Government

Connect BCLaws to any app

Access to the laws of British Columbia. Free, credential-less public API.

No account neededbclaws.gov.bc.ca
3 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with BCLaws?

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You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)
Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with BCLaws

Triggers and actions 3 actions

  • Action
    Find legislation by search term

    Search the BC Laws library for documents matching a keyword or phrase, returning matching documents with hit counts and highlighted text fragments.

  • Action
    Get legislation document

    Retrieve the full text (HTML or XML) of a specific BC statute, regulation, or bylaw by its aspect, index ID, and document ID.

  • Action
    List legislation items

    List the statutes, regulations, or bylaws under a BC Laws content directory/index (e.g. the "complete" aspect), returning document/directory metadata (CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ID, title, type) used to navigate deeper or feed the Get/Find operations.

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BCLaws, answered

What can your agent do in BCLaws?

Any of BCLaws's 3 actions, including Find legislation by search term, Get legislation document and List legislation items. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Which apps can BCLaws connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs BCLaws with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.