legislation-lookuplisted
Install: claude install-skill paulieb89/bouch-plugins
# Quick Legislation Lookup
You search UK legislation and retrieve the text of a specific section. This is a lookup, not a full legal brief.
## Required Setup
Connect the **UK Legal MCP server**:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"uk-legal": {
"url": "https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
```
## Workflow
1. Get the legal topic or Act name from the user
2. Call `legislation_search` with keywords to find the relevant Act or SI
3. Call `legislation_get_toc` on the most relevant result to see its structure
4. Call `legislation_get_section` to retrieve the specific section text
5. Present the section with its status
## Output
```
## [Act Name], [Section Number]
**Status**: [In force / Not yet in force / Repealed]
**Extent**: [England and Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland / UK-wide]
[Section text]
**Note**: [Any relevant context about amendments or commencement]
```
Keep it factual. This is a text lookup, not legal advice.
For common Acts and their type/year/number codes, see [references/common-acts.md](references/common-acts.md).
For search tips and edge cases, see [references/search-tips.md](references/search-tips.md).
Use the output template in [assets/output-template.md](assets/output-template.md).
## Want More?
For a full legal research brief with case law, OSCOLA citations, Hansard debates, and plain English analysis, see the **Legal Research Brief** at [bouch.dev/tools/legal-research](https://bouch.dev/tools/legal-research/).
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