# SEC 8-K Material Event Tracker — Corporate Filings (`m_ctim/sec-8k-material-event-tracker`) Actor

Search recent SEC 8-K filings for material corporate events: M\&A, bankruptcy, executive departures, material agreements. Search market-wide, by ticker, or by specific 8-K item code.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/m\_ctim/sec-8k-material-event-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Timothy Kelvin](https://apify.com/m_ctim) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

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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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## SEC 8-K Material Event Tracker — Corporate Filings

Search recent SEC 8-K filings for material corporate events: mergers &
acquisitions, bankruptcy, executive departures, material agreements, and
more. Search market-wide, by ticker, or by a specific 8-K item code.

Built for investors, M\&A advisors, and sales/research teams tracking
material events at companies they follow — a different signal than
[Insider Trading Alert](https://github.com/timmKal01/insider-trading-alert),
which covers personal stock transactions by executives rather than
corporate-level events.

### Input

```json
{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "keyword": "",
  "itemCode": "5.02",
  "daysBack": 14,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `ticker` | string | Stock ticker for one company. Leave blank to search market-wide. |
| `keyword` | string | Free-text search across filing text. Leave blank to skip. |
| `itemCode` | string | Filter to one specific 8-K item type (e.g. `5.02` executive departures, `1.03` bankruptcy, `2.01` acquisition completion). `all` for every item type. |
| `daysBack` | number | How many days back from today to search, by filing date. Default `14`, max `365`. |
| `maxResults` | number | Max filings to return, most recent first. Default `25`, max `100`. |

### Output

One record per filing:

```json
{
  "accessionNumber": "0000950103-26-012019",
  "companyName": "Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.",
  "ticker": "EOSE",
  "cik": "0001805077",
  "items": ["1.01", "3.02", "9.01"],
  "itemLabels": ["Entry into Material Agreement", "3.02", "Financial Statements and Exhibits"],
  "filingDate": "2026-08-06",
  "periodEnding": "2026-08-03",
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805077/000095010326012019-index.htm"
}
```

`itemLabels` maps common item codes to plain-language descriptions; less
common codes are returned as-is (the numeric code, unmapped).

### How it works

Direct calls to the official [SEC EDGAR full text search](https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/)
API (`efts.sec.gov`) — the same system that powers EDGAR's own search UI.
No API key, no proxy, no login, no scraping.

### Pricing note

Billed per **search**, not per filing returned — one charge whether the
search returns 1 filing or 100.

### Related products

- [Insider Trading Alert](https://github.com/timmKal01/insider-trading-alert) — executive personal stock buy/sell signals
- [Federal Contract Award Tracker](https://github.com/timmKal01/federal-contract-award-tracker) — who just won government contracts

# Actor input Schema

## `ticker` (type: `string`):

Stock ticker (e.g. "AAPL") to get 8-K filings for one company. Leave blank to search market-wide.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Free-text search across filing text (e.g. "merger agreement", "restructuring"). Leave blank to skip.

## `itemCode` (type: `string`):

Filter to one specific 8-K item type. Leave as "all" for every item type.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

How many days back from today to search, by filing date.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of filings to return, most recent first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "itemCode": "all",
  "daysBack": 14,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("m_ctim/sec-8k-material-event-tracker").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("m_ctim/sec-8k-material-event-tracker").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 '{}' |
apify call m_ctim/sec-8k-material-event-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,m_ctim/sec-8k-material-event-tracker"
        }
    }
}

```

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/Qm9fvqVP3BcIc3Wqe/builds/3VkQitBG2lORghpgG/openapi.json