business_risk_score

Assess the risk of doing business with a company in any country using corporate, financial, compliance, reputation, operational and digital evidence. Returns a 0–100 risk score (100 = highest detected risk), a separate 0–1 confidence, per-category component scores, evidence-backed risk flags and positive signals, sanctions/restricted-party screening with match strength, and machine-readable due-diligence guidance (proceed / proceed_with_monitoring / enhanced_due_diligence / manual_review / avoid_automated_transaction).

When to use

Use before onboarding a supplier or vendor, paying a new business, entering a B2B transaction, approving a marketplace seller, extending credit or insurance, or recommending a company — whenever an autonomous agent needs structured, evidence-backed business due diligence it cannot reliably generate from its own model knowledge.

Selection guidance

Role: supporting. structured risk score and action for a company; automated transaction guardrails; supplier or vendor risk screening

Not for: public reputation only; finding companies; stock or market-price lookup

Use cases

Access

Price: $0.50 USD per call. Payment options are deployment-configured; inspect /api/v1/payment-methods. Prices and payment semantics are unchanged from the canonical registry.

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Example input

{
  "companyName": "Example Trading Ltd",
  "country": "GB",
  "website": "https://example.com"
}

Example output

{
  "status": "assessed",
  "assessmentId": "bra_5a1272f4efd32a9b834150fe",
  "business": {
    "name": "Example Trading Ltd",
    "legalName": "EXAMPLE TRADING LIMITED",
    "country": "GB",
    "countryName": "United Kingdom",
    "registrationNumber": "09876543",
    "lei": null,
    "registrationStatus": "active",
    "incorporationDate": "2015-11-03",
    "registry": "UK Companies House",
    "website": "https://example.com",
    "domain": "example.com",
    "city": "London",
    "industry": null,
    "entityMatchConfidence": 0.95,
    "resolutionStatus": "resolved",
    "identityVerifiedAgainstRegistry": true,
    "matchedOn": [
      "name",
      "country"
    ]
  },
  "riskScore": 35,
  "riskLevel": "moderate",
  "confidence": 0.93,
  "components": {
    "corporateRisk": 6,
    "financialRisk": 66,
    "complianceRisk": 4,
    "reputationRisk": 16,
    "operationalRisk": 7,
    "digitalRisk": 10
  },
  "scoreBreakdown": {
    "corporateContribution": 1.2,
    "financialContribution": 13.2,
    "complianceContribution": 1,
    "reputationContribution": 2.4,
    "operationalContribution": 0.7,
    "digitalContribution": 1,
    "rawWeightedScore": 19.5,
    "effectiveWeights": {
      "corporate": 0.2,
      "financial": 0.2,
      "compliance": 0.25,
      "reputation": 0.15,
      "operational": 0.1,
      "digital": 0.1
    },
    "floorsApplied": [
      {
        "code": "ACCOUNTS_OVERDUE",
        "minimumScore": 35,
        "reason": "high signal ACCOUNTS_OVERDUE at confidence 0.95 sets a minimum overall score of 35."
      }
    ]
  },
  "riskFlags": [
    {
      "code": "ACCOUNTS_OVERDUE",
      "category": "financial",
      "severity": "high",
      "title": "Statutory accounts overdue",
      "description": "Statutory accounts are overdue (were due 2026-08-31).",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_d65d32d7d57b9d4d"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.95,
      "scoreImpactPoints": 38,
      "factStatus": "observed",
      "requiresVerification": false
    },
    {
      "code": "ADVERSE_MEDIA_ALLEGATION",
      "category": "reputation",
      "severity": "low",
      "title": "Adverse allegation, investigation or lawsuit reported: litigation",
      "description": "litigation — lawsuit reported as filed (claims not adjudicated): \"Packaging supplier sues Example Trading Ltd over unpaid invoices\" (1 item(s) from trade-news.example, first published 2026-04-14).",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_6901118ffa111016"
      ],
      "weight": 0.8,
      "confidence": 0.45,
      "scoreImpactPoints": 2.88,
      "factStatus": "alleged",
      "requiresVerification": false
    }
  ],
  "positiveSignals": [
    {
      "code": "ACTIVE_REGISTRATION",
      "category": "corporate",
      "title": "Active registration",
      "description": "The company appears with an active registration in UK Companies House.",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_eb8d74c197c81ccf"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.95,
      "mitigationPoints": 19
    },
    {
      "code": "VERIFIED_OPERATING_PRESENCE",
      "category": "operational",
      "title": "Operating website identifies the company",
      "description": "The supplied website is reachable and names the company.",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_a92406ac6c061836"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "mitigationPoints": 16
    },
    {
      "code": "ESTABLISHED_DOMAIN",
      "category": "digital",
      "title": "Long-established domain (5+ years)",
      "description": "Domain registered 2018-02-11 (8 years before the evaluation date).",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_8829a4e919301c87"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 1,
      "mitigationPoints": 8
    },
    {
      "code": "NO_SANCTIONS_MATCH",
      "category": "compliance",
      "title": "No sanctions / restricted-party list match",
      "description": "No sanctions or restricted-party list match in: UN Security Council Consolidated List; US Consolidated Screening List (includes OFAC SDN). Lists not checked are not covered.",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_5dc846ad534efcef",
        "ev_821bb8227b6ff981"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 1,
      "mitigationPoints": 8
    },
    {
      "code": "ESTABLISHED_BUSINESS",
      "category": "corporate",
      "title": "Established business (5+ years)",
      "description": "Incorporated 2015-11-03 (10 years before the evaluation date).",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_eb8d74c197c81ccf"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.95,
      "mitigationPoints": 7.6
    },
    {
      "code": "CONTACT_INFORMATION_PRESENT",
