Gavelin
Pull state-level bills and hearing transcripts into agent workflows when you are validating civic, regtech, or B2G product ideas.
Overview
Gavelin is an MCP server for the Idea phase that lets agents search US state bills and speaker-attributed legislative hearing transcripts.
What is this MCP server?
- Search bills across all 50 US state legislatures from a remote MCP endpoint
- Speaker-attributed hearing transcripts for grounded quotes and stakeholder context
- Streamable HTTP remote at https://mcp.gavelin.ai/mcp (server version 1.0.0)
- GitHub source at gavelin-ai/mcp for self-hosting or integration reference
- Fits policy monitoring, lobbying tools, and compliance-oriented agent prototypes
- Coverage: all 50 US state legislatures (per server description)
- Transport: streamable HTTP remote at mcp.gavelin.ai
- Published server version: 1.0.0
What problem does it solve?
Agents hallucinate or miss state-level legislative detail when you only have generic web search during early market and policy research.
Who is it for?
Indie builders prototyping policy-aware products, compliance dashboards, or research bots that must ground answers in real legislative text.
Skip if: Teams that only need federal law, international regulation, or offline-only workflows with no MCP-capable agent.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent can cite bills and hearing dialogue across all 50 states from one MCP integration while you scope a compliant product.
- Bill search results scoped to US states via MCP tools
- Speaker-attributed hearing transcript excerpts for agent summaries
- Repeatable legislative research workflow inside your coding agent
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Journey fit
Legislative search belongs on the research shelf before you commit to a niche tied to policy, compliance, or government buyers. Bill and transcript lookup is primary discovery and evidence gathering, not build or ship tooling.
How it compares
Legislative data MCP integration, not a code-review or governance validator.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Gavelin for?
Solo and indie builders (and small teams) shipping agent-assisted research on US state legislation, hearings, and regulatory context.
When should I use Gavelin?
During idea and validate research when you need bill text and attributed hearing transcripts before defining features or compliance scope.
How do I add Gavelin to my agent?
Register the streamable HTTP remote https://mcp.gavelin.ai/mcp in your MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or generic MCP hosts) per your editor’s MCP config docs.