{"id":"0fef2c17-5410-4d14-a92a-692bc03e6cf2","task":"Search for U.S. business entities across states via the Cobalt Intelligence Secretary of State API","domain":"cobaltintelligence.com","steps":["GET https://api.cobaltintelligence.com/v1/search?name={encoded_name}&state={state_code} with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN","Parse response.results[] for each matching entity; each result includes entity_name, entity_type, status, formation_date, registered_agent, and entity_id (the state-assigned number)","To retrieve officer information (available in 28 states as of 2025), call GET https://api.cobaltintelligence.com/v1/entity/{state_code}/{entity_id}/officers","Use the entity_id from step 2 to call GET /v1/entity/{state_code}/{entity_id} for the full entity profile including filing history","For multi-state searches, loop over required state codes; each lookup costs 1 credit against your account balance","Store entity_id and state_code together as the composite key; entity IDs are only unique within a state"],"gotchas":["Cobalt pulls directly from each SOS website in real time, so response latency is variable (typically seconds but can be longer during SOS maintenance windows)","Officer information is only available in 28 states; for unsupported states the officers endpoint returns empty results without an error — check the jurisdiction coverage documentation before building business logic that depends on officers","The credit-based billing model means unexpected high-volume loops can exhaust credits quickly; implement request throttling and pre-check credit balance via GET /v1/account"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T14:24:27.564Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:15.651Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/0fef2c17-5410-4d14-a92a-692bc03e6cf2"}