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CongressMCP OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

CongressMCP publishes 7 OAuth 2.0 scopes. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the CongressMCP API on a user’s behalf.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

CompanyLegislationGovernmentCongressState LegislaturesBill TrackingMCPArtificial IntelligencePolicy Research

Scopes: 7 Flows: Method: searched

Scopes (7)

Scope	Description	Flows
legislative.read	Federal and state legislative research tools (bills, members, votes, committees, sessions, datasets). The legacy read scope is an alias.
personal.read	Read your own personal settings, representatives, watchlist and alert preferences.
personal.write	Save personal settings and follow or unfollow bills in your own personal workspaces. Explorer allows 10 active follows and one daily in-app digest for enabled alerts.
workspace.read	Read your tenant's contacts, organizations, issues, tracked bills, news, briefings, and other workspace records.
workspace.write	Create and update workspace records: notes, tasks, tracked bills, CRM entries, monitors, webhooks, review queues, comments.
automation.run	Run scheduled and bulk workflows (monitors, cascades, playbooks) on the workspace's behalf.
browser.drive	Watch Mode: navigate, highlight, and refresh an open CongressMCP browser tab while the AI works.

📄 Provider scope reference: https://congressmcp.com/docs

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-11-04'
method: searched
source: https://congressmcp.com/docs
docs: https://congressmcp.com/docs
note: Scope table copied from the docs "Scope / What it allows / Availability" table. Default connection permissions are legislative.read, personal.read, personal.write, workspace.read, workspace.write and browser.drive; automation.run stays opt-in. The legacy `read` scope is an alias of legislative.read.
scopes:
- name: legislative.read
  description: Federal and state legislative research tools (bills, members, votes, committees, sessions, datasets). The legacy read scope is an alias.
  availability: All plans. Free covers federal Congress.gov records; state data and calculated intelligence need a paid plan.
- name: personal.read
  description: Read your own personal settings, representatives, watchlist and alert preferences.
  availability: Paid plans (Explorer and above)
- name: personal.write
  description: Save personal settings and follow or unfollow bills in your own personal workspaces. Explorer allows 10 active follows and one daily in-app digest for enabled alerts.
  availability: Paid plans (Explorer and above), within plan limits
- name: workspace.read
  description: Read your tenant's contacts, organizations, issues, tracked bills, news, briefings, and other workspace records.
  availability: Briefcase, Indie, Pro, Platform & Teams
- name: workspace.write
  description: 'Create and update workspace records: notes, tasks, tracked bills, CRM entries, monitors, webhooks, review queues, comments.'
  availability: Briefcase, Indie, Pro, Platform & Teams
- name: automation.run
  description: Run scheduled and bulk workflows (monitors, cascades, playbooks) on the workspace's behalf.
  availability: Briefcase, Indie, Pro, Platform & Teams · opt-in
- name: browser.drive
  description: 'Watch Mode: navigate, highlight, and refresh an open CongressMCP browser tab while the AI works.'
  availability: Briefcase, Indie, Pro, Platform & Teams · on by default

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