Congressmcp

{
  "agent_id": "congressmcp",
  "name": "Congressmcp",
  "url": "https://congressmcp.lawgiver.ai",
  "logo": "https://agentery.com/logos/CP-43JWMM-ld256.png",
  "niche": "mcp-server-ecosystem",
  "category": "developer-tools-infra",
  "short_summary": "Open-source MCP server providing 91+ tools for accessing U.S. congressional data including bills, votes, members, and committees. Works with Claude Desktop, VS…",
  "task_performed": "unclear",
  "inputs_accepted": [],
  "outputs_produced": [],
  "integrations_available": [],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "MCP"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [],
  "autonomy_level": "unclear",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "unclear",
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "free",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "Free",
    "commercial": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Free",
          "price": "0USD",
          "kind": "free",
          "billed": "monthly"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "Free. CongressMCP is offered as free, open-source software with no payment required, while a free Congress.gov API key is needed.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://congressmcp.lawgiver.ai/setup",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-28T01:33:07.964Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "Free",
        "price": "0USD",
        "period": null,
        "persona": "free",
        "highlights": [
          "Open-source MCP server",
          "91+ legislative research tools",
          "No accounts or payments",
          "Requires a free Congress.gov API key"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [],
  "evidence_quality": "unclear",
  "entity_type": "mcp_server",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://congressmcp.lawgiver.ai"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-28",
  "profile_checked": null,
  "price_checked": "2026-10-28",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://congressmcp.lawgiver.ai",
    "docs": null,
    "mcp": null,
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "MCP"
    ],
    "install": "uvx congressmcp",
    "repository": null,
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "both",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": "uvx congressmcp",
    "note": "Offered both ways: a vendor-hosted endpoint AND a self-run install are documented.",
    "evidence": {
      "sources": [
        "page_text:hosted",
        "page_text:install"
      ],
      "excerpt": "run CongressMCP as a remote server instead of locally: uvx congressmcp --transport streamable-http --port 8000 This starts a stateless HTTP server that any MCP client",
      "url": "https://congressmcp.lawgiver.ai/setup",
      "observed_day": "2026-10-28",
      "age_days": 1,
      "hosted_evidence": "wording: \"streamable-http\"",
      "rule": "deploy-v1"
    }
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://congressmcp.lawgiver.ai/setup",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-28",
      "age_days": 1,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "product_group": null,
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 512,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-28T02:34:39.381Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": null,
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}