      "category": "operational",
      "title": "Contact information published",
      "description": "The website publishes contact information (contact page, phone number, email address).",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_a92406ac6c061836"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "mitigationPoints": 6.4
    },
    {
      "code": "DOMAIN_NAME_CONSISTENT",
      "category": "digital",
      "title": "Domain consistent with the company name",
      "description": "The domain example.com is consistent with the company name.",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_8829a4e919301c87",
        "ev_a92406ac6c061836"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.6,
      "mitigationPoints": 4.8
    },
    {
      "code": "FAVORABLE_CUSTOMER_RATING",
      "category": "reputation",
      "title": "Favorable aggregate customer rating",
      "description": "Aggregate rating 4.1/5 from 146 reviews on reviews.example (self-selected reviewers).",
      "evidenceIds": [
        "ev_9fac691518d8b6d4"
      ],
      "weight": 1,
      "confidence": 0.48,
      "mitigationPoints": 3.84
    }
  ],
  "sanctionsScreening": {
    "status": "no_match_found",
    "listsChecked": [
      "UN Security Council Consolidated List",
      "US Consolidated Screening List (includes OFAC SDN)"
    ],
    "listsUnavailable": [],
    "namesScreened": [
      "Example Trading Ltd"
    ],
    "matches": []
  },
  "evidence": [
    {
      "id": "ev_d65d32d7d57b9d4d",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "company_filing",
      "evidenceClass": "official_record",
      "sourceName": "UK Companies House filing status",
      "sourceUrl": "https://registry.example/company/09876543/filing-history",
      "sourceRecordId": "09876543",
      "publishedAt": "2025-11-30",
      "observedAt": "2025-11-30",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": 297,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 1,
      "claim": "Filing status of EXAMPLE TRADING LIMITED: Accounts overdue: yes. Confirmation statement overdue: no.",
      "reliability": "authoritative",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_5dc846ad534efcef",
      "recordType": "lookup_result",
      "type": "sanctions_list",
      "evidenceClass": "official_record",
      "sourceName": "US Consolidated Screening List (includes OFAC SDN)",
      "sourceUrl": null,
      "sourceRecordId": null,
      "publishedAt": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": null,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 1,
      "claim": "Name screening of \"Example Trading Ltd\" against US Consolidated Screening List (includes OFAC SDN) returned no match at or above the conservative similarity threshold.",
      "reliability": "authoritative",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_821bb8227b6ff981",
      "recordType": "lookup_result",
      "type": "sanctions_list",
      "evidenceClass": "official_record",
      "sourceName": "UN Security Council Consolidated List",
      "sourceUrl": null,
      "sourceRecordId": null,
      "publishedAt": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": null,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 1,
      "claim": "Name screening of \"Example Trading Ltd\" against UN Security Council Consolidated List returned no match at or above the conservative similarity threshold.",
      "reliability": "authoritative",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_8829a4e919301c87",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "domain_registration",
      "evidenceClass": "official_record",
      "sourceName": "RDAP domain registration data",
      "sourceUrl": "https://rdap.example/domain/example.com",
      "sourceRecordId": "example.com",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": null,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 1,
      "claim": "Registered: 2018-02-11T00:00:00.000Z; expires: 2027-02-11T00:00:00.000Z.",
      "reliability": "authoritative",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_eb8d74c197c81ccf",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "company_registry",
      "evidenceClass": "official_record",
      "sourceName": "UK Companies House",
      "sourceUrl": "https://registry.example/record/09876543",
      "sourceRecordId": "09876543",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": null,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 1,
      "claim": "UK Companies House record \"EXAMPLE TRADING LIMITED\", registration no. 09876543, country GB, status active, incorporated/created 2015-11-03.",
      "reliability": "authoritative",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_9fac691518d8b6d4",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "review_platform",
      "evidenceClass": "user_generated",
      "sourceName": "reviews.example",
      "sourceUrl": "https://reviews.example/review/example.com",
      "sourceRecordId": null,
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "observedAt": "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": 22,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 0.96,
      "claim": "Reports: \"Example Trading Reviews | Reviews Example\".",
      "reliability": "medium",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_6901118ffa111016",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "news",
      "evidenceClass": "allegation",
      "sourceName": "trade-news.example",
      "sourceUrl": "https://trade-news.example/2026/04/example-trading-supplier-lawsuit",
      "sourceRecordId": null,
      "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T09:00:00.000Z",
      "observedAt": "2026-04-14T09:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": 162,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 0.81,
      "claim": "Reports: \"Packaging supplier sues Example Trading Ltd over unpaid invoices\".",
      "reliability": "medium",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_c8b3fecccf2578f4",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "news",
      "evidenceClass": "other_publication",
      "sourceName": "city-paper.example",
      "sourceUrl": "https://city-paper.example/business/example-trading-new-warehouse",
