# SEC 8-K Item & Amendment Watch (`logical_resourcefulnes/sec-8k-item-amendment-watch`) Actor

Monitor SEC 8-K and 8-K/A filing metadata by CIK and item code. Track new filings, identify amendment candidates, verify source coverage and export JSON/CSV. No paid API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/logical_resourcefulnes/sec-8k-item-amendment-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [Revenue Pilot](https://apify.com/logical_resourcefulnes) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $25.00 / 1,000 company checks

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 8-K Item & Amendment Watch

Check a watchlist of companies for SEC 8-K and 8-K/A filing metadata. Get disclosed item codes, official document links, new/updated accession records and company-level source health in JSON or CSV. The starter preset includes Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA; choose **Only my CIKs** to use your own list. No external API key is required.

This product helps maintain a disclosure-monitoring dataset. It reports filed metadata and does not assess an investment, infer a financial finding, summarize a filing's body, or claim that a disclosed event is materially significant.

### Input example

```json
{
  "preset": "starter",
  "lookbackDays": 180,
  "maxFilingsPerCompany": 10,
  "changesOnly": true,
  "monitorKey": "example"
}
```

### Output and interpretation

Each successfully checked company produces a **company_health** row, including zero matching filings or zero new filings. That completed company check is billable. **filing** rows contain the accession number, form, filing/report dates, disclosed item codes, official source URL and initial/new/metadata_updated state.

8-K/A is marked as an amendment. Related original candidates share the CIK and reportDate within the retrieved recent data; this is **candidate linkage, not a verified reference to a particular original filing**. Missing dates remain null. Item 4.02 is labelled as a non-reliance disclosure code; the Actor makes no conclusion about a company's accounts.

Only the SEC **recent submissions array** is read. Historical archive files are not fetched. recentWindowCoversRequestedRange and resultLimitReached describe incomplete scope. The first run establishes a baseline; repeat runs suppress unchanged filing rows while still charging for each healthy company check. Absence never means a filing was deleted.

**Fair access:** requests are serial with at least one second between companies. 403/429 stops remaining company requests. No proxy rotation or access-control bypass is used. Keep one stream at a time and respect the SEC's aggregate fair-access limits; coverage and service availability are not guaranteed.

**Official sources:** [SEC submissions APIs](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces), [fair-access policy](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-search-assistance/accessing-edgar-data), and [reuse permissions](https://www.sec.gov/about/webmaster-frequently-asked-questions). The official FAQ permits reuse of EDGAR public filing content. This Actor only processes corporate filing metadata, without retrieving contact details or document text.

### Run and retrieve results

1. Open the Input tab, keep the example or add your own filters, then select Start. No operator approval is required.
2. Open Output for the results table. Export JSON through the dataset, or download **RESULTS.csv** from the run key-value store for spreadsheet-safe CSV.
3. Read **OUTPUT** for the authoritative records, source coverage, billing checkpoints and monitor storage ID. **DIAGNOSTICS.json** reports failures and caps.

The Actor uses limited permissions and stores its own monitor state in a named key-value store in your Apify account. Keep the same monitor name and semantic filters to compare runs; changing page/result limits does not reset the baseline. Each account has its own state. Run a single stream at a time: overlapping runs on the same monitor can repeat observations, and a detected conflicting state update is not overwritten. State keeps up to 3,000 filing fingerprints per company, with a 4 MiB overall monitor-state cap; very old evicted records may be observed again.

### Pricing and spending limits

- **Actor start: USD 0.01** for a run at the supported default 256 MB. Apify's start event is per GB with a one-event minimum, so larger memory settings can increase this charge.
- **Company check: USD 0.025**. One company whose official SEC recent submissions data passes validation, including zero matching or zero new filings. Source failures and schema errors are not charged.
- No separate dataset-item event. No proxy, AI API or paid external API is used.
- Set Maximum cost per run to cover the start and the number of checks/results you want. Budget caps can stop delivery early and are shown in OUTPUT.
- The start fee applies even if no match is found or the upstream service fails. Failed or undelivered outcomes do not incur the custom result/check event.

