# SEC 8-K Material-Event Watch (`nexgenwatch/sec-8k-event-watch`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/sec-8k-event-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 8-k material-event alerts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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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.

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# README

## SEC 8-K Material-Event Watch — New Filings on Watched Issuers

Turn newly filed **SEC Form 8-K / 8-K/A** material-event filings on the issuers you
watch into a **seed-zero, deterministic delta feed** — with the official 8-K item
codes preserved and a per-issuer source receipt on every run. First run seeds a
private baseline and emits **zero** alerts; later runs emit one delta per newly
filed 8-K. No historical dump, no inferred event beyond the issuer-reported item
codes.

### Who buys this
- **Event-driven analysts** — catch 8-K item 2.02 (results), 1.01 (material
  agreements), 5.02 (officer/director changes), 1.05 (cyber incidents) as they file.
- **IR / comms monitoring** — watch a peer set and get every new material event.

### What you get
- **`material_event_delta`** (watch mode) — one per newly filed 8-K/8-K/A:
  `delta_type` (`MATERIAL_EVENT` / `MATERIAL_EVENT_AMENDMENT`), `accession_number`
  (= `composite_key`), `cik`, `issuer_name`, `tickers`, `filed_date`, `report_date`,
  `item_codes` + `items` (code → official SEC item title), `primary_doc_url`.
- **`issuer_8k_filing`** (snapshot mode, `watchMode=false`) — the same record shape
  without baseline diffing.
- **`source_receipt`** — per-issuer terminal (`NORMAL` / `GENUINE_EMPTY` / `PARTIAL`
  / `BLOCKED`), request counters, canary status. Always pushed, never billed.

### Input
```json
{
  "watchedIssuers": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "320193"],
  "itemCodes": ["1.01", "2.02", "5.02"],
  "includeAmendments": true,
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "watchMode": true
}
````

Issuers are given as **CIK** (`320193` / `CIK0000320193`) or **ticker** (`AAPL`);
tickers are resolved against SEC's public `company_tickers.json`.

### Sample output (delta)

```json
{
  "record_type": "material_event_delta",
  "delta_type": "MATERIAL_EVENT",
  "accession_number": "0000320193-26-000011",
  "composite_key": "0000320193-26-000011",
  "cik": "320193", "issuer_name": "Apple Inc.", "tickers": ["AAPL"],
  "filed_date": "2026-04-30", "report_date": "2026-04-30",
  "item_codes": ["2.02", "9.01"],
  "items": [{"item_code": "2.02", "item_title": "Results of Operations and Financial Condition"}],
  "source_url": "https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000320193.json"
}
```

### Use with

`SEC 8-K Material-Event Watch` → your alerting / IR dashboard → an LLM summarizer.
Pairs with **SEC Form D Funding Leads Watch** and **SEC Form ADV Adviser Watch**.

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

- `material_event_alert` — per new 8-K delta (or snapshot record).
- `issuer_check` — per completed issuer surface check.
- `apify-actor-start` — reserved platform start event.
  Receipts are never billed. Seed rows, retries, duplicates, and blocked issuers are
  never billed.

### Limits & compliance

- Source: SEC EDGAR **public, logged-out** JSON (`data.sec.gov/submissions`,
  `www.sec.gov/files/company_tickers.json`). No key, no login, no CAPTCHA.
- SEC fair-access: a descriptive **User-Agent with a contact is required**
  (`secUserAgent`), self-throttled well below SEC's rate ceiling.
- 8-K filings are records, not investment advice. Item codes are preserved
  verbatim; an unknown code keeps a null title rather than a guess. A blocked or
  partial issuer never advances the baseline and never implies an absence.

# Actor input Schema

## `watchedIssuers` (type: `array`):

Issuers to monitor, each an SEC CIK (e.g. '320193' or 'CIK0000320193') or an exchange ticker (e.g. 'AAPL'). Tickers are resolved against SEC's public company\_tickers.json.

## `watchMode` (type: `boolean`):

When true, seed a private baseline and emit only post-baseline new 8-K deltas (first run emits zero). When false, emit snapshot issuer\_8k\_filing rows.

