parlament-mcp 0.1.0

MCP server for the Swiss Parliament (Curia Vista OData API)

🏛️ parlament-mcp

Part of the Swiss Public Data MCP Portfolio – connecting AI models to Swiss public data sources.

An MCP server that connects AI models to the Swiss Federal Parliament via the Curia Vista OData API (ws.parlament.ch). Access motions, interpellations, votes, members, sessions, and debate transcripts – with no API key required (Phase 1 – No-Auth-First).

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🎯 Anchor Demo Query

"Welche Vorstösse zu KI in der Schule sind hängig?" → parlament_search_business(keyword="KI", keyword2="Schule", status="Eingereicht")

Perfect for the KI-Fachgruppe Stadtverwaltung Zürich: find pending motions on AI in education, digitisation initiatives, or any policy topic – instantly.

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🔧 Tools

Tool	Description
parlament_search_business	Search Vorstösse by keyword, type, status, council, date
parlament_get_business	Full details of a single business (texts, FC response)
parlament_search_members	Find councillors by canton (e.g. ZH), party, council
parlament_get_votes	Parliamentary votes with Ja/Nein meaning
parlament_get_sessions	List recent sessions with IDs for follow-up queries
parlament_get_transcripts	Debate excerpts by keyword or speaker (Amtliches Bulletin)

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🏗️ Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│     MCP Host (Claude Desktop /   │
│     Claude API / IDE)            │
└─────────────┬────────────────────┘
              │ MCP Protocol (JSON-RPC 2.0)
              │ Transport: stdio (local) / SSE (cloud)
┌─────────────▼────────────────────┐
│         parlament-mcp            │
│   FastMCP · Python · Pydantic v2 │
└─────────────┬────────────────────┘
              │ HTTPS / OData v3
┌─────────────▼────────────────────┐
│  ws.parlament.ch / odata.svc     │
│  Curia Vista – No Auth Required  │
│                                  │
│  Business · Vote · MemberCouncil │
│  Session · Transcript · ParlGroup│
└──────────────────────────────────┘

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🚀 Installation

Claude Desktop (stdio)

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parlament": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["parlament-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Local development

git clone https://github.com/malkreide/parlament-mcp
cd parlament-mcp
pip install -e .
python -m parlament_mcp.server

Cloud / Railway (SSE)

MCP_TRANSPORT=sse PORT=8080 python -m parlament_mcp.server
# SSE endpoint: http://your-host:8080/sse

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🔗 Synergies

Partner Server	Combination
fedlex-mcp	Law text ↔ parliamentary debate that created it
zurich-opendata-mcp	City policy ↔ cantonal/federal motions
swiss-statistics-mcp	Data backing ↔ motions citing statistics

Power query example:

"Zeige mir alle Zürcher Motionen zu KI in der Bildung
 und verlinke die relevanten Bundesgesetze aus fedlex-mcp."

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📊 Data Source

• API: ws.parlament.ch/odata.svc
• Authentication: None (Phase 1 – No-Auth-First)
• Protocol: OData v3 / JSON
• Coverage: All parliamentary businesses since 1978; votes and transcripts
• Update cycle: Real-time (official government data)

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Known Limitations

• OData substringof() filter is case-sensitive for some fields
• Transcript text search can be slow for very broad queries (use limit to control)
• Session names may be null in the API for very recent sessions – use session ID
• Language filter is mandatory; currently only DE is fully tested (FR, IT available)

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

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License

MIT malkreide