Argentine Law MCP
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing comprehensive access to Argentine federal legislation, including data protection (Ley 25.326), cybercrime, digital signature, companies, and consumer protection law with Spanish full-text search.
Deployment Tier
SMALL -- Single tier, bundled SQLite database shipped with the npm package.
Estimated database size: ~80-150 MB (full corpus of Argentine federal legislation)
Key Legislation Covered
| Law | Year | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Ley 25.326 (Personal Data Protection) | 2000 | One of the oldest data protection laws in Latin America; basis for Argentina's EU adequacy decision |
| Ley 26.388 (Cybercrime) | 2008 | Amendments to the Penal Code incorporating computer crime offences |
| Ley 25.506 (Digital Signature) | 2001 | Legal framework for digital and electronic signatures; early adopter in Latin America |
| Ley 19.550 (Ley General de Sociedades) | Various | General companies law governing all types of commercial companies |
| Ley 24.240 (Consumer Protection) | 1993 | Consumer defense law administered by the Secretaria de Comercio |
| Ley 27.078 (Argentina Digital) | 2014 | Telecommunications and digital development framework |
| Constitution of Argentina | 1994 (reform) | Article 43 establishes habeas data as a constitutional right |
Regulatory Context
- Data Protection Regulator: AAIP (Agencia de Acceso a la Informacion Publica), successor to the former Direccion Nacional de Proteccion de Datos Personales
- Argentina holds an EU adequacy decision (Decision 2003/490/EC), making it one of the few non-EU countries recognized as providing adequate data protection
- Ley 25.326 dates from 2000; a comprehensive reform bill to align with GDPR has been pending for several years but has not been enacted
- The Argentine Constitution (1994) includes habeas data in Article 43, providing constitutional-level personal data protection
- Argentina is a civil law jurisdiction; the Boletin Oficial (B.O.) is the official gazette
- Argentina is a member of Mercosur and participates in the Ibero-American Data Protection Network (RIPD)
Data Sources
| Source | Authority | Method | Update Frequency | License | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InfoLEG | Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos | HTML Scrape | On change | Government Public Data | All federal laws with consolidated texts, decrees, resolutions |
| SAIJ | Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos | HTML Scrape | On change | Government Public Data | Federal/provincial legislation, case law, legal doctrine |
| AAIP | Agencia de Acceso a la Informacion Publica | HTML Scrape | On change | Government Public Data | Ley 25.326 implementing regulations, dispositions, guidance |
Full provenance metadata:
sources.yml
Installation
npm install -g @ansvar/argentine-law-mcp
Usage
As stdio MCP server
argentine-law-mcp
In Claude Desktop / MCP client configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"argentine-law": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@ansvar/argentine-law-mcp"]
}
}
}
Available Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
get_provision | Retrieve a specific article from an Argentine federal law |
search_legislation | Full-text search across all Argentine legislation (Spanish) |
get_provision_eu_basis | Cross-reference lookup for international framework relationships (GDPR, EU DPD, etc.) |
Development
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Build
npm run build
# Run tests
npm test
# Run contract tests
npm run test:contract
# Run all validation
npm run validate
# Build database from sources
npm run build:db
# Start server
npm start
Contract Tests
This MCP includes 12 golden contract tests covering:
- 4 article retrieval tests (Ley 25.326, Ley 26.388, Ley 25.506, Ley 19.550)
- 3 search tests (datos personales, delito informatico, firma digital)
- 2 citation roundtrip tests (infoleg.gob.ar URLs, B.O. references)
- 1 cross-reference test (Ley 25.326 to EU DPD/GDPR -- has adequacy decision)
- 2 negative tests (non-existent law, malformed article)
Run with: npm run test:contract
Security
See SECURITY.md for vulnerability disclosure policy.
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Related Documents
- MCP Quality Standard -- quality requirements for all Ansvar MCPs
- MCP Infrastructure Blueprint -- infrastructure implementation templates
- MCP Deployment Tiers -- free vs. professional tier strategy
- MCP Server Registry -- operational registry of all MCPs
- MCP Remote Access -- public Vercel endpoint URLs
License
Apache-2.0 -- see LICENSE
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