Syfert Legal Research MCP: citation checks in your AI app

Check a brief before you file it. Syfert Legal Research's MCP server verifies citations, case treatment, quotes and whole briefs against 10.7 million U.S. opinions, and covers statutes for all 50 states. ContextGate connects it to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor; a policy can hide client names in what gets sent, and every check is recorded.

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How to connect Syfert to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

  1. 1Click Connect Syfert Legal Research free and sign in to Syfert.
  2. 2Every tool is on once you connect. Syfert's tools verify and look things up, so keep the ones your research uses and switch off the rest.
  3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
  4. 4Paste a paragraph from a draft brief and ask your AI app to verify every citation and quote, then open Activity to see the calls.

Legal research checks from a chat

  • Verify each citation in a draft against 10.7 million U.S. opinions.
  • Check how a case has been treated before you rely on it.
  • Confirm that a quote matches the opinion it's attributed to.
  • Run a whole brief through Syfert, or look up a statute in any of the 50 states.

Confidential drafts

  • A policy can hide personal data, such as client names, in the text sent to Syfert.
  • Activity records every citation check, so you can show what was verified.

ContextGate covers only calls that go through it, not drafts you discuss in your AI app's own chat.

What you get with Syfert Legal Research and ContextGate

  • Your AI apps can use Syfert Legal ResearchClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Syfert Legal Research through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
  • You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Syfert Legal Research tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
  • Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Syfert Legal Research tools

Syfert Legal Research's own MCP server shows its tools once you sign in. When you connect it, they are listed and synced in your workspace.