Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the UK Parliament Erskine May API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the UK Parliament Erskine May API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fparliament.uk%2Fparliament-uk-erskine-may" | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fparliament.uk%2Fparliament-uk-erskine-may" | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with UK Parliament Erskine May API.

List all parts of Erskine May with chapters and sections

Retrieve a specific part, chapter, or section with full content and footnotes

Search sections by title or paragraph content with pagination

Search paragraphs by reference (e.g., '12.34') to jump directly to content

Browse the index by start letter (A-Z) with pagination

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use UK Parliament Erskine May API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Parliamentary Procedure Research

Clerks, researchers, and legal professionals reference Erskine May for authoritative guidance on procedure. GET /api/Search/SectionSearchResults/{searchTerm} finds sections by title (e.g., 'amendments'). GET /api/Section/{sectionId} retrieves full content with footnotes. GET /api/Search/ParagraphSearchResults/{searchTerm} searches within paragraph text for detailed rules.

GET /api/Search/SectionSearchResults/{searchTerm}?skip=0&take=20 to find sections, then GET /api/Section/{sectionId} to read full content with footnotes.

Index-Based Navigation

Users familiar with Erskine May's index browse by start letter. GET /api/IndexTerm/browse?startLetter={A-Z} returns index terms for that letter. GET /api/IndexTerm/{indexTermId} retrieves the term with references (paragraph numbers) and 'see also' links for cross-references.

GET /api/IndexTerm/browse?startLetter=A&skip=0&take=20 to list terms, then GET /api/IndexTerm/{indexTermId} for references and cross-links.

Key Endpoints

9 endpoints — uk parliament erskine may api provides searchable access to erskine may's parliamentary practice, the authoritative guide to uk parliamentary procedure and constitutional law.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/api/Part

List all parts

GET

/api/Chapter/{chapterNumber}

Get chapter overview

GET

/api/Section/{sectionId}

Get section content with footnotes

GET

/api/Search/SectionSearchResults/{searchTerm}

Search sections by title

GET

/api/Search/ParagraphSearchResults/{searchTerm}

Search paragraphs by content

GET

/api/IndexTerm/browse

Browse index terms by start letter

GET

/api/Search/IndexTermSearchResults/{searchTerm}

Search index terms

GET

/api/Part

List all parts

GET

/api/Chapter/{chapterNumber}

Get chapter overview

GET

/api/Section/{sectionId}

Get section content with footnotes

GET

/api/Search/SectionSearchResults/{searchTerm}

Search sections by title

GET

/api/Search/ParagraphSearchResults/{searchTerm}

Search paragraphs by content

GET

/api/IndexTerm/browse

Browse index terms by start letter

GET

/api/Search/IndexTermSearchResults/{searchTerm}

Search index terms

Why Jentic?

What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.

Setup

Wiring the UK Parliament Erskine May API by hand means pointing a client at its public host, shaping the Part, Chapter, Section, and search routes, and handling pagination yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Erskine May API from the API Directory, and your agent calls it with no credential to manage.

Permission scoping

The Erskine May API puts the chapter and section identifiers in the URL path (/api/Chapter/{chapterNumber}, /api/Section/{sectionId}), so a rule can pin your agent to the read-only content and search lookups. Since this public API only reads parliamentary-practice content, the agent stays limited to retrieval.

Credential isolation

The Erskine May API is public, so there is no credential to store; Jentic shapes the request and parses the response at execution time. No token ever enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'search parliamentary procedure' or 'look up an Erskine May rule', and Jentic returns the matching Erskine May operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

FAQs

Specific to using UK Parliament Erskine May API through Jentic.

Does the Erskine May API require authentication?

No. The API is public and open for research without authentication.

Can I search the full text of Erskine May?

Yes. Use GET /api/Search/ParagraphSearchResults/{searchTerm} to search within paragraph content or GET /api/Search/SectionSearchResults/{searchTerm} to search section titles.

How do I jump to a specific paragraph reference?

Use GET /api/Search/Paragraph/{reference} where reference is the paragraph number (e.g., '12.34') to retrieve the section containing that paragraph.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the UK Parliament Erskine May API?

Yes. Jentic One runs self-hosted, so your own rules decide which Erskine May operations the agent may call. Because the API carries its chapter and section identifiers in the URL path (/api/Chapter/{chapterNumber}, /api/Section/{sectionId}), you can pin the agent to the read-only content routes and the search lookups such as /api/Search/SectionSearchResults/{searchTerm} and /api/IndexTerm/browse. Since this is a public API with no credential to manage, the agent stays limited to retrieving parliamentary-practice content and cannot reach beyond what your configuration allows.

UK Parliament Erskine May API

Name: UK Parliament Erskine May API
Brand: UK Parliament Erskine May API
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For Agents

Search and retrieve UK parliamentary procedure rules from Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice.

Use for: I need to find the procedure for tabling amendments, Search Erskine May for rules on divisions, Get the section on Select Committees, Find index entries for 'privilege'

Not supported: Does not include Bills, votes, or member data - use only for Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice content and index.

UK Parliament Erskine May API provides searchable access to Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, the authoritative guide to UK parliamentary procedure and constitutional law. The API enables browsing and searching the full text by parts, chapters, sections, paragraphs, and index terms, retrieving section content with footnotes and cross-references, searching sections by title or paragraph content, browsing the index by start letter, and searching index terms with references to relevant paragraphs. Public and unauthenticated access.

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