# Regulations.gov

- Registry name: `com.1102tools/regulations-gov-mcp` · version 2.0.8
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Government & law
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): experimental, prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.1102tools%2Fregulations-gov-mcp
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.1102tools--regulations-gov-mcp.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Regulations.gov readiness, rulemaking dockets, documents, comments, and comment periods. 9 tools.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://regulations-gov.1102tools.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `get\_access\_status`: Check Regulations.gov credential presence without returning or validating it.
- `search\_documents`: Search Regulations.gov documents \(proposed rules, final rules, notices\). Filter values are CASE-SENSITIVE. Use exact casing: - document\_type: 'Proposed Rule', 'Rule', 'Notice', 'Supporting & Related Material', 'Other' - Lowercase values silently return 0 results \(no error\) Key parameters: - search\_t
- `get\_document\_detail`: Get full details for a single Regulations.gov document. Returns fileFormats \(download URLs\), cfrPart, displayProperties, and other detail fields not available in search results. Set include\_attachments=True to get attachment objects with download URLs. Comment deadlines: attributes.commentDeadlineEa
- `search\_comments`: Search public comments on Regulations.gov. To find comments on a specific document, use comment\_on\_id with the hex objectId from document detail/search results \(attributes.objectId, e.g. '0900006486531e6b'\). The human-readable documentId is REJECTED here because the API silently returns 0 comments f
- `get\_comment\_detail`: Get full details for a single comment. Returns the comment text field, organization, submitter info \(if public\), tracking number, and duplicate comment count. Many comments put their substance in attachments and the text field only says "See attached"; include\_attachments=True returns the attachment
- `search\_dockets`: Search Regulations.gov dockets. Dockets are containers for related regulatory documents \(proposed rules, comments, supporting materials\). FAR cases, DFARS cases, and agency rulemaking actions each have a docket. docket\_type is CASE-SENSITIVE: 'Rulemaking' or 'Nonrulemaking'. lastModifiedDate format:
- `get\_docket\_detail`: Get full details for a single docket. Returns title, abstract, RIN \(links to Unified Agenda\), agency, keywords, and modification date. docket\_id format: FAR-2023-0008, DARS-2025-0071, SBA-2024-0002
- `open\_comment\_periods`: Find documents Regulations.gov reports as open for comment. Searches for documents where withinCommentPeriod=true, sorted by soonest reported closing date \(ascending commentEndDate\). Page 1 holds the earliest metadata dates; verify the notice before planning a submission. Returns document IDs, title
- `far\_case\_history`: Get the lifecycle of a FAR/DFARS rulemaking case, summary first. Returns the docket metadata \(title, abstract, RIN linking to the Unified Agenda\), the docket's total document count, counts by document type and of documents open for comment across the whole docket, and one page of its documents, most

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