find_tools,
describe_tool, execute_tool — with sec-api’s structured datasets, the
SEC’s own EDGAR endpoints, and Finnhub and AlphaVantage ownership feeds behind
the scenes.
What you can ask
- “Find Apple’s latest 10-K and give me the Risk Factors section as plain text.”
- “Which companies mentioned ‘generative AI’ in an 8-K this year?”
- “List every Form 4 insider sale at Nvidia in the last 90 days.”
- “What did Berkshire Hathaway hold at the end of last quarter, per its 13F?”
- “Who has crossed 5% ownership in this small cap recently?”
- “How much was each named executive at Tesla paid last year?”
- “Who sits on Boeing’s board, and which committees are they on?”
- “Has the SEC brought enforcement actions against this investment adviser?”
What’s covered
Filings search and documents- Search every EDGAR filing from 1993 to present by ticker, CIK, form type, filing date and more; results carry accession number, period of report, primary-document and exhibit URLs
- Full-text search across filings and their exhibits (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, S-1 and more) since 2001, narrowable by form type, filer, SIC code and date
- Extract one section — Risk Factors, MD&A, Business — from a 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K as plain text or the original HTML
- Structured 8-K material events with item numbers and event descriptions
- Company EDGAR profile and filing history by CIK; CIK lookup by name or ticker; cross-mapping of CIK, ticker, CUSIP and name; the EDGAR entity master
- XBRL from a 10-K or 10-Q converted into normalized JSON statements — income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and disclosures
- Every reported value of one XBRL concept for a company across its filings; one concept across every filer for a calendar period, for screening
- Insider transactions from Forms 3, 4 and 5 — one route covers US, UK, Canada, Australia, India and major EU markets; another covers Form 4 for US-traded companies
- Insider sentiment for US companies; Form 144 intent-to-sell notices
- Form 13F institutional holdings and cover pages; institutional holders of a US-traded company
- Schedule 13D / 13G beneficial-ownership filings at the 5% threshold
- Fund portfolio holdings (N-PORT), fund census (N-CEN) and proxy-voting records (N-PX)
- Congressional trading activity for a company
- Executive compensation — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, total — by search or by ticker; director compensation where reported
- Directors and board members with roles, committees, independence status and term dates
- Auditor and audit-fee disclosures; Exhibit 21 subsidiaries with jurisdictions; public float and share count
- S-1 / 424B4 prospectuses for IPOs and follow-ons; Form D private placements; Form C crowdfunding; Regulation A offerings and their 1-A, 1-K and 1-Z forms
- Investment adviser registrations (Form ADV firms, individuals, brochures and ownership schedules); broker-dealer FOCUS reports
- SEC enforcement actions, litigation releases, administrative proceedings, accounting-and-auditing enforcement releases and SRO rule filings
How to use it
Pass the request in plain language and let the router pick the tool:describe_tool before executing — several datasets take
a Lucene query string, and field names and per-call costs differ between
providers.
Building with code? The same capability is available as fixed-contract
Scenario Methods with automatic provider
failover:
finance.filings.search,
finance.filings.get,
finance.ownership.FAQ
Do I need a CIK?
Do I need a CIK?
Not to start. Look a company up by name or ticker to get its CIK, or use
the identifier mapping to go from ticker, CUSIP or name to the full
identifier set. Many datasets also accept a ticker directly.
How far back do filings go?
How far back do filings go?
Filing metadata search covers 1993 to present; full-text search covers
filings and exhibits since 2001. XBRL-based data exists only for filings
that carry XBRL.
Is it only US companies?
Is it only US companies?
EDGAR includes foreign private issuers (20-F filers) and every registered
fund and adviser. Insider-transaction coverage on one route extends to the
UK, Canada, Australia, India and major EU markets.