Oravan MCP server

Oravan is a free, nonpartisan service that explains what the U.S. Congress is doing in everyday words. It also offers an MCP server, which is a way to let your AI assistant look things up in Oravan for you. It is handy if you want to know who your representatives are, what a bill actually says, or which bills are moving right now.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI a question about Congress, like who represents your ZIP code or what a bill does. Your AI sends that question to the Oravan helper, which looks it up in Oravan's public data. Oravan sends back a plain-language answer, plus a note about where the information came from and how fresh it is. Your AI then shows you that answer in the chat. Everything is read-only, so nothing on Oravan changes and no account is needed.

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What you can do with it

• Look up your senators and House member by ZIP code
• Get a plain-language summary of a specific bill
• Search bills by topic or keyword
• See which bills are moving right now, ranked by urgency
• Get details about a specific member of Congress
• Read summaries in English or Spanish
• See the source and freshness note attached to each answer

Try asking your AI

• “Who represents me in Congress? My ZIP code is 10001.”
• “What does the bill about student loans actually do?”
• “Which bills are moving this week?”
• “Tell me about my senator, and what committees they are on.”

What it gives back to you

You get back plain-language answers in the chat, like a list of your representatives with their names and roles, or a short summary of a bill. Each answer also comes with a small note about the source, when it was last updated, and a label saying the summary was written by AI. If you asked in Spanish, the answer comes back in Spanish.

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Who it's for

Anyone who wants to understand Congress without reading legal text, including voters, students, journalists, and community organizers.