# SEC Filings Monitor — New EDGAR Filings for Your Watchlist (`harvestworks/sec-filings-monitor`) Actor

New SEC EDGAR filings (8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, Form 4, S-1 and more) for a watchlist of tickers. Schedule it to get only filings since the last run, with 8-K items explained.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/harvestworks/sec-filings-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Tucker Watts](https://apify.com/harvestworks) (community)
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 filings

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## SEC Filings Monitor — New EDGAR Filings for Your Watchlist

Give it a list of tickers and get their SEC filings (8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, Form 4, S-1, 13F and more) as clean JSON. Schedule it and each run returns **only filings that are new since the last run**.

- **Official SEC data, fast.** Reads EDGAR's public API directly. No browser, no proxies. A 20-company watchlist takes a few seconds.
- **Alerts, not dumps.** On a schedule, you get only new filings, and you pay only for those. A day with no filings costs just the run start.
- **8-K items explained.** Every 8-K comes with its item codes in plain English: "Results of Operations and Financial Condition", "Departure or Appointment of Directors or Certain Officers", "Material Cybersecurity Incidents".
- **Never crashes on a bad input.** Unknown tickers come back as free `error` rows that say what happened.

### What you can do with it

- Get an alert when a company you follow files an 8-K: earnings, executive changes, acquisitions, cybersecurity incidents.
- Track 10-K and 10-Q releases across a portfolio.
- Watch for insider-transaction filings (Form 4) on the companies you hold.
- Feed new filings to an AI agent or a Slack/email workflow for summaries.

### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `companies` | yes | Tickers (`AAPL`, `BRK.B`) or SEC CIK numbers (`320193`). Up to 100 per run. |
| `formTypes` | no | Only these forms, e.g. `["8-K", "10-K", "10-Q"]`. Empty = every form. |
| `includeAmendments` | no | Also return `/A` amendments of those forms. Default `true`. |
| `sinceDays` | no | Only filings from the last N days, 1–365. Default `7`. |
| `onlyNew` | no | Skip filings a previous run with the same companies and forms already returned. Default `true`. |

```json
{
  "companies": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "TSLA"],
  "formTypes": ["8-K", "10-K", "10-Q"],
  "sinceDays": 7
}
```

**Monitoring:** schedule this input daily. The first run returns the last 7 days; each later run returns only what was filed since.
**One-off lookup:** set `onlyNew` to `false` and `sinceDays` to the window you want.

### Output

One row per filing, newest first per company:

```json
{
  "type": "filing",
  "cik": "0000320193",
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "companyName": "Apple Inc.",
  "form": "8-K",
  "filingDate": "2026-07-30",
  "reportDate": "2026-07-30",
  "acceptedAt": "2026-07-30T20:30:28.000Z",
  "accessionNumber": "0000320193-26-000018",
  "items": [
    "2.02",
    "9.01"
  ],
  "itemDescriptions": [
    "Results of Operations and Financial Condition",
    "Financial Statements and Exhibits"
  ],
  "description": "8-K",
  "documentUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000018/aapl-20260730.htm",
  "filingIndexUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000018/0000320193-26-000018-index.htm",
  "isXBRL": true,
  "sizeBytes": 417360
}
```

`items` and `itemDescriptions` are filled for 8-K filings and empty for other forms. `documentUrl` opens the main document, and `filingIndexUrl` lists every exhibit.

#### Errors: free rows

```json
{ "type": "error", "target": "ZZZZZ", "reason": "not_found", "message": "Ticker \"ZZZZZ\" is not in the SEC's ticker list. Try the company's CIK number instead." }
```

`reason` is one of `invalid_input`, `not_found`, `individual_filer`, `blocked`, `rate_limited`, `network_error`. A per-company run summary is saved to the `OUTPUT` record of the run's key-value store.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$3 per 1,000 filings** ($0.003 each), plus $0.002 per run start. `error` rows are free, and with `onlyNew` you never pay twice for the same filing.

Set a **maximum charge per run** to cap spending. When the run reaches it, it stops cleanly and says so. Filings that didn't fit are returned on the next run.

### Limits

- Companies and funds only. CIKs belonging to individual filers (for example, company insiders) are refused with an `individual_filer` error.
- Up to 100 companies per run and a look-back of up to 365 days. For the most frequent filers, EDGAR's recent-filings list may not reach a full year back; the run summary says so when that happens.
- Filing metadata and links only. The Actor does not download or parse the filing documents.
- About 6–7 requests per second to the SEC, under its 10-per-second fair-access limit.

### Use with AI agents

The input and output are flat and predictable. The `type` field on every row tells filings and errors apart, and every error has a fixed `reason` code. An agent can call this Actor with just `companies`.

# Actor input Schema

## `companies` (type: `array`):

Stock tickers (e.g. "AAPL", "BRK.B") or SEC CIK numbers (e.g. "320193"). Up to 100 per run. Companies and funds only: individual filers are refused. Unknown tickers come back as free error rows instead of failing the run.

## `formTypes` (type: `array`):

Only these forms, e.g. "8-K", "10-K", "10-Q", "4", "S-1", "13F-HR". Leave empty for every form type.

## `includeAmendments` (type: `boolean`):

Also return amended filings (e.g. "10-K/A") for the form types above.

## `sinceDays` (type: `integer`):

Only filings from the last N days (1-365).

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip filings a previous run with the same companies and form types already returned. On by default for API calls and schedules; unchecked in this form so a first try shows results. Turn it on when you schedule the Actor (e.g. daily) to get only new filings each time.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "AAPL",
    "MSFT"
  ],
  "includeAmendments": true,
  "sinceDays": 30,
  "onlyNew": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows. Each row's "type" is "filing" or "error".

## `filingsTable` (type: `string`):

Key filing fields.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Per-company status, result counts, and whether the max charge limit stopped the run.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "companies": [
        "AAPL",
        "MSFT"
    ],
    "sinceDays": 30,
    "onlyNew": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("harvestworks/sec-filings-monitor").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "companies": [
        "AAPL",
        "MSFT",
    ],
    "sinceDays": 30,
    "onlyNew": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("harvestworks/sec-filings-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "companies": [
    "AAPL",
    "MSFT"
  ],
  "sinceDays": 30,
  "onlyNew": false
}' |
apify call harvestworks/sec-filings-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,harvestworks/sec-filings-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/04W6yZs5UPHR51Tni/builds/zcWUOr7qfMd0e3u0y/openapi.json