Results are saved before the custom outcome charge. A new run performs a new paid check; retrieve the old run before restarting it. The same run's uncertain dataset or charge POST is never intentionally repeated. If a charge is uncertain, processing stops with a billing audit instead of attempting a second charge. OUTPUT remains authoritative when dataset delivery is uncertain.

### Data and support

Input, output and monitor state stay in your Apify account's storage under its retention policy. This Actor sends no messages, modifies no source data, and accepts no credentials or private source URLs. Source requests use an identifying User-Agent with the developer's public support profile.

Report reproducible defects in this Actor's Issues tab using a minimal invented example and the diagnostic code. Do not post API tokens or private run links.

### Actual owner-validation output

Observed on **26 October 2026 (Japan time)**. This is a saved owner test, not a customer result or evidence of sales. Source data changes over time.

The saved run provided **3 healthy company checks and 16 filing records**. The requested recent window was covered for the three checked companies. Its configured event total for an ordinary buyer at 256 MB would be **USD 0.085**, including startup. Owner event counts are validation, not paid customer revenue.

Abbreviated actual record:

```json
{
  "companyName": "Apple Inc.",
  "form": "8-K/A",
  "accessionNumber": "0001140361-26-035325",
  "filingDate": "2026-09-01",
  "reportDate": "2026-04-17",
  "itemCodes": [
    "5.02"
  ],
  "isAmendment": true,
  "relatedOriginalCandidates": [],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000114036126035325/ef20081427_8ka.htm"
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `preset` (type: `string`):

Starter includes Apple, Microsoft and NVIDIA. Choose none to use only your own CIKs.

## `ciks` (type: `array`):

SEC Central Index Keys, up to 20 companies including the preset. Digits only; leading zeros are preserved. No company-name guessing.

## `itemCodes` (type: `array`):

Empty includes all. Examples: 4.01 accountant changes, 4.02 non-reliance, 5.02 management changes, 2.02 earnings. Codes describe disclosures, not conclusions.

## `lookbackDays` (type: `integer`):

Only the SEC recent submissions array is read. No historical archive backfill. Coverage is reported if the requested window reaches beyond this array.

## `maxFilingsPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

Caps result records, not company-check pricing. Additional unseen records may appear on subsequent runs.

## `monitorKey` (type: `string`):

Use the same name on repeat runs. Use separate names for independent monitoring streams. Run one stream at a time.

## `changesOnly` (type: `boolean`):

The first successful stream creates a baseline. Later runs suppress unchanged filing rows. Each healthy company check, including no new filings, is charged.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "preset": "starter",
  "ciks": [],
  "itemCodes": [],
  "lookbackDays": 180,
  "maxFilingsPerCompany": 30,
  "monitorKey": "default",
  "changesOnly": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `audit` (type: `string`):

No description

## `csv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `diagnostics` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "preset": "starter",
    "ciks": [],
    "itemCodes": [],
    "lookbackDays": 180,
    "maxFilingsPerCompany": 30,
    "monitorKey": "default",
    "changesOnly": true
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("logical_resourcefulnes/sec-8k-item-amendment-watch").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 = {
    "preset": "starter",
    "ciks": [],
    "itemCodes": [],
    "lookbackDays": 180,
    "maxFilingsPerCompany": 30,
    "monitorKey": "default",
    "changesOnly": True,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("logical_resourcefulnes/sec-8k-item-amendment-watch").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 '{
  "preset": "starter",
  "ciks": [],
  "itemCodes": [],
  "lookbackDays": 180,
  "maxFilingsPerCompany": 30,
  "monitorKey": "default",
  "changesOnly": true
}' |
apify call logical_resourcefulnes/sec-8k-item-amendment-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,logical_resourcefulnes/sec-8k-item-amendment-watch"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Wbq7GCD5WupnqUbgP/builds/9QQenrdujjViBrX4B/openapi.json