{"uid":"cap_tnnfnT1q_y3T0knVPpP62","slug":"invoket-entity-screening-sanctions-watchlist-check-53c42a5a","name":"Invoket Entity Screening — Sanctions & Watchlist Check","description":"The checks your agent runs before it acts: verify a bank account, a phone number, a law in force, the weather or a vehicle — computed from official sources, with provenance in every response. You only pay for answers.","url":"https://api.invoket.com/screen/entity","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","required":["kind","name","country","include_weak"],"properties":{"kind":{"type":"string","description":"Optional filter, 'person' or 'entity'. A filter only ever REMOVES candidates, and only on data the list published in a comparable form: an entity that publishes nothing, or publishes its country in plain words, stays a candidate - a false negative costs more than one candidate too many"},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Company or person name to screen, 2 to 200 characters once whitespace is collapsed. Matched against every name each list publishes - primary names and aliases, strong and weak. No edit distance and no phonetics: matching is deterministic and its type is named in the answer"},"country":{"type":"string","description":"Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 filter on the country published by the list (nationality or place of registration)"},"birth_year":{"type":"string","description":"Optional filter for persons, 1800 to 2100, matched with a one-year tolerance either side. Persons whose birth date the list does not publish are never removed by it"},"include_weak":{"type":"string","description":"Whether weak matches (an alias the source itself flags as weak, or a partial token overlap) count towards the verdict; default false. It changes ONLY the verdict: weak matches are always returned in hits[], so you can judge what was set aside for you"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"object"},"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":"$0.001/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.001","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_yLVCmbo7uWuN3qxNmoVeO","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.001","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Screens a company or person name against official sanctions and watchlists, returning deterministic match verdicts with provenance for pre-action compliance checks.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Before I wire the payment, screen 'Meridian Global Supplies Ltd' as a company registered in Iran — include weak alias matches in the verdict so I can review everything.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Vendor onboarding compliance check","prompt":"We're about to onboard a new supplier called 'Atlas Trading GmbH' based in Germany — can you screen them against sanctions lists as a company and include any weak alias hits so our compliance team can review?"},{"title":"Individual sanctions check before payment","prompt":"I need to send money to a person named 'Dmitri Volkov', born in 1978, listed as Russian — screen him against watchlists and only flag strong matches in the final verdict."},{"title":"Counterparty screening in deal workflow","prompt":"Before we sign this contract, screen the counterparty 'Crescent Bridge Holdings' as a company — I only want exact or strong name matches, no weak ones, and I need to know which official source flagged them if there's a hit."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured verdict (clear/hit/review) for the screened name, a hits[] array with every matching record including alias type and match strength, the official source list with provenance details, and metadata indicating whether weak matches were included in the verdict. Each response includes enough context for an agent to make or block a downstream action.","failureModes":["Name too short or too long (outside 2–200 characters after whitespace collapse)","Invalid country code (not ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) returns validation error","Invalid birth_year outside 1800–2100 range","Payment failure via x402 protocol (402 response if funds unavailable)","Empty or ambiguous name producing no candidates — verdict may be clear with no hits","List source temporarily unavailable — response may note reduced coverage"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs a deterministic, provenance-backed sanctions or watchlist verdict before executing a payment, onboarding a counterparty, or taking any regulated action. It is purpose-built for pre-action compliance hooks in agentic workflows, unlike general-purpose search or KYC APIs. Prefer it when you need exact match semantics with explicit weak/strong distinction, official source attribution in every response, and per-call pay-as-you-go pricing with no subscription overhead.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T18:47:58.407Z","isFirstParty":false}