{"id":"c02eaa0d-b2dc-493a-b95a-aff5a0263742","task":"Look up company incorporation data via the OpenCorporates API","domain":"opencorporates.com","steps":["Obtain an API token from OpenCorporates by registering at https://opencorporates.com/api_accounts/new — the free tier has rate limits; a paid plan is needed for production volume","Search for a company by name via GET https://api.opencorporates.com/v0.4/companies/search?q={company_name}&api_token=<API_KEY>&jurisdiction_code={code} where jurisdiction_code is a two-part code such as 'us_de' for Delaware or 'gb' for England & Wales","Retrieve the full company record using the 'company_number' and jurisdiction from search results via GET https://api.opencorporates.com/v0.4/companies/{jurisdiction_code}/{company_number}?api_token=<API_KEY>","Extract 'current_status', 'incorporation_date', 'dissolution_date', 'registered_address', and 'officers' from the company object to populate your vendor or counterparty record","Cross-reference the company number against the source jurisdiction's official registry (linked in the 'registry_url' field) for authoritative confirmation of status"],"gotchas":["OpenCorporates aggregates data from official registries but updates are not real-time; a company marked 'Active' may have been dissolved in the past few weeks — always verify current status against the source registry for high-stakes decisions","Company number formats vary widely by jurisdiction and some jurisdictions use non-numeric identifiers; do not normalize or strip leading zeros from company numbers as this can cause mismatches","Officer and shareholder data coverage is uneven across jurisdictions; absence of officer information in the API response does not mean the company has no officers — it may simply not be published by that registry"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T00:25:16.575Z","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":"2026-06-13T18:44:30.178Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c02eaa0d-b2dc-493a-b95a-aff5a0263742"}