Federal Register
www.federalregister.gov
Every rule, proposed rule and notice published by US federal agencies, searchable by agency, type and date.
GET /v1/data/federalregister/agencies1Request
curl "https://api.fastcrw.com/v1/data/federalregister/agencies" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTCRW_API_KEY"
2Response example
A sample shape. Press Run to see live data from Federal Register.
[
{
"agency_url": "",
"child_ids": [],
"child_slugs": [],
"description": "ACTION was established by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971, effective July 1, 1971. \r\n\r\nACTION's purpose was to mobilize Americans for voluntary service throughout the United States and in developing countries overseas through programs which help meet basic human needs and support the self-help eff…",
"id": 557,
"logo": null,
"name": "ACTION",
"parent_id": null,
"recent_articles_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bagency_ids%5D%5B%5D=557&order=newest",
"short_name": "ACTION",
"slug": "action",
"url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/action",
"json_url": "http://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/557"
},
{
"agency_url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov",
"child_ids": [
317
],
"child_slugs": [
"national-commission-on-fiscal-responsibility-and-reform"
],
"description": "The Office of Administration (OA) was created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 and Executive Order 12028. As a component of the Executive Office of the President, the Office's primary function is to provide common administrative and support services for the various agencies and offices of the EO…",
"id": 2,
"logo": {
"thumb_url": "https://agency-logos.federalregister.gov/2/thumb.png?1279162074",
"small_url": "https://agency-logos.federalregister.gov/2/small.png?1279162074",
"medium_url": "https://agency-logos.federalregister.gov/2/medium.png?1279162074"
},
"name": "Administration Office, Executive Office of the President",
"parent_id": 538,
"recent_articles_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bagency_ids%5D%5B%5D=2&order=newest",
"short_name": "OA",
"slug": "administration-office-executive-office-of-the-president",
"url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/administration-office-executive-office-of-the-president",
"json_url": "http://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/2"
},
"… 471 more items"
]Attribution: Source: Federal Register (US Government Publishing Office)
Licence: A work of the United States Government, not subject to copyright protection in the United States (17 U.S.C. 105). The Office of the Federal Register publishes this API for public reuse.
Ask with this source
A prompt for your agent that names this source and how to call it through the crw MCP.
All agencies
Use Federal Register (federalregister) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "All agencies" (agencies). You need the exact agency slug to filter documents by agency, or the full list of federal agencies. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "federalregister" and capability "agencies". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Agency detail
Use Federal Register (federalregister) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Agency detail" (agency). You have an agency slug and want its description, official site and place in the agency hierarchy. Example options: slug=environmental-protection-agency. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "federalregister" and capability "agency". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Document detail
Use Federal Register (federalregister) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Document detail" (document). You have a Federal Register document number and need everything the API knows about that document. Example options: number=2024-00001. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "federalregister" and capability "document". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Document counts by facet
Use Federal Register (federalregister) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Document counts by facet" (document-facets). You want the shape of a Federal Register search (which agencies, which types, which months) instead of the matching documents. Example options: facet=agency, term=climate change. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "federalregister" and capability "document-facets". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