      "sourceRecordId": null,
      "publishedAt": "2025-10-02T08:00:00.000Z",
      "observedAt": "2025-10-02T08:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": 356,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 0.63,
      "claim": "Reports: \"Example Trading opens new warehouse in Dartford\".",
      "reliability": "medium",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    },
    {
      "id": "ev_a92406ac6c061836",
      "recordType": "source_record",
      "type": "company_website",
      "evidenceClass": "self_published",
      "sourceName": "Company website (example.com)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/",
      "sourceRecordId": null,
      "publishedAt": null,
      "observedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "ageDays": null,
      "stale": false,
      "freshness": 1,
      "claim": "Website responded with HTTP 200 over HTTPS. Title: \"Example Trading Ltd — Wholesale packaging supplies\".",
      "reliability": "medium",
      "relevance": 1,
      "fromCache": false
    }
  ],
  "recommendation": {
    "action": "enhanced_due_diligence",
    "reasonCodes": [
      "ACCOUNTS_OVERDUE"
    ],
    "rationale": "Elevated risk indicators or incomplete verification: obtain additional documentation before transacting."
  },
  "dataCoverage": {
    "corporate": "high",
    "financial": "high",
    "compliance": "high",
    "reputation": "high",
    "operational": "high",
    "digital": "high"
  },
  "confidenceBreakdown": {
    "entityResolution": 0.95,
    "categoryCoverage": 1,
    "sourceQuality": 0.71,
    "authoritativeRecords": 1,
    "freshness": 0.91,
    "consistency": 1,
    "contradictions": [],
    "capsApplied": []
  },
  "providers": [
    {
      "provider": "GLEIF Global LEI Index",
      "role": "corporate",
      "stage": 1,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 0,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "Rafid Oman company registry",
      "role": "corporate",
      "stage": 1,
      "status": "not_configured",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": null,
      "evidenceCount": 0,
      "reason": "Rafid Oman company registry is not configured (synthetic)."
    },
    {
      "provider": "UK Companies House",
      "role": "corporate",
      "stage": 1,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 1,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "Domain registration (RDAP)",
      "role": "digital",
      "stage": 1,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 1,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "Company website",
      "role": "digital",
      "stage": 1,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 1,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "Google Safe Browsing",
      "role": "digital",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "not_configured",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": null,
      "evidenceCount": 0,
      "reason": "Google Safe Browsing is not configured (synthetic)."
    },
    {
      "provider": "UK Companies House filing status",
      "role": "financial",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 1,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "EU Financial Sanctions Files (consolidated list)",
      "role": "sanctions",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "not_configured",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": null,
      "evidenceCount": 0,
      "reason": "EU Financial Sanctions Files (consolidated list) is not configured (synthetic)."
    },
    {
      "provider": "UN Security Council Consolidated List",
      "role": "sanctions",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 1,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "US Consolidated Screening List (includes OFAC SDN)",
      "role": "sanctions",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 0,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "News and public web search",
      "role": "news",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 3,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "Review platforms and forums (web search)",
      "role": "news",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 1,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "provider": "Regulator and enforcement publications (web search)",
      "role": "regulatory",
      "stage": 2,
      "status": "ok",
      "fromCache": false,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z",
      "evidenceCount": 0,
      "reason": null
    }
  ],
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": "PROVIDER_NOT_CONFIGURED",
      "message": "Not enabled in this deployment: Rafid Oman company registry; Google Safe Browsing; EU Financial Sanctions Files (consolidated list).",
      "provider": null
    }
  ],
  "assumptions": [
    "Company name is matched on its normalized core \"EXAMPLE TRADING\" (legal-form words such as Ltd/LLC are compared separately, never ignored for disambiguation).",
    "Registration number 09876543 was taken from the matched registry record.",
    "Ages and freshness are computed as of the evidence snapshot time 2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z."
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "SYNTHETIC DOCUMENTATION EXAMPLE: fictional company, made-up registry numbers and fictional publishers (.example domains). Not an assessment of any real entity.",
    "Evidence-based public-source screening for business decisions — not a legal, KYC/AML, credit, insurance or compliance determination, and never a guarantee that a company is safe or unsafe.",
    "riskScore and confidence are separate: a low score with low confidence means little evidence, not a safe company.",
    "Sanctions and restricted-party results are automated name matching; 'possible' matches are not listings, and even 'high' matches must be verified at the source list.",
    "Adverse media is reported at the legal stage the source states; allegations, investigations and lawsuits are not findings of wrongdoing.",
    "Company-level intelligence only; no personal data about individuals is collected or returned.",
