SEC EDGAR Connection

Connects your agent to the SEC EDGAR system for public company filings. Pull 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K filings, proxy statements, insider transactions, and financial statements. No authentication required — public data.

Authentication

No authentication required. The SEC EDGAR API is public.

• user_agent — Required: your company name and email for SEC rate limit compliance

Endpoints

Company Search

• GET /cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&company={name} — Search companies by name
• GET /cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK={cik} — Lookup by CIK number

Filings

• GET /cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&type={type}&CIK={cik} — Get filings by type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)
• GET /Archives/edgar/data/{cik}/{accession} — Get specific filing document

XBRL Financial Data

• GET /api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK{cik}.json — Get structured financial data (revenue, net income, etc.)

Full-Text Search

• GET /efts/current/search-index?q={query}&dateRange=custom — Full-text search across filings

Insider Transactions

• GET /cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&type=4&CIK={cik} — Form 4 insider transactions

Rules

• Rate limit: 10 requests/second (SEC fair use policy)
• The agent extracts key financial metrics from XBRL data when available
• Filing documents can be very large — the agent dispatches task agents for parsing
• The agent identifies material changes in 8-K filings (executive changes, M&A, restatements)
• All EDGAR data is public — no privacy restrictions