# The law, at the source. Now in Claude.

Get the statute, regulation or court opinion behind every answer, quoted and cited from the Government & Legal Index: 30M+ data points of US law. Try it in Claude (the page also offers ChatGPT).

Tested by our design partners. Example question: "What will California's minimum wage be in 2027?" The index returns a quoted result from the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR News Release No. 2026-66, dir.ca.gov): "Beginning January 1, 2027, California's statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per hour, helping wages keep pace with inflation..."

Other example questions, each with its source:

- What will California's minimum wage be in 2027? California Department of Industrial Relations.
- How much notice does my landlord have to give before evicting me in Texas? Texas Legislature.
- Is there a cap on rent increases in California? California Legislative Information.
- Did the FTC remove its noncompete rule? Federal Trade Commission.
- What's the most I can sue for in small claims court in Texas? Texas State Law Library.

## Follow the citations to the controlling authority

Legal text keeps pointing to other legal text. In Claude, ChatGPT, Grok Bot or the API, you can find the pages that cite a statute or case, and Alexandria lists what each result cites, so your assistant can trace a question to the authority that decides it. The example below comes from real index results.

**The code section:** [S.F. Planning Code § 207.2](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_planning/0-0-0-19964) (planning code, state-mandated ADU program)

Cited by:

- Building code: [S.F. Building Code § 106A.1.19](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_building/0-0-0-92027) (Department of Building Inspection)
- Guidance: [Planning Director Bulletin No. 3](https://sfplanning.org/resource/planning-director-bulletin-no-3-state-accessory-dwelling-unit-program) (San Francisco Planning)
- Planning code: [S.F. Planning Code § 207.1](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_planning/0-0-0-19955) (Local ADU program)

Cites:

- Statute: [Cal. Gov't Code § 66314](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=66314) (ADU ordinances)
- Statute: [Cal. Gov't Code § 66323](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=66323) (Ministerial ADU approval)
- Statute: [Cal. Gov't Code § 66333](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=66333) (Junior ADUs)
- Statute: [Cal. Gov't Code § 66341](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=66341) (Separate sale of ADUs)

## Inside the index: 30M+ data points of US law

Mostly from government sites, searched as one index. Every result quotes its source and lists what it cites.

- **Federal:** statutes, regulations, court opinions, bills, tax forms and agency guidance.
- **State:** codes, bills, session laws, agency and tax guidance.
- **County & city:** ordinances, municipal and zoning codes, permits and fee schedules.

Example result (California, statute, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov): Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600, California Legislative Information.

> "(a) Except as provided in this chapter, every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void."

- jurisdiction: `us-ca` (California)
- cited_as: `us-ca:bus-prof-code:16600`
- cites: `us:cal4th:44:937` (*Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP*, 44 Cal. 4th 937 (2008))

## Add Firecrawl to the AI you already use

One free plugin brings the Government & Legal Index, and the rest of Firecrawl Alexandria, into every chat. There's no API key to paste. Firecrawl Alexandria needs a Firecrawl account (signed in through the plugin, connector or MCP, or an API key); keyless sessions don't include it.

- **Claude:** official Firecrawl connector. Turn on Firecrawl from the + menu in a chat.
- **ChatGPT:** official Firecrawl plugin. Ask a legal question and mention @firecrawl.
- **Grok Bot:** official Firecrawl plugin. In a chat, type @ to attach Firecrawl, then ask.
- **Coding agents:** Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI.

Install links for each are on [/plugins.md](/plugins.md). Any other agent? Add the Firecrawl CLI and skills:

```bash
npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser
```

## One call. The law itself.

Put the same index in your own agent or app. Searching is free, and you don't need an API key to start.

- API: `GET /v2/search/gov`
- MCP: `firecrawl_gov_search`
- CLI: `firecrawl gov`
- SDKs: `govSearch()`, `gov_search()`

[Read the docs](https://docs.firecrawl.dev) (citations and filters in Alexandria)

```bash
$ firecrawl gov "California rent increase cap" --limit 3
```

Example output:

1. Bill Text - AB-1482 Tenant Protection Act of 2019: tenancy: rent caps. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482
2. California Code, CIV 1947.12. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=1947.12
3. Know Your Rights as a California Tenant - English - Consumer Alert - California Department of Justice. oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/Know-Your-Rights-Tenants-English.pdf

## Common questions

**What is the Firecrawl Government & Legal Index?** A search index of 30M+ data points, mostly from US federal, state, county and city government sites. It covers statutes and code sections, regulations, local ordinances and zoning codes, permits, court opinions, bills, tax forms and agency guidance, and every result links to its source.

**Is it free?** Yes. Searching the index uses no credits. Adding Firecrawl to Claude or ChatGPT takes a free Firecrawl account, and the API works without a key to start.

**How do I use it in Claude, ChatGPT or Grok Bot?** Add the Firecrawl connector in Claude, or the official Firecrawl plugin in ChatGPT or Grok Bot, then ask a legal, tax or compliance question. The Try it button at the top opens Claude or ChatGPT with a question ready, and gives you the link to connect Firecrawl if you haven't yet. For Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI, use the coding agent links in the install section.

**How do the citations work?** Through Firecrawl Alexandria, each result lists the statutes and cases it cites as canonical IDs, such as `us:usc:42:1983`, and you can filter by jurisdiction, court, court type, cited law and site. Your assistant can follow those links from a summary to the authority it relies on.

**Which jurisdictions does it cover?** US federal, state and local law, from the U.S. Code to city ordinances. It focuses on US law, so for other countries your assistant should use general search, and no results doesn't mean no law applies.

**Is this legal advice?** No. The index finds the sources and links them, and you or your assistant read them. Check who issued a source, its jurisdiction and whether it is current before relying on it, and ask a lawyer about your situation.

**Can I use it in my own agent or app?** Yes. Call GET or POST `/v2/search/gov`, use `firecrawl_gov_search` in the Firecrawl MCP server or `firecrawl gov` in the CLI, or the Python and Node SDKs. Each of them filters by jurisdiction, court, court type, cited law and site. Through Firecrawl Alexandria, the firecrawl-gov-index provider also lists the laws and cases each page cites.

_Canonical HTML: https://www.firecrawl.dev/gov-index_

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