    "Lists checked: UN Security Council Consolidated List; US Consolidated Screening List (includes OFAC SDN). Other national lists and PEP databases were not checked.",
    "No malware/phishing threat feed was checked.",
    "1 search result(s) appeared to concern a different entity (other country, legal form or name) and were excluded."
  ],
  "methodology": {
    "scoringModelVersion": "brs-1.0.0",
    "categoryWeights": {
      "corporate": 0.2,
      "financial": 0.2,
      "compliance": 0.25,
      "reputation": 0.15,
      "operational": 0.1,
      "digital": 0.1
    },
    "weightsSource": "default",
    "severityPoints": {
      "info": 0,
      "low": 8,
      "medium": 20,
      "high": 40,
      "critical": 70
    },
    "riskLevelBands": [
      {
        "level": "low",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 20
      },
      {
        "level": "moderate",
        "min": 21,
        "max": 40
      },
      {
        "level": "elevated",
        "min": 41,
        "max": 60
      },
      {
        "level": "high",
        "min": 61,
        "max": 80
      },
      {
        "level": "critical",
        "min": 81,
        "max": 100
      }
    ],
    "missingDataPolicy": "Absence of information is not treated as evidence of risk: categories without evidence get no score (null), dataCoverage 'none' and lower confidence. The only exceptions are listed in missingDataRiskRules — each is a case where the absence contradicts something the request claimed. LIMITED_FINANCIAL_HISTORY is informational (weight 0) and never changes the score.",
    "missingDataRiskRules": [
      {
        "code": "IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND_IN_REGISTRY",
        "rule": "The authoritative registry for the stated country was checked successfully and holds no matching company, while other evidence shows the business exists (otherwise ENTITY_NOT_FOUND is returned)."
      },
      {
        "code": "REGISTRATION_NUMBER_NOT_FOUND",
        "rule": "A registration number was supplied and the authoritative registry answered that it does not exist."
      },
      {
        "code": "WEBSITE_UNREACHABLE",
        "rule": "A website was supplied and does not respond successfully."
      },
      {
        "code": "DOMAIN_NOT_REGISTERED",
        "rule": "A website/domain was supplied and the domain registry (RDAP) has no record of it."
      },
      {
        "code": "NO_CONTACT_INFORMATION",
        "rule": "A reachable website was supplied but publishes no contact information at all."
      }
    ],
    "highRiskJurisdictionsSource": "FATF call-for-action list as of 2025-06",
    "formula": "Each signal contributes SEVERITY_POINTS[severity] × weight × confidence. Category score = baseline − baseline·(1−e^(−positive/30)) + (100−baseline)·(1−e^(−negative/45)), only for categories with data coverage (else null). riskScore = Σ effectiveWeight × categoryScore over covered categories (weights renormalized), raised to any documented floor set by a confident severe signal; clamped to 0–100. Confidence is computed separately (see confidenceBreakdown)."
  },
  "evaluatedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Input schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "companyName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Company name as known to the caller (trading or legal name). Required."
    },
    "country": {
      "description": "Country of registration/operation — ISO 3166 alpha-2 (e.g. GB), alpha-3 or English name. Strongly recommended: prevents same-name companies in other countries from being confused.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "registrationNumber": {
      "description": "Company registration number in its home registry (e.g. UK Companies House number, Oman CR number). The strongest disambiguator.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 64,
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 ./-]*$"
    },
    "lei": {
      "description": "Legal Entity Identifier (ISO 17442), if known — decisive for entity resolution.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 20,
      "maxLength": 24
    },
    "website": {
      "description": "Company website or domain, e.g. https://example.com (normalized to its https origin).",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 4,
      "maxLength": 300
    },
    "address": {
      "description": "Street address as supplied by the company (checked against the registered address when the registry publishes one).",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 300
    },
    "city": {
      "description": "City of registration/headquarters (helps disambiguation).",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "industry": {
      "description": "Claimed industry/business activity (checked for consistency with the company's public presence; never scored by itself).",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 100
    },
    "knownAliases": {
      "description": "Other names the company trades or traded under (max 5). Screened against sanctions/restricted-party lists and used to attribute media.",
      "maxItems": 5,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 2,
        "maxLength": 200
      }
    },
    "includeNews": {
      "description": "Default true. false skips news, customer-review and regulator web searches (faster, cheaper; reputation coverage becomes 'none').",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "includeDigitalSignals": {
      "description": "Default true. false skips website, domain-registration and threat-feed checks (digital coverage becomes 'none').",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "companyName"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "assessed",
        "insufficient_data"
      ]
    },
    "assessmentId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Deterministic id of (company identity, scoring model version, evidence snapshot)."
    },
    "business": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "legalName": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "country": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "countryName": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "registrationNumber": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "lei": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "registrationStatus": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "active",
