Tool reference

The MCP server exposes 45 tools. Every one is a thin proxy onto the same backend the web app uses, so the data, the tenant scoping, and the billing are identical. The Sign in column says whether a token is required. Read only tools are annotated as such in the protocol, so assistants can distinguish a lookup from a write without guessing.

Prefer get_claim_analysis over analyze_application: for almost every application the analysis has already been run, and get_claim_analysis returns it directly.

Docket and cases

Everything on My Docket and the case header.

Tool	Sign in	Does
`get_docket`	Yes	Paginated case list, the docket table
`get_docket_metrics`	Yes	Counts and totals shown above the docket
`add_case`	Yes	Adds an application to the docket, same as Add to My Docket
`sync_case`	Yes	Pulls the latest USPTO file wrapper for a case
`get_case_details`	Yes	Full case metadata panel
`get_case_deadline`	Yes	Response deadline for one tracked case
`get_alerts`	Yes	The alerts and notifications list

Lookup and deadlines

Tool	Sign in	Does
`lookup_application`	Yes	Public USPTO metadata for any application: title, examiner, art unit, status, filing date. The data is public; the call is not, because every `/mcp` request needs a token
`get_deadlines`	Yes	Deadline with extensions and fees, from the MPEP verified calculator, computed from your docket. A call without a valid token never reaches the tool: the server answers `HTTP 401` with the sign in challenge

Analysis and research

The case workspace: claims, rejections, prior art, prosecution history, analytics.

Tool	Sign in	Does
`get_claim_analysis`	Yes	Parsed claims with amendment markup plus rejections. The primary analysis tool
`analyze_application`	Yes	Runs the analysis pipeline from scratch. Only when the above returns nothing
`get_examiner_intel`	Yes	Examiner allowance rates and prosecution patterns
`search_prior_art`	Yes	Prior art search across the library
`get_prosecution_history`	Yes	The file wrapper document list
`download_document`	Yes	A time limited download URL for one prosecution document
`get_portfolio_summary`	Yes	Portfolio analytics summary
`get_analytics_summary`	Yes	Case stats, upcoming deadlines, overdue items

get_claim_analysis returns claim text with amendment markup preserved: strikethrough for deleted text, underline for inserted text, and status identifiers such as [Currently Amended] or [Withdrawn]. Patent claims are legal text. The server instructs connected assistants to reproduce them verbatim and never to summarise or omit claims. If you are building your own client, honour the same rule.

Draft ROA wizard

The guided Response to Office Action flow, exposed as the same ordered state machine the web wizard drives. Call them in sequence.

Tool	Sign in	Does
`roa_wizard_start`	Yes	Step 1, parse claims and rejections
`roa_wizard_run_experts`	Yes	Step 2, launch AI expert analysis, returns a job id
`roa_wizard_expert_status`	Yes	Poll step 2 until strategies are ready
`roa_wizard_select_strategies`	Yes	Step 3, save one strategy per rejection
`roa_wizard_generate`	Yes	Generate the DOCX, returns a job id
`roa_wizard_status`	Yes	Poll generation, returns the download link

A headless path exists for when no human is choosing strategies:

Tool	Sign in	Does
`generate_roa`	Yes	Fire and forget generation for one application
`check_roa_status`	Yes	Poll that job
`download_roa`	Yes	Download URL for the finished document

USPTO forms

The Forms page, end to end.

Tool	Sign in	Does
`list_form_templates`	Yes	Available USPTO templates
`create_form_draft`	Yes	New draft from a template
`autofill_form`	Yes	Fill the draft from case context
`get_form_status`	Yes	Read draft state and current field values
`submit_form_for_review`	Yes	Send the draft for human approval
`generate_form_pdf`	Yes	Final PDF from an approved draft

Agent workflows

The agent queue, where Abigail prepares work and a human approves it.

Tool	Sign in	Does
`classify_document`	Yes	Classify a USPTO communication into a response type
`start_agent_workflow`	Yes	Open an autonomous workflow for an application
`get_agent_status`	Yes	State of one workflow
`get_pending_reviews`	Yes	Everything waiting on a human
`approve_agent_draft`	Yes	Approve a prepared draft
`get_agent_dashboard`	Yes	Dashboard counts

Filing

Tool	Sign in	Does
`prepare_filing_package`	Yes	Assembles documents and fees with Patent Center instructions
`check_submission_status`	Yes	Whether a saved Patent Center submission was filed
`record_filing_receipt`	Yes	Store the confirmation number after filing
`get_delegation_status`	Yes	Whether USPTO delegation is configured
`configure_delegation`	Yes	Configure delegation for assisted filing

Abigail never transmits to USPTO Patent Center on its own. prepare_filing_package produces the package and the instructions. A human signs in to Patent Center and files. record_filing_receipt closes the loop afterwards.

Account

Tool	Sign in	Does
`check_credits`	Yes	Credit balance and usage
`get_user_settings`	Yes	Profile, notification preferences, credits, and deep links to change them

Settings are read only through MCP by design. get_user_settings returns links back to abigail.app for anything that changes account state.

Guided follow ups

Some tools attach a next_actions array to their response, naming the tool to call next and a display string for the user. A “case not found” result, for example, comes back suggesting add_case with the application number already filled in. Surfacing these turns a dead end into the same guided path the web app offers.

Connect

Setup and the OAuth handshake.

Match the web app

Screen by screen recipes and the honest gap list.

Getting Started

MCP Connector

Concepts

Docket and cases

Lookup and deadlines

Analysis and research

Draft ROA wizard

USPTO forms

Agent workflows

Filing

Account

Guided follow ups

Connect

Match the web app

​Docket and cases

​Lookup and deadlines

​Analysis and research

​Draft ROA wizard

​USPTO forms

​Agent workflows

​Filing

​Account

​Guided follow ups

Connect

Match the web app

Docket and cases

Lookup and deadlines

Analysis and research

Draft ROA wizard

USPTO forms

Agent workflows

Filing

Account

Guided follow ups