# Contractor License Verify (`fidelem/license-verify`) Actor The only MCP-native, agent-payable contractor license check that returns OFFICIAL bond + insurance, not just status. WA live (official L\&I) · CA beta (CSLB). Pay-per-success $0.03, no charge on a miss. Normalized JSON for vetting, booking & onboarding agents. - **URL**: https://apify.com/fidelem/license-verify.md - **Developed by:** [fidele maniraruta](https://apify.com/fidelem) (community) - **Categories:** Agents, Developer tools, Lead generation - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $30.00 / 1,000 license verifications This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## license-verify-mcp Verify contractor license status mid-task. Returns normalized JSON with `active|expired|suspended|revoked` status, bond details, and insurance. Two delivery modes: **MCP server** (stdio, for Claude/agent use) and **Apify Actor** (pay-per-event, agentic-payments eligible). --- ### Jurisdictions | State | Status | Source | Bond + Insurance | |---|---|---|---| | **WA** | ✅ Live | WA L&I open data (data.wa.gov) | ✅ Real data (bzff-4fmt + ciwg-agsx datasets) | | **CA** | ⚠️ Beta | CSLB HTML (cslb.ca.gov) | ✅ Parsed when CSLB is up | **Washington is the reliable, production-ready jurisdiction.** Official WA L&I open data is served via Socrata JSON — no scraping, no rate limits, bond and insurance data included from dedicated datasets. **California is beta.** CSLB does not publish an open API; the provider fetches the HTML detail page directly. CSLB rate-limits or 503s automated requests intermittently. When unavailable, `verify_license` returns a clean `SESSION_ERROR` — **you are never charged on source failures.** Do not rely on CA for production workflows until a stable server-side CSLB run is confirmed. --- ### Apify Actor **Agentic-payments eligible** — pay-per-event pricing + limited permissions + no Standby mode. #### Pricing | Event | Price | |---|---| | `license-verification` | **$0.03 per lookup** | Charged **only on `found: true`**. Validation errors, not-found results, and source failures are not charged. #### Input ```json { "jurisdiction": "WA", "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN" } ```` | Field | Type | Required | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | `jurisdiction` | `"WA" \| "CA"` | ✅ | WA = live; CA = beta | | `license_number` | string | one of ↓ | WA: alphanumeric. CA: numeric, ≤8 digits | | `business_name` | string | one of ↑ | WA only. Partial match, may return `matches[]` | #### Output (default dataset) ```json { "found": true, "jurisdiction": "WA", "query": { "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN" }, "result": { "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN", "business_name": "!ECO STAR C G CONSTRUCTION LLC", "status": "active", "license_type": "CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR", "bonded": { "is_bonded": true, "details": "Surety: NORTH RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY THE; Bond #: 46CF842686; Amount: $30,000; Effective: 2025-08-05; Expires: Until Canceled" }, "insured": { "has_insurance": true, "details": "Carrier: State National Ins Co Inc; Policy: NXT9PTHTLT-01-GL; Coverage: $1,000,000; Agency: Next Insurance Inc; Effective: 2026-06-12; Expires: 2027-06-12" }, "effective_date": "2025-08-15", "expiration_date": "2027-08-15" }, "source_url": "https://data.wa.gov/resource/m8qx-ubtq", "retrieved_at": "2026-06-26T01:34:37.598Z", "raw": { ... } } ``` `status` is always one of: `active` | `expired` | `suspended` | `revoked` | `unknown`. On failure: `{ "found": false, "error": "SESSION_ERROR|NETWORK_ERROR|...", "message": "..." }` — never a crash, never a charge. #### Local test ```bash npm install npm run build echo '{"jurisdiction":"WA","license_number":"ECOSTSC758NN"}' \ > storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json npx apify run ``` *** ### MCP Server (stdio) For use with Claude Desktop, Smithery, or any MCP-compatible agent. #### Tools **`verify_license`** — verify a contractor's license status. - `jurisdiction` (required): `"WA"` or `"CA"` - `license_number` and/or `business_name` (at least one required) **`list_supported_jurisdictions`** — list all states with their status and data source. #### Config (Claude Desktop) ```json { "mcpServers": { "license-verify": { "command": "node", "args": ["/absolute/path/to/license-verify-mcp/dist/index.js"] } } } ``` #### Run ```bash npm install && npm run build npm run start:mcp # stdio MCP server npm run smoke # hit real WA + CA endpoints, must be 8/8 PASS ``` *** ### Adding a State 1. Create `src/providers/.ts` implementing the `Provider` interface (`{ info, verify() }`) 2. Register it in `src/providers/index.ts` No other changes needed in server or Actor. ### License MIT # Actor input Schema ## `jurisdiction` (type: `string`): Two-letter US state code. WA is fully live and reliable. CA is beta — returns a clean SESSION\_ERROR if CSLB is unavailable; you are never charged on source failures. ## `license_number` (type: `string`): Contractor license or registration number. WA: alphanumeric (e.g. ECOSTSC758NN). CA: numeric only, up to 8 digits (e.g. 1100000). Exact match, case-insensitive. Preferred over business\_name for precision. ## `business_name` (type: `string`): Business name or partial name for WA lookups. Case-insensitive partial match — may return multiple results. CA requires license\_number instead. ## Actor input object example ```json { "jurisdiction": "WA", "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN" } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "jurisdiction": "WA", "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fidelem/license-verify").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "jurisdiction": "WA", "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fidelem/license-verify").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "jurisdiction": "WA", "license_number": "ECOSTSC758NN" }' | apify call fidelem/license-verify --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fidelem/license-verify", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Contractor License Verify", "description": "The only MCP-native, agent-payable contractor license check that returns OFFICIAL bond + insurance, not just status. WA live (official L&I) · CA beta (CSLB). Pay-per-success $0.03, no charge on a miss. Normalized JSON for vetting, booking & onboarding agents.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "c5S2dM9r2QqvOB2m5" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fidelem~license-verify/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fidelem-license-verify", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fidelem~license-verify/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fidelem-license-verify", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fidelem~license-verify/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fidelem-license-verify", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "jurisdiction" ], "properties": { "jurisdiction": { "title": "Jurisdiction (State)", "enum": [ "WA", "CA" ], "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter US state code. WA is fully live and reliable. CA is beta — returns a clean SESSION_ERROR if CSLB is unavailable; you are never charged on source failures.", "default": "WA" }, "license_number": { "title": "License / Registration Number", "type": "string", "description": "Contractor license or registration number. WA: alphanumeric (e.g. ECOSTSC758NN). CA: numeric only, up to 8 digits (e.g. 1100000). Exact match, case-insensitive. Preferred over business_name for precision." }, "business_name": { "title": "Business Name (WA only)", "type": "string", "description": "Business name or partial name for WA lookups. Case-insensitive partial match — may return multiple results. CA requires license_number instead." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```