            "inactive",
            "dissolved",
            "liquidation",
            "unknown",
            "not_verified"
          ]
        },
        "incorporationDate": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "registry": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "website": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "domain": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "city": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "industry": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "entityMatchConfidence": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "resolutionStatus": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "resolved",
            "probable",
            "unverified"
          ]
        },
        "identityVerifiedAgainstRegistry": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "matchedOn": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name",
        "legalName",
        "country",
        "countryName",
        "registrationNumber",
        "lei",
        "registrationStatus",
        "incorporationDate",
        "registry",
        "website",
        "domain",
        "city",
        "industry",
        "entityMatchConfidence",
        "resolutionStatus",
        "identityVerifiedAgainstRegistry",
        "matchedOn"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "riskScore": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "0 = lowest detected risk, 100 = highest. null only when status is insufficient_data."
    },
    "riskLevel": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "low",
            "moderate",
            "elevated",
            "high",
            "critical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "confidence": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1,
      "description": "0–1: how strongly the evidence supports the result. Separate from risk: a low score with low confidence means little evidence, not a safe company."
    },
    "components": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "corporateRisk": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "financialRisk": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "complianceRisk": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "reputationRisk": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "operationalRisk": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "digitalRisk": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "corporateRisk",
        "financialRisk",
        "complianceRisk",
        "reputationRisk",
        "operationalRisk",
        "digitalRisk"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "Per-category risk scores (0–100). null = no data coverage for that category (never guessed)."
    },
    "scoreBreakdown": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "corporateContribution": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "financialContribution": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "complianceContribution": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "reputationContribution": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "operationalContribution": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "digitalContribution": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "rawWeightedScore": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "effectiveWeights": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "corporate": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "financial": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "compliance": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "reputation": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "operational": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "digital": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "corporate",
            "financial",
            "compliance",
            "reputation",
            "operational",
            "digital"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        "floorsApplied": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "code": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "minimumScore": {
                "type": "integer",
                "minimum": 0,
                "maximum": 100
              },
              "reason": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "code",
              "minimumScore",
              "reason"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "corporateContribution",
        "financialContribution",
        "complianceContribution",
        "reputationContribution",
        "operationalContribution",
        "digitalContribution",
        "rawWeightedScore",
        "effectiveWeights",
        "floorsApplied"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "riskFlags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "corporate",
              "financial",
              "compliance",
              "reputation",
              "operational",
              "digital"
            ]
          },
          "severity": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "info",
              "low",
              "medium",
              "high",
              "critical"
            ]
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "evidenceIds": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "weight": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "confidence": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1
          },
          "scoreImpactPoints": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "description": "SEVERITY_POINTS[severity] × weight × confidence — this flag's contribution to its category's negative points."
          },
          "factStatus": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "established",
                  "reported",
                  "alleged",
                  "observed"
                ]
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ],
            "description": "What the source establishes: observed (a record/check), reported (an outcome reported by a source), alleged (allegation, investigation, lawsuit, unconfirmed match)."
