Trellis Law MCP Technical Documentation

Skills

1. get_server_instructions: Returns MCP server instructions (call first)
2. Search-get_server_instructions: Returns Search server instructions
3. Analytics-get_server_instructions: Returns Analytics server instructions
4. list_skills: Lists available workflow skills
5. get_skill: Gets workflow instructions for a named skill

Cases

1. Search-search_cases: Search state court dockets by party, judge, firm, practice area, date, disposition
2. Search-get_case: Get full case details (parties, events, verdict, classification) by docket ID
3. Search-get_case_complaints: Get complaint(s) for a case — original + optional amended, with full text

Documents

1. Search-search_documents: Full-text search across court filings (motions, orders, complaints) with facets
2. Search-get_document : Retrieve a single court filing by PDF ID, optionally with document text content

Rulings

1. Search-search_california_rulings: Search CA tentative rulings — judge's written reasoning, strong outcome predictor
2. Search-get_ruling: Get full ruling text and metadata by ruling ID

Verdicts

1. Search-search_verdicts: Search verdict records by award range, injury type, expert, attorney, party

Judges

1. Search-search_judges: Find judges by name, state, or county — returns judge_id for profile/analytics
2. Search-get_judge_profile: Full judge profile: bio, appointer, career history, courtroom rules, clerk phone

Parties

1. Search-search_parties: Find cases involving a specific plaintiff, defendant, or other non-attorney party

Experts

1. Search-search_experts: Search expert witnesses by name, state, or specialty group

Taxonomy Helpers

1. Search-get_matter_types : List valid matter types (sub-classifications) for a practice area
2. Search-get_specialties: List valid expert specialties, optionally filtered by specialty group

Analytics

1. Analytics-get_judge_analytics: Deep judge analytics: motion grant rates, milestones, matter type outcomes
2. Analytics-get_lawfirm_analytics: Firm litigation profile: case counts, practice areas, attorney distribution, trends
3. Analytics-get_verdict_stats: Aggregate verdict stats: avg/median/min/max awards by type and practice area
4. Analytics-get_verdict_stats_by_attorney: Top plaintiff & defense firms ranked by total verdict awards

What Triggers an Upgrade Path

1. Anyone can use the Trellis Connector. The only requirement is to have a Trellis account or sign up for one. Those users are considered to have a “Free Account”.
2. Users with a Free Account can use the Trellis Connector up to a defined limit, upon which they will be asked to subscribe.
3. Subscription to Trellis will be at the same price as published on our website for the Lawyer Entry + Judge Analytics plan.

Coverage

Note that some dockets are added to Trellis before complaint documents are available. In these cases, case metadata — including parties, filing date, and docket number — will be present, but complaint text will not yet be accessible. Complaint documents are added as they become available from the court. Not all courts make complaint documents publicly available, so complaint text coverage varies by jurisdiction.

Compliance

This connector complies with the Anthropic Software Directory Policy and Anthropic Software Directory Terms. Specifically:

• No tools create, modify, or delete data.
• No tool descriptions contain prompt-injection patterns, behavioral overrides, or instructions to call external tools.
• The connector does not collect conversation data, query chat history, access user memory, or read user files beyond explicit tool input parameters.
• The connector does not transfer money, generate AI media, or perform any unsupported use case per directory policy.
• The server calls first-party Trellis APIs only. The MCP server domain (mcp.trellis.law) matches the service domain (trellis.law).
• OAuth 2.0 is used for authentication. No API keys are exposed to the client.