search for personal data protection in the Jordanian Cybercrime Law)
• "ما هي عقوبة الاحتيال الإلكتروني في القانون الأردني؟" (What are the penalties for electronic fraud in Jordanian law?)
• "البحث عن حقوق العمال في قانون العمل الأردني رقم 8 لسنة 1996" (Search for worker rights in Jordanian Labour Law No. 8 of 1996)
• "ما هي التزامات الشركات بموجب قانون الشركات الأردني؟" (What are company obligations under Jordanian Companies Law?)
• "هل قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية لعام 2023 لا يزال ساري المفعول؟" (Is the 2023 Cybercrime Law still in force?)
• "التحقق من صحة الاستشهاد 'المادة 7، قانون الجرائم الإلكترونية'" (Validate the citation 'Article 7, Cybercrime Law')
• "Find provisions on data breach notification under Jordanian law"
• "Build a legal stance on cybersecurity compliance obligations in Jordan"

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What's Included

Category	Count	Details
Statutes	62 statutes	Key Jordanian legislation
Provisions	5,285 sections	Full-text searchable with FTS5
Database Size	~7 MB	Optimized SQLite, portable
Data Sources	moj.gov.jo / jordan-lawyer.com	Ministry of Justice and official legal sources
Language	Arabic	Official statute language of Jordan
Freshness Checks	Automated	Drift detection against official sources

Verified data only -- every citation is validated against official sources (Ministry of Justice Jordan, Official Gazette). 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 moj.gov.jo and legislation.gov.jo official publications
• Provisions are returned unchanged from SQLite FTS5 database rows
• Zero LLM summarization or paraphrasing -- the database contains statute text, not AI interpretations

Smart Context Management:

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

Technical Architecture:

moj.gov.jo / legislation.gov.jo --> Parse --> SQLite --> FTS5 snippet() --> MCP response
                                      ^                        ^
                               Provision parser         Verbatim database query

Traditional Research vs. This MCP

Traditional Approach	This MCP Server
Search moj.gov.jo by statute name	Search by plain Arabic: "حماية البيانات"
Navigate multi-article laws manually	Get the exact provision with context
Manual cross-referencing between laws	build_legal_stance aggregates across sources
"هل هذا القانون لا يزال ساريًا؟" -- check manually	check_currency tool -- answer in seconds
Find EU alignment -- dig through EUR-Lex	get_eu_basis -- linked frameworks instantly
No API, no integration	MCP protocol -- AI-native

Traditional: Browse Official Gazette archives --> Locate law --> Navigate articles --> Check EU Association Agreement --> Repeat

This MCP: "What are Jordan's cybersecurity and data protection requirements and how do they align with EU standards?" --> Done.

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Available Tools (13)

Core Legal Research Tools (8)

Tool	Description
search_legislation	FTS5 full-text search across 5,285 provisions with BM25 ranking. Full Arabic-language support
get_provision	Retrieve specific provision by statute name and article number
validate_citation	Validate citation against database -- zero-hallucination check
build_legal_stance	Aggregate citations from multiple statutes for a legal topic
format_citation	Format citations per Jordanian legal conventions (full/short/pinpoint)
check_currency	Check if a statute is in force, amended, or repealed
list_sources	List all available statutes with metadata and data provenance
about	Server info, capabilities, dataset statistics, and coverage summary

EU Law Integration Tools (5)

Tool	Description
get_eu_basis	Get EU directives/regulations that a Jordanian statute aligns with
get_jordanian_implementations	Find Jordanian laws aligning with a specific EU act
search_eu_implementations	Search EU documents with Jordanian alignment counts
get_provision_eu_basis	Get EU law references for a specific provision
validate_eu_compliance	Check alignment status of Jordanian statutes against EU directives

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EU Law Integration

Jordan has an EU Association Agreement under the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and Jordan, in force since May 2002). This creates a formal framework for regulatory alignment:

• Cybercrime Law (2023) aligns with the Budapest Convention, which EU member states have widely adopted, and reflects principles from the EU NIS2 Directive on cybersecurity
• Personal data provisions in the Cybercrime Law and draft data protection legislation align with core GDPR principles -- consent, purpose limitation, data subject rights
• Labour Law reflects ILO conventions adopted across EU member states
• Jordan's Association Agreement includes provisions on movement of goods, services, and persons -- creating compliance overlap with EU trade and commercial law
• Investment Law aligns with EU frameworks on foreign direct investment

The EU bridge tools allow you to explore these alignment relationships -- checking which Jordanian provisions correspond to EU requirements, and vice versa.

