What is oravan?
oravan is a MCP server by cm2489 that nonpartisan U.S. Congress data: plain-language bill summaries in English and Spanish, representative lookup by ZIP code and urgency ranking of moving bills. It is listed under Other and has 1 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | cm2489 |
| Repository | cm2489/oravan |
| Popularity | 1 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #3,453 of 4,418 MCP servers; #504 in Other |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is oravan safe to install?
oravan scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install oravan?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/cm2489/oravan
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add oravan -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http oravan <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs oravan for you:
Add the "oravan" MCP server from https://github.com/cm2489/oravan to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.