Company Grounding Data for AI Agents

OnlineCredit Usage:1 per callTool:CompanyGroundingDataforAIAgents

The tool

Ground agents in verifiable SEC-registered company data so profiles and diligence answers cite real filings, not inferred details.

Once your client is connected to the VerveContext MCP server, this appears in its tool list as CompanyGroundingDataforAIAgents. It is read-only and open-world: it fetches, it never mutates anything on your side, so most clients will call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call

{
  "name": "CompanyGroundingDataforAIAgents",
  "arguments": {
    "ticker": "AAPL"
  }
}

What that looks like in a conversation

You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about AAPL in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for CompanyGroundingDataforAIAgents on its own.

Connecting

One server URL covers every source in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth — the client opens a browser once and there is no key to paste into a config file.

Client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervecontext": {
      "url": "https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Endpoint

https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp

Per-client setup — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made.

Argument	Type	Example	Description
`ticker`Required	string	`AAPL`	Stock ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL)

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client can read fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" on success and error is null; a null field means the value wasn't available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "count": 1,
    "companies": [
      {
        "ticker": "AAPL",
        "cik": "0000320193",
        "name": "Apple Inc.",
        "tickers": [
          "AAPL"
        ],
        "exchanges": [
          "Nasdaq"
        ],
        "entityType": "operating",
        "sic": "3571",
        "sicDescription": "Electronic Computers",
        "sector": "Manufacturing",
        "category": "Large accelerated filer",
        "stateOfIncorporation": "CA",
        "fiscalYearEnd": "0926",
        "ein": "942404110",
        "phone": "(408) 996-1010",
        "addresses": {
          "mailing": {
            "street1": "ONE APPLE PARK WAY",
            "street2": null,
            "city": "CUPERTINO",
            "stateOrCountry": "CA",
            "zipCode": "95014",
            "stateOrCountryDescription": "CA",
            "isForeignLocation": 0,
            "foreignStateTerritory": null,
            "country": null,
            "countryCode": null
          },
          "business": {
            "street1": "ONE APPLE PARK WAY",
            "street2": null,
            "city": "CUPERTINO",
            "stateOrCountry": "CA",
            "zipCode": "95014",
            "stateOrCountryDescription": "CA",
            "isForeignLocation": null,
            "foreignStateTerritory": null,
            "country": null,
            "countryCode": null
          }
        },
        "formerNames": [
          {
            "name": "APPLE INC",
            "from": "2007-01-10T05:00:00.000Z",
            "to": "2019-08-05T04:00:00.000Z"
          },
          {
            "name": "APPLE COMPUTER INC",
            "from": "1994-01-26T05:00:00.000Z",

Fields

Fields marked Premium need a paid plan. On a plan without them the key is absent rather than wrong, so a model never reasons over a substituted value.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`count`	number	`1`	Number of companies returned
`companies`	array[1]	`list of rows`
└ `companies.0.ticker`	string	`AAPL`	Stock ticker symbol for the company
└ `companies.0.cik`	string	`0000320193`	SEC Central Index Key identifier number
└ `companies.0.name`	string	`Apple Inc.`	Legal company name registered with SEC
└ `companies.0.tickers`	array	`["AAPL"]`	All ticker symbols associated with company
└ `companies.0.exchanges`	array	`["Nasdaq"]`	Stock exchanges where company trades
└ `companies.0.entityType`	string	`operating`	Company entity type classification
└ `companies.0.sic`	string	`3571`	Standard Industrial Classification code
└ `companies.0.sicDescription`Premium	string	`Electronic Computers`	Human-readable SIC code description
└ `companies.0.sector`Premium	string	`Manufacturing`	High-level industry sector classification
└ `companies.0.category`	string	`Large accelerated filer`	SEC filer category designation
└ `companies.0.stateOfIncorporation`	string	`CA`	State where company is incorporated
└ `companies.0.fiscalYearEnd`	string	`0926`	Fiscal year end month and day
└ `companies.0.ein`	string	`942404110`	Employer Identification Number for tax purposes
└ `companies.0.phone`	string	`(408) 996-1010`	Primary phone number from SEC filings
└ `companies.0.addresses`	object	`{…}`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing`	object	`{…}`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.street1`	string	`ONE APPLE PARK WAY`	Mailing address street line
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.street2`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.city`	string	`CUPERTINO`	Mailing address city name
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.stateOrCountry`	string	`CA`	Mailing address state or country code
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.zipCode`	string	`95014`	Mailing address postal code
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.stateOrCountryDescription`	string	`CA`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.isForeignLocation`	number	`0`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.foreignStateTerritory`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.country`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.mailing.countryCode`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business`	object	`{…}`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.street1`	string	`ONE APPLE PARK WAY`	Business address street line
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.street2`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.city`	string	`CUPERTINO`	Business address city name
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.stateOrCountry`	string	`CA`	Business address state or country code
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.zipCode`	string	`95014`	Business address postal code
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.stateOrCountryDescription`	string	`CA`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.isForeignLocation`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.foreignStateTerritory`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.country`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.addresses.business.countryCode`	object	`null`
└ `companies.0.formerNames`Premium	array[3]	`list of rows`	List of all previously used company names
└ `companies.0.formerNames.0.name`Premium	string	`APPLE INC`
└ `companies.0.formerNames.0.from`Premium	string	`2007-01-10T05:00:00.000Z`
└ `companies.0.formerNames.0.to`Premium	string	`2019-08-05T04:00:00.000Z`

Why ground on it

A model can produce something that looks like this answer from its training data, and be confidently out of date or simply wrong. This source returns the current value with a shape you can check, which is the difference between an answer you can cite and one you have to hedge.

Point an evaluation at count: it is the field most worth pinning a claim to, and it is either present and current or absent — never plausibly invented.

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors with a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code.

Status	What it means
`400 / 422`	The arguments didn't validate. The message names the offending one.
`401`	The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
`403`	Out of credits. Not a bad key — the month's allowance is spent.
`404`	This source isn't part of VerveContext. Check the catalog.
`429`	Brief rate limit. Retrying after a moment succeeds.

Other ways to use Company Grounding Data for AI Agents

Set up Company Grounding Data for AI Agents on VerveContext, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveContext account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Call it as a REST APIOne HTTPS endpoint and an X-API-Key header, with SDKs for Node, Python and .NET.APIVerve →Reference →

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.VerveKit →Reference →

Use it in Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheets →Reference →

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to tell the agent to use CompanyGroundingDataforAIAgents?

No. The tool's name and description are in the model's context once the server is connected, so it selects the tool when the question calls for it. Naming it explicitly works too and is useful when you want to force the call.

Does connecting the server expose every tool at once?

Yes — one connection lists the whole VerveContext catalog. Clients with a tool budget can usually filter the list; the credit cost is per call, so an unused tool costs nothing.

What does a call cost?

1 credit each time the tool actually runs. A model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Is there a REST version of this?

Yes — the same source is available as a plain HTTPS endpoint on APIVerve, linked above. Same data, same credits, same account.

What's Next?

Continue your journey with these recommended resources

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The full catalog for this door

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Plans & credits

What a call costs and how usage resets

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