io.github.matematicsolutions/be-eli-mcp
MCP server for Belgian legislation (Moniteur Belge): ELI identifiers and citations.
Installation
Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).
be-eli-mcpclaude mcp add be-eli-mcp -- uvx be-eli-mcp==0.2.4
{
"mcpServers": {
"be-eli-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"be-eli-mcp==0.2.4"
]
}
}
}
Documentation
Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.
be-eli-mcp
An MCP server for Belgian legislation via [Moniteur Belge / Belgisch Staatsblad] (https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be), the official gazette of the Belgian Federal Public Service Justice. It fetches act metadata and full text by ELI coordinates, with verifiable citations. Part of the eu-legal-mcp line of national legal connectors by MateMatic.
Belgian legislation is addressed by ELI coordinates - type / year / month / day / numac
(the Belgian legislative numbering system) - at
https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/{type}/{yyyy}/{mm}/{dd}/{numac}/justel. Every response
carries a native eli_uri, a human_readable_citation and a source_url.
Read-only. The server only queries ejustice.just.fgov.be and writes a local audit log. It never modifies official text.
Belgium is trilingual (French / Dutch / German).
human_readable_citationdefaults to the French form by LDH convention; usebe_get_text(language=...)for Dutch (Belgisch Staatsblad) or German. See CONSTITUTION.md Art. 4 for the full caveat.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
be_get_act(doc_type, year, month, day, numac) | Metadata for an act by its ELI coordinates. doc_type is one of loi, decret, ordonnance, arrete, constitution. Returns the native eli_uri, title, source authority, publication date, entry-into-force date, table of contents, and the citation contract. |
be_get_text(doc_type, year, month, day, numac, language="fr") | The verbatim consolidated text ("Texte"/"Tekst" section) in fr (default), nl or de. |
be_list_year(doc_type, year) | Browse a year's listing for one doc_type, to discover NUMAC coordinates. Titles in this listing are best-effort (may be None); call be_get_act for the authoritative title. |
be_coverage() | Declare what this connector covers, when each family was captured, and - explicitly - what it does NOT cover. Every gap carries a fallback. |
There is no free-text search: ejustice.just.fgov.be exposes no keyword-search API. Discover
acts by ELI coordinates (from a citation you already hold) or by browsing be_list_year.
Configuration
ejustice.just.fgov.be is keyless. Configuration is optional:
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
BE_ELI_BASE_URL | ejustice host (default https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be). |
BE_ELI_CACHE_DIR | Disk cache dir (default ~/.matematic/cache/be-eli). |
BE_ELI_AUDIT_DIR | Audit log dir (default ~/.matematic/audit). |
Copy .mcp.json.example to your MCP client config.
Install
py -3.13 -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install -e ".[dev]" # Windows
# or: python -m pip install -e ".[dev]" # POSIX
Windows 11 with Smart App Control
Smart App Control blocks unsigned executables, which covers uvx.exe, pip.exe
and the be-eli-mcp.exe launcher that pip writes at install time. The python.exe and
py.exe from the python.org installer are signed by the Python Software
Foundation, so running the module through the interpreter works:
python -m pip install be-eli-mcp
python -m be_eli_mcp
pip.exe is blocked for the same reason, so install with python -m pip, not
pip install. If python is not on PATH, use the Windows launcher: py -3 -m be_eli_mcp.
{ "mcpServers": { "be-eli-mcp": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "be_eli_mcp"] } } }
Do not turn Smart App Control off to work around this - it cannot be re-enabled without reinstalling Windows.
Tests
pytest tests/test_instructions_drift.py tests/test_parse.py # offline
pytest tests/test_smoke.py -v # live, hits ejustice.just.fgov.be
Licence
Apache-2.0. Moniteur Belge / Belgisch Staatsblad content is © the Belgian federal state; this software only retrieves and cites it. See CONSTITUTION.md Art. 1 for a note on the licence status of the source data (widely described as CC0 by third-party catalogs; not independently re-verified against ejustice.just.fgov.be's own terms page in this project).
Questions fréquentes
Qu'est-ce que io.github.matematicsolutions/be-eli-mcp ?
MCP server for Belgian legislation (Moniteur Belge): ELI identifiers and citations.
Comment installer io.github.matematicsolutions/be-eli-mcp ?
Il s'exécute sur votre machine. Dans Claude Code : claude mcp add be-eli-mcp -- uvx be-eli-mcp==0.2.4. Pour les autres clients, collez la configuration JSON de cette page dans leurs réglages MCP.
Faut-il une clé API pour io.github.matematicsolutions/be-eli-mcp ?
Son entrée au registre n'indique aucune clé ni secret obligatoire. Certaines fonctions peuvent tout de même demander un compte auprès du service auquel il se connecte.
io.github.matematicsolutions/be-eli-mcp est-il open source ?
Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence Apache-2.0.
Qui maintient io.github.matematicsolutions/be-eli-mcp ?
Il est publié par matematicsolutions. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.
Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.