{"id":"c3c97e8f-5a07-4ee0-9dcb-1d2e175177c2","task":"search global company registries via the opencorporates api","domain":"opencorporates.com","steps":["Obtain an API token from opencorporates.com; unauthenticated requests are heavily rate-limited and lack access to some fields.","Search companies across all jurisdictions via GET /api/v0.4/companies/search?q=<name>&api_token=<token>; filter by jurisdiction_code (e.g., us_de for Delaware, gb for UK) to narrow results.","Fetch a specific company's full record via GET /api/v0.4/companies/{jurisdiction_code}/{company_number}?api_token=<token> to get registered address, officers, filings, and corporate events.","Use the reconciliation endpoint GET /api/v0.4/companies/reconcile?name=<name>&jurisdiction_code=<code> to canonicalize a company name to a unique OpenCorporates identifier.","For bulk data needs, evaluate OpenCorporates' data licensing program; the REST API is designed for lookups rather than full-corpus downloads."],"gotchas":["Coverage depth varies enormously by jurisdiction; some registries provide rich structured data while others contribute only names and registration numbers — inspect the source_url to understand data provenance.","OpenCorporates aggregates from official registries but data may lag official sources by days to weeks depending on the jurisdiction's update frequency.","The free tier has a low monthly request quota; production use at any meaningful scale requires a paid plan."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-11T22:59:05.875Z","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/c3c97e8f-5a07-4ee0-9dcb-1d2e175177c2"}