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GET /api/v1/screen/lists enumerates them."}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.01","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.01/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.01","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.01","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_TMv8Gidr5-yyYOz2MCUre","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.01","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Checks whether a country or region carries sanctions designations (e.g. OFAC comprehensive embargoes) and returns the applicable designating lists with source URLs.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Before we process this payment, check if Iran is on any OFAC sanctions or embargo lists and tell me which specific designating lists apply.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Gate signups from sanctioned countries","prompt":"We're onboarding a new user who listed Syria as their country — can you check if Syria carries any OFAC or other sanctions designations before we let them create an account?"},{"title":"Compliance check before international wire","prompt":"We're about to send a wire transfer to a vendor in Russia — screen Russia against all available sanctions lists and show me which ones apply and where the designations come from."},{"title":"Shipment destination compliance review","prompt":"Before we approve this shipping order to North Korea, check whether it's under any comprehensive embargo or sanctions and return the relevant list names with their source URLs."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured response indicating whether the queried country carries any sanctions designations, along with the names of the specific designating lists (e.g. OFAC, OFAC Consolidated) and source URLs pointing to the authoritative designation records. If no sanctions apply, the response indicates a clean result.","failureModes":["Unrecognized country name or invalid ISO code returns an error or empty result","Specifying an invalid list slug in the optional 'lists' parameter may cause a 400 error","Country names with spelling variations or transliterations may not resolve correctly","Network timeout or service unavailability returns a 5xx error","Sanctions data may lag behind real-world designation changes by some hours or days"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, structured sanctions status check for a specific country by name or ISO code, especially for gating signups, payments, or shipments. It is purpose-built for country-level compliance screening with explicit list attribution and source URLs, making it more actionable than a generic news search or manual OFAC lookup. Prefer it over the IP-based sibling endpoint when you already know the user's country directly rather than needing to infer it from an IP address.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-13T00:38:43.299Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"compliapi-country-sanctions-screener-56b8b2e9"}