Avocado Legal

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Avocado Legal lets your AI assistant search South African legislation, judgments, court rules, and legal commentary — and show you the actual source passages behind each answer.

It is a private research tool for approved users. It does not replace your own legal judgment.

Step 1

Request access

Access is by invitation while we are in testing. Email us with:

  • Your name
  • The Google email address you will sign in with
  • Which AI app you use (e.g. Claude Desktop)

Request access by email

We will confirm once your account is approved. Please wait before trying to connect.

Step 2

Connect in Claude Desktop

Most users connect through Claude Desktop (the desktop app from Anthropic).

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Choose Add connector or Add custom connector
  3. Name it Avocado Legal
  4. Paste this address when asked for a URL:

https://avocado-mcp.scholtz.dpdns.org/sse

  1. Click Connect and sign in with your approved Google account
  2. Start a new chat and make sure the Avocado Legal connector is enabled
Using a different AI app? See the research guide or email support — we can help with setup.

Step 3

Try a real question

Once connected, ask a plain-language legal research question. Avocado searches the corpus and returns quoted source text with links.

You might ask

What must I show when bringing an urgent application in the motion court? Please search Avocado Legal and quote the source passages.

Avocado returns (excerpt from live search, 6 Jul 2026)

Motion Court: Practice Guidelines

“In cases of extreme urgency, the reasonable time afforded to the respondent to give notice of intention to oppose, is usually not less than 2 hours, excluding the hour between 13h00 and 14h00.”

“If the facts and circumstances set out in the applicant’s affidavits do not constitute sufficient urgency for the application to be brought as an urgent application … the court will decline to grant an order for the enrolment of the application as an urgent application … Save for a possible adverse cost order against the applicant the court will make no order on the application.”

Source: Motion Court Practice Guidelines (PDF, p. 8)

Good answers quote the source and give you a link to open the document. If the AI summarises without showing where it found the text, ask it to quote the sources again.

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The research guide explains how to phrase questions, which types of sources to search, and practical tips for litigation, drafting, and opinion work.

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