          },
          "requiresVerification": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "category",
          "severity",
          "title",
          "description",
          "evidenceIds",
          "weight",
          "confidence",
          "scoreImpactPoints",
          "factStatus",
          "requiresVerification"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "positiveSignals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "corporate",
              "financial",
              "compliance",
              "reputation",
              "operational",
              "digital"
            ]
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "evidenceIds": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "weight": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "confidence": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1
          },
          "mitigationPoints": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "category",
          "title",
          "description",
          "evidenceIds",
          "weight",
          "confidence",
          "mitigationPoints"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "sanctionsScreening": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "no_match_found",
            "possible_match",
            "high_confidence_match",
            "not_checked",
            "unavailable",
            "partial"
          ]
        },
        "listsChecked": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "listsUnavailable": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "namesScreened": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "matches": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "listedName": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "matchedAlias": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              },
              "list": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "listType": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "sanctions",
                  "export_control_or_debarment"
                ]
              },
              "reference": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              },
              "sourceUrl": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              },
              "matchScore": {
                "type": "number",
                "minimum": 0,
                "maximum": 1
              },
              "matchType": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "exact_normalized_name",
                  "fuzzy_name"
                ]
              },
              "matchStrength": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "possible",
                  "high"
                ],
                "description": "possible: name similarity only — NOT a confirmed listing. high: exact normalized name corroborated by a list identifier/country with nothing contradicting it — still verify at the source list."
              },
              "corroboratingIdentifiers": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "contradictions": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "evidenceId": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "listedName",
              "matchedAlias",
              "list",
              "listType",
              "reference",
              "sourceUrl",
              "matchScore",
              "matchType",
              "matchStrength",
              "corroboratingIdentifiers",
              "contradictions",
              "evidenceId"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "status",
        "listsChecked",
        "listsUnavailable",
        "namesScreened",
        "matches"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "evidence": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "recordType": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "source_record",
              "lookup_result"
            ],
            "description": "source_record: something a source returned. lookup_result: the documented outcome of a successful check that found nothing (so clean findings are traceable too)."
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "company_registry",
              "lei_registry",
              "company_filing",
              "sanctions_list",
              "export_control_or_debarment_list",
              "regulatory_publication",
              "court_record",
              "news",
              "review_platform",
              "forum_or_social",
              "company_website",
              "domain_registration",
              "threat_intelligence"
            ]
          },
          "evidenceClass": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "official_record",
              "regulatory_action",
              "court_record",
              "credible_journalism",
              "other_publication",
              "user_generated",
              "allegation",
              "self_published"
            ]
          },
          "sourceName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "sourceUrl": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "sourceRecordId": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "publishedAt": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "observedAt": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "retrievedAt": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ageDays": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "integer",
                "minimum": -9007199254740991,
                "maximum": 9007199254740991
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "stale": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "freshness": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1
          },
          "claim": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "reliability": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "authoritative",
              "high",
              "medium",
              "low"
            ]
          },
          "relevance": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1
          },
          "fromCache": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "recordType",
          "type",
          "evidenceClass",
