Manus
Give Manus access to German federal laws, court decisions, and EU legislation for autonomous multi-step legal research.
Setup
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Create an API key in your Provisional dashboard under Settings > API Keys.
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In Manus, go to Settings > Integrations > Custom MCP Servers > Add Server.
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Enter "Provisional" as the server name and paste the MCP URL below.
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Enter your API key in the Authentication field (format: ApiKey sk-...).
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Click Test Connection — Manus verifies the server and discovers all available tools.
https://mcp.provision.al/mcpAuthentication
Manus custom MCP servers use static credentials — API key or Bearer token. OAuth is only available for Manus prebuilt connectors, not custom servers. To connect Provisional, create an API key in your Provisional dashboard and paste it into the Authentication field in Manus using this format:
ApiKey sk-...How Manus uses tools
Manus selects tools autonomously based on their descriptions. When you assign a research task, Manus reads the tool descriptions Provisional exposes and decides which ones to call without per-tool approval. This makes it well-suited for multi-step legal research — for example, searching for a German law, retrieving specific sections, then cross-referencing with EU case law — all in a single task.
There are no documented tool count limits. Manus has access to all 18 Provisional tools (German laws, court decisions, EU legislation, cases, and treaties) and can chain them across jurisdictions as needed.
All 18 Provisional tools are read-only — they search and retrieve legal documents but never modify anything — safe for fully autonomous execution.
Good to know
HTTPS is required for all custom MCP servers. Provisional serves over HTTPS by default at mcp.provision.al.
Sessions are managed server-side. After a server deploy, Manus will re-initialize the session automatically on the next tool call.
Manus also offers a REST API at open.manus.im for programmatic task execution if you want to trigger research tasks from your own code.