Indonesian Law MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing comprehensive access to Indonesian legislation, including the PDP Law (Perlindungan Data Pribadi), ITE Law (Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik), Government Regulation on Electronic Systems, Company Law (Perseroan Terbatas), and Consumer Protection with full-text search.

Deployment Tier

MEDIUM -- Dual tier, bundled free database shipped with the npm package. Full database available via separate download.

Estimated database size: ~100-200 MB (free tier), ~400-800 MB (professional tier with full regulatory corpus)

Key Legislation Covered

Law	Number/Year	Significance
PDP Law (Perlindungan Data Pribadi)	UU No. 27/2022	Comprehensive personal data protection law modeled on EU GDPR; enacted October 2022 with 2-year transition period
ITE Law (Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik)	UU No. 11/2008 (amended UU No. 19/2016)	Electronic information, transactions, and cybercrime; primary cybercrime law
Government Regulation on Electronic Systems	PP No. 71/2019	Electronic system operation, data localization for public systems, electronic transactions
Company Law (Perseroan Terbatas)	UU No. 40/2007	Limited liability companies, corporate governance, directors' duties
Consumer Protection	UU No. 8/1999	Consumer rights, business actor obligations, dispute resolution
Constitution (UUD 1945)	1945 (amended)	Supreme law; Article 28G guarantees right to personal protection

Regulatory Context

Data Protection Authority: PDP supervisory institution (being established); interim enforcement by Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo)
Cybercrime Enforcement: Directorate of Cybercrime, Indonesian National Police (Bareskrim Polri)
Indonesia's PDP Law (UU 27/2022) was modeled on the EU GDPR; enacted 17 October 2022 with a 2-year transition period ending October 2024
Indonesia is the largest economy in ASEAN with 270M+ people and is rapidly digitalizing
The legislation hierarchy follows UU No. 12/2011: UUD 1945 > UU/Perpu > PP > Perpres > Provincial/District Regulations
Bahasa Indonesia is the legally binding language; English translations are unofficial
Indonesia is a member of ASEAN and participates in the ASEAN Framework on Personal Data Protection
PP No. 71/2019 imposes data localization requirements for public electronic system operators

Data Sources

Source	Authority	Method	Update Frequency	License	Coverage
BPK RI (peraturan.bpk.go.id)	Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia	HTML Scrape	Weekly	Government Open Data	All UU, PP, Perpres, Ministerial Regulations, Constitution
JDIH (peraturan.go.id)	Ministry of Law and Human Rights	HTML Scrape	Weekly	Government Open Data	National legal documentation, State Gazette references

Full provenance metadata: sources.yml

Installation

npm install -g @ansvar/indonesian-law-mcp

Usage

As stdio MCP server

indonesian-law-mcp

In Claude Desktop / MCP client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indonesian-law": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ansvar/indonesian-law-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Tool	Description
`get_provision`	Retrieve a specific article (pasal) from an Indonesian law or regulation
`search_legislation`	Full-text search across all Indonesian legislation in Bahasa Indonesia and English
`get_provision_eu_basis`	Cross-reference lookup for international framework relationships (GDPR, ASEAN, 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 (PDP Law Art 1, ITE Law Art 1, Company Law Art 1, PP 71/2019 Art 1)
3 search tests (data pribadi, transaksi elektronik, keamanan siber)
2 citation roundtrip tests (official peraturan.bpk.go.id URL patterns)
1 cross-reference test (PDP Law to GDPR)
2 negative tests (non-existent law, malformed article)

Run with: npm run test:contract

Indonesian Legislation Numbering

Indonesia uses a specific numbering format for legislation:

Type	Format	Example
Law (Undang-Undang)	UU No. X Tahun YYYY	UU No. 27 Tahun 2022 (PDP Law)
Government Regulation	PP No. X Tahun YYYY	PP No. 71 Tahun 2019
Presidential Regulation	Perpres No. X Tahun YYYY	Perpres No. 95 Tahun 2018
Ministerial Regulation	Permen X No. Y Tahun YYYY	Permenkominfo No. 20 Tahun 2016

Security

See SECURITY.md for vulnerability disclosure policy.

Report data errors: Open an issue

License

Apache-2.0 -- see LICENSE

Built by Ansvar Systems -- Cybersecurity compliance through AI-powered analysis.

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