          "sourceName",
          "sourceUrl",
          "sourceRecordId",
          "publishedAt",
          "observedAt",
          "retrievedAt",
          "ageDays",
          "stale",
          "freshness",
          "claim",
          "reliability",
          "relevance",
          "fromCache"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "recommendation": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "action": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "proceed",
            "proceed_with_monitoring",
            "enhanced_due_diligence",
            "manual_review",
            "avoid_automated_transaction"
          ]
        },
        "reasonCodes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "rationale": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "action",
        "reasonCodes",
        "rationale"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "dataCoverage": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "corporate": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "high",
            "medium",
            "low",
            "none"
          ]
        },
        "financial": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "high",
            "medium",
            "low",
            "none"
          ]
        },
        "compliance": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "high",
            "medium",
            "low",
            "none"
          ]
        },
        "reputation": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "high",
            "medium",
            "low",
            "none"
          ]
        },
        "operational": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "high",
            "medium",
            "low",
            "none"
          ]
        },
        "digital": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "high",
            "medium",
            "low",
            "none"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "corporate",
        "financial",
        "compliance",
        "reputation",
        "operational",
        "digital"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "confidenceBreakdown": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "entityResolution": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "categoryCoverage": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "sourceQuality": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "authoritativeRecords": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "freshness": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "consistency": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "contradictions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "capsApplied": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "entityResolution",
        "categoryCoverage",
        "sourceQuality",
        "authoritativeRecords",
        "freshness",
        "consistency",
        "contradictions",
        "capsApplied"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "providers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "provider": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "role": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "corporate",
              "financial",
              "sanctions",
              "news",
              "regulatory",
              "digital"
            ]
          },
          "stage": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "number",
                "const": 1
              },
              {
                "type": "number",
                "const": 2
              }
            ]
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "ok",
              "not_configured",
              "not_applicable",
              "unavailable",
              "timeout",
              "rate_limited",
              "stale_cache"
            ]
          },
          "fromCache": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "retrievedAt": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "evidenceCount": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "reason": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "provider",
          "role",
          "stage",
          "status",
          "fromCache",
          "retrievedAt",
          "evidenceCount",
          "reason"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "warnings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "provider": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "provider"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "assumptions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "limitations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "methodology": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scoringModelVersion": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "categoryWeights": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "corporate": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "financial": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "compliance": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "reputation": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "operational": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "digital": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "corporate",
            "financial",
            "compliance",
            "reputation",
            "operational",
            "digital"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        "weightsSource": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "default",
            "env",
            "default_env_invalid"
          ]
        },
        "severityPoints": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "info": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "low": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "medium": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "high": {
              "type": "number"
            },
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        "missingDataPolicy",
        "missingDataRiskRules",
        "highRiskJurisdictionsSource",
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Category: Company & Risk Intelligence · hierarchy: supporting · idempotent: yes · side effects: no