SEC Filing Intelligence Monitor

Store Positioning

Store title: SEC Filing Intelligence Monitor

Short description: Monitor SEC/EDGAR filing snapshots, company facts, and watchlists. produce structured rows without live network calls.

SEO title: SEC Filing Intelligence Monitor — premium B2B monitoring and intelligence workflow

SEO description: Monitor SEC/EDGAR filing snapshots, company facts, and watchlists. produce structured rows without live network calls. Use it for high-value B2B workflows where trustworthy evidence, prioritization, and executive reporting matter.

Categories: AUTOMATION, NEWS

Keywords: sec, filing, intelligence, monitor, structured data, high-ticket specialized b2b workflow

Fixed-Inclusive PPE Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Event prices include Apify platform usage; users are not expected to pay a separate platform-usage pass-through charge for the configured pricing model.

• Tier: P1 — High-ticket specialized B2B workflow
• Primary event: filing-record-checked at $0.00980 base
• Default max charge: $50.00
• Store discounts: FREE/BRONZE base, SILVER discounted, GOLD deepest approved discount

Event set:

• actor-start: base $0.05000, GOLD $0.04400. Sec Filing Intelligence Monitor: charged when actor start is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
• filing-record-checked: base $0.00980, GOLD $0.00862. Sec Filing Intelligence Monitor: charged when filing record checked is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
• high-value-event-detected: base $0.01950, GOLD $0.01720. Sec Filing Intelligence Monitor: charged when high value event detected is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
• executive-report-generated: base $0.50000, GOLD $0.44000. Sec Filing Intelligence Monitor: charged when executive report generated is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.

Public Task Concepts

• Compare previous and current SEC Filing Intelligence snapshots
• Monitor SEC Filing Intelligence changes for a capped watchlist
• Build a SEC Filing Intelligence change digest from supplied evidence
• Prioritize high-impact SEC Filing Intelligence changes
• Export SEC Filing Intelligence change rows for client review

What does SEC Filing Intelligence Monitor do?

SEC Filing Intelligence Monitor turns SEC/EDGAR filing snapshots, company fact snapshots, and watchlists into structured review signals. It is designed for local-first monitoring: the default run uses deterministic fixture data, makes no network calls, and returns a small non-empty dataset suitable for Apify automated checks.

Use it to:

• Compare previous and current filing snapshots for new forms, amended reports, and 8-K material-event items.
• Compare copied company facts, such as XBRL-style values, and flag threshold-sized changes.
• Return flat dataset rows with severity, evidence, and a recommendation for downstream review workflows.
• Optionally refresh current filing metadata from SEC submissions JSON when a compliant User-Agent and contact email are supplied.

This actor does not provide legal, financial, investment, or compliance advice. Treat results as triage signals that need human or internal workflow review.

Why Use This Actor

Option	Best for	Network behavior	Structured output	Pricing shape
SEC Filing Intelligence Monitor	Repeatable watchlist diffing and fixture-first automation	No network by default; optional capped SEC submissions fetch	Dataset rows plus JSON/Markdown report	Pay per event: $6.50 per 1,000 records
SEC Company Search	Manual research and single-company browsing	Live SEC website	Human-readable web pages	Free public website
SEC RSS and latest filings pages	Broad public filing awareness	Live SEC website/RSS	Feed entries, not normalized watchlist diffs	Free public website
Commercial market terminals	Full analyst workflows with bundled market data	Vendor-managed	Proprietary workflow output	Usually subscription based

The advantage here is not replacing SEC.gov. It is converting watchlist snapshots into deterministic, API-friendly rows that can be scheduled, tested, and connected to alerting or internal review tools.

How to Use

Minimal local-first input:

{
  "fetchMode": "fixtures",
  "maxTargets": 1,
  "maxRows": 10,
  "includeReport": true
}

Steps:

1. Paste one or more watchlist targets into targets.
2. Include previousFilings and currentFilings arrays for each target.
3. Optionally include previousFacts and currentFacts for company fact comparisons.
4. Keep fetchMode set to fixtures unless you deliberately want a capped SEC submissions refresh.
5. Run the actor and consume the default dataset or the report records in the key-value store.

Fixture Watchlist Diff

Use this for repeatable testing, scheduled copied-data checks, and zero-network runs. Provide previous and current snapshots from your own stored state.

Material 8-K Review

Set forms to ["8-K"] to focus on current reports. The actor raises severity when item codes indicate material events such as results of operations, officer changes, delisting notices, non-reliance, bankruptcy, or control changes.

