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Active·★ 52·MIT·Updated 2026-05-21
★ Trending★ API Integration

UK legal API for AI agents and researchers.

Lex provides programmatic access to millions of UK legal documents with advanced semantic search. It supports Model Context Protocol integration for AI assistants and includes datasets for legislation, explanatory notes, and amendments.

#agent#agentic#ai#caselaw#deep-res#digitization#govtech#historical-data
$ Install
$ git clone https://github.com/i-dot-ai/lex.git && cd lex && cp .env.example .env && docker compose up -d && make ingest-all-sample
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01

Features

01Comprehensive UK legislation data from 1267 to present
02Semantic search capabilities
03Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration
04AI-powered PDF digitization for historical legislation
05Support for multiple AI assistant platforms
02

Compatibility

Claude Desktop
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Microsoft Copilot Studio
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VS Code + GitHub Copilot
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03

Quick start

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$ git clone https://github.com/i-dot-ai/lex.git
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$ cd lex
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$ cp .env.example .env
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$ docker compose up -d
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$ make ingest-all-sample
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Use cases

↳Legal Research - Find precedents and relevant legislation in seconds
↳Policy Analysis - Track legislative changes over time
↳AI Grounding - Ground AI assistants in authoritative UK legal sources
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Comments

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  • C
    Casey WhiteMay 25, 2026

    Used this for efficient automation — reliable under load. Solid addition to the AI tooling stack.

  • R
    Remy ThompsonApr 21, 2026

    Legal via MCP is exactly the right abstraction — uk legal api for ai agents and researchers. Works reliably in production environments.

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    Skyler PatelMar 22, 2026

    Integrates cleanly into seamless workflows — uk legal api for ai agents and researchers. The seamless performance is impressive for an open-source tool.

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    Aspen ClarkMar 16, 2026

    The researchers integration saves writing a lot of boilerplate — uk legal api for ai agents and researchers. The maintainers are responsive to issues.

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