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title: "Firecrawl launches free Government & Legal Index for ChatGPT and Claude"
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published_at: "2026-10-23"
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# Firecrawl launches free Government & Legal Index for ChatGPT and Claude

## Retrieval answer

Firecrawl announced the Government & Legal Index on October 22, 2026, a free search index of 30 million US government pages.

Firecrawl announced the Government & Legal Index on October 22, 2026, a free search index of 30 million US government pages. The company says it includes federal and state statutes, regulations, court opinions, filings and agency guidance, plus county and city codes, zoning rules, permit requirements, fee schedules, tax forms, procurement notices and other publications.

The index can be searched through the Firecrawl plugin in ChatGPT and Claude. Developers can use the `/search/gov` API endpoint, the `firecrawl_gov_search` tool in Firecrawl's hosted MCP server, or the `firecrawl gov` CLI command. Searches do not consume Firecrawl credits and can be run without an API key; adding a key raises rate limits. Scraping a returned page for its full text uses standard scrape credits.

Firecrawl says the index is US-only for now and links results to their source pages, as well as connecting pages to cited laws and cases. The announcement does not establish that the index is complete, that individual rules are current, or that a returned rule applies to a particular legal situation. Firecrawl advises users to check the original source, jurisdiction, and effective date.

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