Note: Jordan is not an EU member state. EU cross-references reflect alignment and association agreement relationships, not direct transposition. Verify compliance obligations against the specific applicable framework for your jurisdiction.

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Data Sources & Freshness

All content is sourced from authoritative Jordanian legal databases:

• Ministry of Justice Jordan (moj.gov.jo) -- وزارة العدل الأردنية, official statute publications
• jordan-lawyer.com -- Comprehensive Jordanian legal database
• legislation.gov.jo -- Official consolidated Jordanian legislation

Data Provenance

Field	Value
Authority	Ministry of Justice, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Retrieval method	Official statute downloads
Language	Arabic
Coverage	62 statutes, 5,285 provisions
Database size	~7 MB

Automated Freshness Checks

A GitHub Actions workflow monitors all data sources:

Check	Method
Statute amendments	Drift detection against known provision anchors
New statutes	Comparison against moj.gov.jo index
Repealed statutes	Status change detection

Verified data only -- every citation is validated against official sources. Zero LLM-generated content.

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Security

This project uses multiple layers of automated security scanning:

Scanner	What It Does	Schedule
CodeQL	Static analysis for security vulnerabilities	Weekly + PRs
Semgrep	SAST scanning (OWASP top 10, secrets, TypeScript)	Every push
Gitleaks	Secret detection across git history	Every push
Trivy	CVE scanning on filesystem and npm dependencies	Daily
Socket.dev	Supply chain attack detection	PRs
Dependabot	Automated dependency updates	Weekly

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 is sourced from official Jordanian legal publications (Ministry of Justice, Official Gazette). 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 primary sources for court filings
• EU cross-references reflect alignment and association agreement relationships, not transposition
• Coverage is selective -- priority statutes only; verify completeness for your specific legal question

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. Consult the Jordanian Bar Association (نقابة المحامين الأردنيين) guidance on client confidentiality obligations.

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Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/Ansvar-Systems/Jordanian-law-mcp
cd Jordanian-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 statutes from moj.gov.jo
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 statutes
npm run census           # Generate coverage census

Performance

• Search Speed: <100ms for most FTS5 queries
• Database Size: ~7 MB (efficient, portable)
• Reliability: 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/security-controls-mcp

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

Offline-capable sanctions screening -- OFAC, EU, UN sanctions lists. pip install ansvar-sanctions-mcp

108 national law MCPs covering Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, and more.

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Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Priority areas:

• Court case law expansion (Court of Cassation decisions)
• Additional statute coverage from Official Gazette archives
• Historical statute versions and amendment tracking
• Arabic full-text search improvements

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Roadmap

• Core statute database with FTS5 search
• Full corpus ingestion (62 statutes, 5,285 provisions)
• EU law alignment tools (Association Agreement framework)
• Vercel Streamable HTTP deployment
• npm package publication
• Court of Cassation case law expansion
• Additional statute coverage
• Historical statute versions (amendment tracking)
• Arabic-language query optimisation

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Citation

If you use this MCP server in academic research:

@software{jordanian_law_mcp_2026,
  author = {Ansvar Systems AB},
  title = {Jordanian Law MCP Server: AI-Powered Legal Research Tool},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://github.com/Ansvar-Systems/Jordanian-law-mcp},
  note = {62 Jordanian statutes with 5,285 provisions}
}

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License

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE for details.

Data Licenses

• Statutes & Legislation: Ministry of Justice, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (public domain)
• EU Metadata: EUR-Lex (EU public domain)

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About Ansvar Systems

We build AI-accelerated compliance and legal research tools for the global market. This MCP server started as our internal reference tool for Middle Eastern and Levantine legal research -- turns out everyone working in the MENA region has the same research frustrations.

So we're open-sourcing it. Navigating Jordanian law in Arabic across Official Gazette archives shouldn't require a law degree.

ansvar.eu -- Stockholm, Sweden

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