Guarded SEC Submissions Refresh

Set fetchMode to edgar-submissions only when you want the actor to fetch current filing metadata from data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK##########.json. This mode is off by default, capped to 5 targets, sequential, and requires secUserAgent plus contactEmail. SEC states that its data APIs provide submissions history and XBRL data without API keys, and its developer FAQ asks automated tools to declare a User-Agent and stay within the current access limit. See the official SEC API page and FAQ:

• https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces
• https://www.sec.gov/about/webmaster-frequently-asked-questions

Input Configuration

Field	Type	Default	Description
targets	array	Fixture target	Watchlist targets with CIK/ticker/company metadata and previous/current filing or fact snapshots.
fetchMode	string	fixtures	fixtures makes no network calls. edgar-submissions fetches capped SEC submissions JSON.
forms	string array	Common SEC forms	Forms to include in output. Base forms also match amendment forms.
lookbackDays	integer	45	Date window for current filings. Use 0 to disable.
maxTargets	integer	1	Maximum targets to process. EDGAR fetch mode is capped at 5 targets.
maxFilingsPerTarget	integer	10	Maximum current filings inspected per target.
maxRows	integer	50	Maximum charged dataset rows emitted.
includeCompanyFacts	boolean	true	Compare previous/current company facts when supplied.
includeReport	boolean	true	Write JSON and Markdown report artifacts after executive-report-generated is charged.
dryRun	boolean	false	Analyze and log counts without dataset or report output.
secUserAgent	string	empty	Required only for live SEC submissions fetch mode.
contactEmail	string	empty	Required only for live SEC submissions fetch mode.
debug	boolean	false	Enable detailed logs.

Output Format

Each charged dataset row has a flat shape:

{
  "recordId": "f82e5d2ad5751f4a",
  "sourceId": "example-sec-watchlist",
  "sourceUrl": null,
  "status": "changed",
  "checkedAt": "2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "cik": "0000000000",
  "ticker": "EXM",
  "companyName": "Example Technology Holdings (fixture)",
  "monitorType": "filing",
  "signalType": "material-event",
  "severity": "warning",
  "filingAccessionNumber": "0000000000-26-000054",
  "filingForm": "8-K",
  "filingDate": "2026-06-30",
  "acceptedAt": "2026-06-30T21:02:00Z",
  "reportDate": "2026-06-30",
  "filingUrl": null,
  "factName": null,
  "previousValue": null,
  "currentValue": null,
  "delta": null,
  "summary": "Example Technology Holdings (fixture) filed 8-K with material event item(s) Item 2.02, Item 5.02.",
  "recommendation": "Review the 8-K item language, exhibits, and affected watchlist workflows before relying on the signal.",
  "evidence": "Fixture 8-K covering results of operations and officer changes. Items: Item 2.02, Item 5.02"
}

When includeReport is true and the report event is charged, the actor also writes:

• SEC_FILING_INTELLIGENCE_RESULTS.json
• SEC_FILING_INTELLIGENCE_SUMMARY.json
• SEC_FILING_INTELLIGENCE_REPORT.md

Integration Examples

Node.js

const rows = await apifyClient.dataset(datasetId).listItems({ clean: true });
const critical = rows.items.filter((row) => row.severity === 'critical');
for (const row of critical) {
  await sendInternalAlert({
    title: row.summary,
    filingUrl: row.filingUrl,
    recommendation: row.recommendation,
  });
}

Python

rows = client.dataset(dataset_id).list_items(clean=True).items
watch_rows = [row for row in rows if row["severity"] in {"critical", "warning"}]
for row in watch_rows:
    print(row["sourceId"], row["signalType"], row["summary"])

Tips and Advanced Usage

Performance Optimization

Keep maxTargets, maxFilingsPerTarget, and maxRows close to the work you need. The default run intentionally processes one target and returns a tiny result set.

SEC Access

The default mode does not touch SEC or EDGAR. If you enable edgar-submissions, use a real organization/application name and contact email in secUserAgent and contactEmail. The actor fetches sequentially and only from the public SEC submissions JSON endpoint.

Snapshot Strategy

For recurring monitoring, store the previous run's current filings as the next run's previousFilings. That makes the actor a deterministic diff engine instead of a broad crawler.

Limitations

• The default mode uses supplied filing snapshots and does not fetch SEC data unless fetchMode is explicitly set to edgar-submissions.
• The actor monitors filing metadata, form types, item hints, and company-fact changes; it does not download or interpret full filing documents by default.
• Results are monitoring and triage evidence, not investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice.
• Live SEC usage must follow SEC fair-access expectations and requires a real user agent plus contact email.

FAQ

Does the default run call SEC or Apify live APIs?

No. The default input uses fixture snapshots and makes no network calls. Local runs bypass PPE charging while preserving the same control flow.

Can this fetch live SEC filings?

Yes, only when fetchMode is set to edgar-submissions. That mode is off by default, capped, sequential, and requires secUserAgent plus contactEmail.

Does this parse full filing documents?

No. It monitors filing metadata, form types, accession numbers, 8-K item hints, and supplied company fact snapshots. It does not download or interpret full filing text by default.

Is this financial advice?

No. Recommendations are workflow triage suggestions only. Review original filings and use your own legal, finance, or compliance process before making decisions.

What happens if my billing limit is reached?

The actor stops before pushing the next paid dataset row. Reports are written only after the executive-report-generated event is successfully charged.

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