About Scope (Legal)
Scope (Legal) is an MCP server for legal teams to dispatch litigation work to credentialed professionals and obtain prices from their published rate cards. It also supports matter tracking, vendor roster management, and briefings.
Key features
- 01Dispatch matters to legal professionals
- 02Get rate-card prices
- 03Track open matters and daily briefings
- 04Manage vendor rosters and tiers
- 05Audit rosters and monitor credentials
Use cases
- 01Request court reporting or e-discovery services
- 02Compare vendor prices for a matter
- 03Review open matters and credential alerts
MCP support
Exposes legal matter dispatch, tracking, vendor roster, and credential tools to MCP clients. It supports HTTP transport or package-based setup.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
npx -y @scope-bid/scope-mcpSCOPE_API_BASEBase URL of the Scope API. Defaults to the hosted instance.SCOPE_API_TOKENSecretBearer token from scope-bid.vercel.app/settings. Required for write tools.SCOPE_ORG_SLUGPin reads/writes to a specific buyer organization.Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.
Tools
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This tool takes no parameters.
Details
From the project README@scope-bid/scope-mcp
Hire your next vendor through your AI.
Model Context Protocol servers for Scope.bid professional dispatch across legal, insurance claims, and AEC services.
scope.bid | MCP Registry | npm | Plugin marketplace
What this is
Three Model Context Protocol servers that let AI assistants dispatch requests to credentialed human professionals and get back each professional's price, computed from their own published rate card.
@scope-bid/scope-mcp- legal vertical (court reporters, IMEs, records, experts, e-discovery, translation, mediators, trial graphics, foreign-jurisdiction counsel, more)@scope-bid/scope-claims-mcp- insurance claims (IMEs, surveillance, peer review, voc rehab, life-care plans, defense medical record review)@scope-bid/scope-aec-mcp- AEC (subcontractor prequal, bonding, safety records, dispatch)
Scope.bid is the first vertical-services MCP platform on Anthropic's official Model Context Protocol Registry. Three namespaces are claimed under DNS-verified bid.scope/* (legal, claims, AEC). Two are reserved (healthcare, pharma).
Scope.bid is not affiliated with scope-bid.com, an unrelated laboratory equipment auction platform.
Install
npm install -g @scope-bid/scope-mcp
npm install -g @scope-bid/scope-claims-mcp
npm install -g @scope-bid/scope-aec-mcp
For most clients you do not need to install globally. Use npx -y @scope-bid/scope-mcp directly from your MCP client config.
Configure (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor)
{
"mcpServers": {
"scope-legal": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@scope-bid/scope-mcp"],
"env": {
"SCOPE_API_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
}
},
"scope-claims": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@scope-bid/scope-claims-mcp"],
"env": {
"SCOPE_API_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
}
}
}
}
For read-only demo usage the token is optional.
Or use HTTP transport (no install)
{
"mcpServers": {
"scope-legal": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://scope.bid/api/mcp/legal",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-token-here" }
}
}
}
HTTP endpoints:
Tools
Legal (bid.scope/legal):
scope_dispatch_matter- send a matter to professionals and get their rate-card pricesscope_briefing- daily briefing across all open mattersscope_get_matter,scope_list_matters,scope_list_categories,scope_list_vendors,scope_list_rosterscope_set_vendor_tier,scope_remove_from_roster,scope_award_matterscope_roster_audit,scope_vendor_health,scope_spend_rollup,scope_credential_alertsswp_clarify,swp_accept,swp_reject,swp_session_status- Scope Work Protocol tools for existing negotiation sessions (the session-opening tools were retired at the rate-card cutover and are no longer served)
Claims (bid.scope/claims): IME routing, surveillance coordination, defense medical record review, life-care planning, voc rehab routing, roster audit, credential alerts.
AEC (bid.scope/aec): subcontractor dispatch, prequalification, bonding capacity, safety record pulls, AEC vendor listing.
Environment variables
SCOPE_API_BASE- override the default API base. Defaults tohttps://scope.bid.SCOPE_API_TOKEN- bearer token for write operations.SCOPE_ORG_SLUG- pin reads and writes to a specific buyer organization. Useful for multi-tenant deployments.
Plugin marketplace alternative
If you want bundled slash commands and skills along with the MCP server registration, install the plugin marketplace instead:
/plugin marketplace add github.com/scope-bid/scope-platform
/plugin install scope-legal
Evals
Five canonical scenarios protect against regressions in MCP tool behavior.
Run locally against mocks:
npm run eval
Run against the live Anthropic API with MCP tools attached:
npm run eval:live
Add a new scenario any time a tool or skill ships that creates a new failure mode. Fixtures live in tests/evals/fixtures/, mocked tool responses in tests/evals/mocks/, runner in tests/evals/runner.ts. CI runs the mocked harness on every PR via .github/workflows/eval.yml.
Version bumps
When updating package.json version in any package directory, also update the matching server.json version. CI auto-syncs as a safety net but committed files should stay aligned for repo hygiene and local-publish testing.
Company
Scope Bid, Inc. is a Delaware C-corp founded May 2026 by Jack Gillen. San Diego, CA. Patent pending.
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