specification: API Commons MCP
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Department of Justice
providerId: department-of-justice
generated: '2026-09-06'
method: derived
status: candidate
source: 'No MCP server is published by the Department of Justice. Searched the DOJ Developer Resources page, justice.gov/developer/api-documentation/api_v1,
  foia.gov/developer, the BJS NCVS and NIBRS API pages, and the github.com/usdoj organization (7 repos, none MCP).
  Probed /.well-known/ai-plugin.json on www.justice.gov, justice.gov, www.foia.gov, api.foia.gov, bjs.ojp.gov, api.ojp.gov,
  catalog.data.gov and efile.fara.gov: 404 on every host, 2026-09-06. The tool list below is DERIVED from the FOIA
  Portal Swagger contract and is not something DOJ ships.'
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: null
  install: null
  package: null
  auth: unknown
  verified: searched
  note: 'mode: none — nobody ships a server for this API surface, hosted or stdio. No endpoint is invented here.'
tool_count: 24
tools:
- name: foia_get_agency_components
  description: Get a List of Agency Components
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /agency_components
  parameters:
  - name: fields[agency_component]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: fields[agency]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: false
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_agency_components_by_entity
  description: Get Agency Component Details
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /agency_components/{entity}
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_agency
  description: 'List Taxonomy: Agency'
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /agency
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: false
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_agency_by_entity
  description: 'Get Taxonomy Details: Agency'
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /agency/{entity}
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_agency_components_by_entity_request_form
  description: Get Agency Component Request Form
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /agency_components/{entity}/request_form
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_annual_foia_report
  description: List Annual FOIA Reports
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /annual_foia_report
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: true
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: sort
    in: query
    type: array
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_annual_foia_report_fiscal_years
  description: 'Get Annual Report: Fiscal Years'
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /annual_foia_report/fiscal_years
  parameters: []
- name: foia_get_quarterly_foia_report
  description: List Quarterly FOIA Reports
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /quarterly_foia_report
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: true
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: sort
    in: query
    type: array
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_quarterly_foia_report_fiscal_years
  description: 'Get Quarterly Report: Fiscal Years'
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /quarterly_foia_report/fiscal_years
  parameters: []
- name: foia_get_annual_report_xml_by_agency_by_year
  description: Individual Annual Reports in XML format are available via the Annual Report XML Endpoint.
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /annual-report-xml/{agency}/{year}
  parameters:
  - name: agency
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
  - name: year
    in: path
    type: number
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_meeting
  description: List CFO Meetings
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_meeting
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: false
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: sort
    in: query
    type: array
    required: false
  - name: sort[sort-created][direction]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_cfo_meeting_by_entity
  description: Get CFO Meeting
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /cfo_meeting/{entity}
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_cfo_meeting_by_entity_field_meeting_agenda
  description: Get CFO Meeting Agenda Item
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /cfo_meeting/{entity}/field_meeting_agenda
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_cfo_meeting_by_entity_field_meeting_documents
  description: Get CFO Meeting Documents
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /cfo_meeting/{entity}/field_meeting_documents
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_cfo_meeting_by_entity_field_meeting_materials
  description: Get CFO Meeting Materials
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /cfo_meeting/{entity}/field_meeting_materials
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_committee
  description: List CFO Committees
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_committee
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: false
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: sort
    in: query
    type: array
    required: false
  - name: sort[sort-created][direction]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_committee_by_entity
  description: View CFO Committee Details
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_committee/{entity}
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_committee_by_entity_field_working_groups
  description: CFO Committee Working Groups
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_committee/{entity}/field_working_groups
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_committee_by_entity_field_attachments
  description: CFO Committee Attachments
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_committee/{entity}/field_attachments
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_council
  description: List CFO Councils
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_council
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: false
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: sort
    in: query
    type: array
    required: false
  - name: sort[sort-created][direction]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_council_by_entity
  description: Get CFO Council Details
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_council/{entity}
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_page
  description: List CFO Pages
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_page
  parameters:
  - name: page[limit]
    in: query
    type: number
    required: false
  - name: page[offset]
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
  - name: sort
    in: query
    type: array
    required: false
  - name: include
    in: query
    type: string
    required: false
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_page_by_entity
  description: Get CFO Page Details
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_page/{entity}
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
- name: foia_get_node_cfo_page_by_entity_field_attachments
  description: CFO Page Attachments
  rest:
    method: GET
    path: /node/cfo_page/{entity}/field_attachments
  parameters:
  - name: entity
    in: path
    type: string
    required: true
not_covered:
- surface: DOJ News API
  reason: No machine-readable contract; documented resources are press_releases.json and blog_entries.json (list
    + by-uuid) with fields/page/pagesize/sort/direction parameters.
- surface: BJS NCVS and NIBRS National Estimates
  reason: Socrata-style dataset resources on api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1 with no published schema.
- surface: FARA e-File
  reason: Undocumented ORDS feed; only /api/v1/Registrants/json/{Active|Terminated} verified live.
- surface: DOJ Open Data Catalog
  reason: DCAT-US 1.1 document at justice.gov/data.json, not an operation surface.