fragdenstaat

Install

Needs Node.js 20 or newer. Installs the fragdenstaat command:

npm i -g @maschinenlesbar.org/fragdenstaat-cli

Access

No account, no API key, no configuration — install and query.

Quick start

# Find FOI requests about a topic (full-text search)
fragdenstaat request search --q "Videoüberwachung" --limit 5

# Filter requests: resolved & successful, federal jurisdiction
fragdenstaat request list --status resolved --resolution successful --jurisdiction 1 --limit 10

# One request in full, including its message thread
fragdenstaat request get 374948

# Which authority handles a topic? (name -> id, then profile)
fragdenstaat publicbody autocomplete "Umweltbundesamt"
fragdenstaat publicbody get 1

# Which FOI law applies in a jurisdiction?
fragdenstaat jurisdiction list
fragdenstaat law list --jurisdiction 1 --q umwelt

# Export a dataset to CSV
fragdenstaat request list --status resolved --jurisdiction 1 --csv -o requests.csv

Commands

• request

  FOI requests (Informationsfreiheitsanfragen) — the central resource

• publicbody

  Public bodies / authorities (Behörden) that receive FOI requests

• law

  FOI laws (IFG, UIG, VIG, state transparency acts, local statutes)

• jurisdiction

  Jurisdictions (Bund, the 16 Länder, the EU)

• category

  Topical categories (Themen) — a tree

• classification

  Public-body classifications (Behördentypen) — a tree

• campaign

  Campaigns (Kampagnen) — coordinated mass-request projects

• georegion

  Geographic regions (Regionen): states, districts, municipalities, zip codes

• message

  Messages (Nachrichten) in the correspondence of FOI requests

• document

  Published documents (Dokumente) extracted from FOI responses

All commands, arguments and options →

Claude Code skills

The fragdenstaat plugin teaches Claude to use fragdenstaat. Install it from the maschinenlesbar.org marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add maschinenlesbar-org/plugins
/plugin install fragdenstaat@maschinenlesbar

• /fragdenstaat:fds-authority-lookup
• /fragdenstaat:fds-document-digger
• /fragdenstaat:fds-law-explorer
• /fragdenstaat:fds-request-finder

What the skills answer, with real examples → Skill descriptions and requirements →

TypeScript library

@maschinenlesbar.org/fragdenstaat-cli is also a typed API client you can import in your own code, with no runtime HTTP dependencies.

API reference → Library usage and architecture →

The tool, not the data

The data comes from the provider behind the API, under its own terms — see DATA_LICENSE.md. The code is dual-licensed AGPL-3.0-or-later or commercial — see LICENSING.md.