About houan-mcp
houan-mcp is a local MCP server for researchers and others investigating Japanese Diet bills and committee proceedings. It searches and retrieves source-linked records from NDL Kokkai and both houses’ bill information pages.
Key features
- 01Search committee speeches with filters
- 02Retrieve full meeting transcripts
- 03Search current-session bills
- 04Get bill timelines and details
- 05Return primary-source URLs
Use cases
- 01Find committee remarks by speaker or date
- 02Read a meeting transcript by issue ID
- 03Locate bills by title keyword
MCP support
Exposes four tools to MCP clients for searching Diet Q&A and bills and retrieving transcripts and bill details. Results include URLs to the original public sources.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
4Saved tool list · updated 2w ago
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| from | string | No | Date range start, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| limit | number | No | Maximum number of results. Defaults to 10. |
| until | string | No | Date range end, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| chamber | enum | No | Chamber filter.衆議院 | 参議院 | 両院 | 両院協議会 |
| keyword | string | Yes | Full-text query. Spaces are AND. |
| speaker | string | No | Speaker name. |
| committee | string | No | Committee name, e.g. 外務委員会. Spaces are OR. |
Details
From the project README@codeagentjp/houan-mcp
Local stdio MCP server for searching Japanese Diet bills (衆参議案情報) and committee Q&A records via the NDL Kokkai (国会会議録検索システム) API.
This server does not call an LLM. It only returns source-backed Diet data, with primary URLs (NDL Kokkai, 衆議院議案情報, 参議院議案情報) so your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or any other agent) can cite the original source.
Sister package: @codeagentjp/egov-law-mcp for current Japanese laws (e-Gov Law Search). houan-mcp covers the legislative process side: bills under deliberation, committee questionings, and full meeting transcripts.
Status
MVP. Four tools:
find_diet_qa— full-text search across all Diet committee speeches via the NDL Kokkai API. Filter by date, chamber, committee, speaker.get_meeting_record— retrieve a single committee's full transcript byissueID.search_bills— search current-session bills in either house by title keyword.get_bill— retrieve detail of one bill (proceedings timeline, committee assignment, full-text URL).
Requirements
- Node.js 20 or later
- Network access to
https://kokkai.ndl.go.jp,https://www.shugiin.go.jp,https://www.sangiin.go.jp
Install
From npm:
{
"mcpServers": {
"houan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@codeagentjp/houan-mcp"]
}
}
}
From source:
git clone https://github.com/SHAYOUWORLD/houan-mcp.git
cd houan-mcp
node bin/houan-mcp.mjs
{
"mcpServers": {
"houan": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/houan-mcp/bin/houan-mcp.mjs"]
}
}
}
Tools
find_diet_qa
Full-text search of Diet committee speeches via the NDL Kokkai API.
{
"keyword": "クロード ミトス",
"from": "2026-04-01",
"until": "2026-04-25",
"chamber": "衆議院",
"committee": "外務委員会",
"limit": 5
}
Returns matched speeches with speaker, position, committee context, and direct NDL URL.
get_meeting_record
Retrieve a single full transcript by issueID.
{
"issueID": "122103968X00620260410"
}
search_bills
Search 衆議院議案情報 / 参議院議案情報 by title keyword.
{
"keyword": "情報",
"chamber": "both",
"session": 221,
"limit": 20
}
get_bill
Retrieve a bill detail page (proceedings timeline, committee assignment, full-text URL). The proceedingURL must be a URL returned by search_bills — it is validated against the chamber's allowed path prefix before fetching.
{
"chamber": "shugiin",
"proceedingURL": "https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_gian.nsf/html/gian/keika/1DE..."
}
Data Sources and Attribution
This package uses three Japanese public sources:
- NDL Kokkai (国会会議録検索システム) — https://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/ · API documentation. Diet records published 1947–. No auth required. Be a good neighbour: insert short delays between sequential requests, avoid concurrent bursts.
- 衆議院議案情報 — https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_gian.nsf/html/gian/menu.htm
- 参議院議案情報 — https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/gian/index.htm
Tool results include the source URL. When you publish or redistribute output based on this package, include an appropriate attribution. Suggested:
出典: 国会会議録検索システム (https://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/) / 衆議院議案情報 / 参議院議案情報
Example: pulling a Mythos Q&A
The 4/10 2026 衆議院外務委員会 questioning by 宇佐美登 (チームみらい) on Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview can be retrieved like this:
{
"tool": "find_diet_qa",
"arguments": {
"keyword": "クロード",
"from": "2026-04-01",
"until": "2026-04-30"
}
}
The response includes 花田貴裕 政府参考人's verbatim answer with meetingURL pointing to the canonical NDL record at https://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/txt/122103968X00620260410.
Safety Notes
- This package is a legislative reference tool, not legal/political advice.
- It does not execute shell commands.
- It writes JSON-RPC messages only to stdout and logs only to stderr.
- It fetches only the NDL Kokkai API and 衆/参 議案情報 endpoints.
- Diet records in NDL typically appear with a 1–2 week lag after the committee meeting. If a recent meeting cannot be found, check back later or consult the chamber's video library directly.
Related
- Sibling MCP for current laws:
@codeagentjp/egov-law-mcp - Roadmap (法令diff / 自治体条例 / 判例 MCPs): SHAYOUWORLD/egov-law-mcp#1
- Use cases (Japanese): houan-mcp の7つの実用ユースケース (codeagent.jp)
- From bills to current law (Japanese): houan-mcpとe-Gov法令MCPの調査フロー (codeagent.jp)
- Other Japanese public-data APIs and MCP servers: codeagent.jp/guides/public-data-api/
License
MIT © codeagent.jp
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