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Pull their year-by-year filing cadence since 2021 so I can see if reports dried up before the bankruptcy."},{"title":"Spot disclosure spike for due diligence","prompt":"I'm researching CIK 0000320193 — can you check if there was an unusual spike in their SEC filings in any particular year since 2021, broken down by form type?"},{"title":"Monitor activist target filing rhythm","prompt":"Show me the annual SEC filing rhythm for GameStop broken down by form — I want to know if their 8-K and Form 4 volumes changed dramatically year over year since 2021."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the company name, CIK, index coverage dates, total filings since 2021, and an array of year objects each listing the total count and a breakdown of filing counts by form type (e.g. '10-K': 1, '8-K': 12, '4': 45). 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Prefer it over listing-based endpoints when you don't need individual filing details, just aggregate counts per year and form type.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T13:05:05.388Z","isFirstParty":false}