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Can you look up the FDCPA rules and any state laws that regulate when and how often debt collectors can contact consumers, including key provisions, statute of limitations, and what documentation I should gather?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured object containing formal legal citations for relevant federal statutes (FCRA, FDCPA, TILA) and applicable state UDAP laws, along with plain-English summaries of each statute, key provisions, reporting timelines, statute of limitations periods, and required documentation — all scoped to the requested topic.","failureModes":["Topic too vague or unrelated to US consumer protection law — may return empty or irrelevant results","Input schema missing required 'input' wrapper object — returns validation error","Service unavailable or payment not processed — returns HTTP 402 or 5xx error","Topic spans too many jurisdictions — may return incomplete state-level coverage"],"whenToPreferThis":"Prefer this endpoint when an agent needs formal, citable US consumer protection law references (FCRA, FDCPA, TILA, state UDAP) with structured metadata like SOL periods, timelines, and documentation requirements — especially for dispute-letter drafting, paralegal research, or consumer-rights reporting. 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