## `baselineKey` (type: `string`):

Named watch baseline (1-120 chars, \[A-Za-z0-9.\_:-]). Null derives a SHA-256 of the normalized filters.

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

Whether 8-K/A amendment filings qualify alongside 8-K.

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

Keep only 8-Ks reporting at least one of these official item codes (e.g. '1.01', '2.02', '5.02'). Empty keeps all. Filed item codes are always preserved.

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

Earliest 8-K filed date to include. Null uses lookbackDays from today.

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

When sinceDate is null, include 8-Ks filed within this many days of today.

## `emitDeltaTypes` (type: `array`):

Which watch-mode delta types to emit.

## `maxIssuers` (type: `integer`):

Maximum watched issuers to process this run.

## `maxFilingsPerIssuer` (type: `integer`):

Maximum matching 8-K/8-K/A filings to keep per issuer this run.

## `secUserAgent` (type: `string`):

Descriptive User-Agent with a real contact, e.g. 'NexGenData 8KWatch/1.0 you@example.org'. Required by SEC fair-access. Falls back to the SEC\_USER\_AGENT env var.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "watchedIssuers": [],
  "watchMode": true,
  "includeAmendments": true,
  "itemCodes": [],
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "emitDeltaTypes": [
    "MATERIAL_EVENT",
    "MATERIAL_EVENT_AMENDMENT"
  ],
  "maxIssuers": 50,
  "maxFilingsPerIssuer": 100
}
```

# 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("nexgenwatch/sec-8k-event-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 = {}

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgenwatch/sec-8k-event-watch",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "SEC 8-K Material-Event Watch",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "xW1N2g3azzXx5wNko"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/nexgenwatch~sec-8k-event-watch/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nexgenwatch-sec-8k-event-watch",
                "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": {
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                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
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            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-nexgenwatch-sec-8k-event-watch",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
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        "/acts/nexgenwatch~sec-8k-event-watch/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-nexgenwatch-sec-8k-event-watch",
                "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",
                "properties": {
                    "watchedIssuers": {
                        "title": "Watched issuers (CIK or ticker)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Issuers to monitor, each an SEC CIK (e.g. '320193' or 'CIK0000320193') or an exchange ticker (e.g. 'AAPL'). Tickers are resolved against SEC's public company_tickers.json.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "watchMode": {
                        "title": "Watch mode (seed-zero delta feed)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When true, seed a private baseline and emit only post-baseline new 8-K deltas (first run emits zero). When false, emit snapshot issuer_8k_filing rows.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "baselineKey": {
                        "title": "Baseline key",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Named watch baseline (1-120 chars, [A-Za-z0-9._:-]). Null derives a SHA-256 of the normalized filters."
                    },
                    "includeAmendments": {
                        "title": "Include 8-K/A amendments",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Whether 8-K/A amendment filings qualify alongside 8-K.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "itemCodes": {
                        "title": "Item codes (match-any)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Keep only 8-Ks reporting at least one of these official item codes (e.g. '1.01', '2.02', '5.02'). Empty keeps all. Filed item codes are always preserved.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "sinceDate": {
                        "title": "Since date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Earliest 8-K filed date to include. Null uses lookbackDays from today."
                    },
                    "lookbackDays": {
                        "title": "Lookback days",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 3650,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "When sinceDate is null, include 8-Ks filed within this many days of today.",
                        "default": 30
                    },
                    "emitDeltaTypes": {
                        "title": "Emit delta types",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Which watch-mode delta types to emit.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "MATERIAL_EVENT",
                                "MATERIAL_EVENT_AMENDMENT"
                            ]
                        },
                        "default": [
                            "MATERIAL_EVENT",
                            "MATERIAL_EVENT_AMENDMENT"
                        ]
                    },
                    "maxIssuers": {
                        "title": "Max issuers",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 200,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum watched issuers to process this run.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "maxFilingsPerIssuer": {
                        "title": "Max filings per issuer",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 500,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum matching 8-K/8-K/A filings to keep per issuer this run.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "secUserAgent": {
                        "title": "SEC User-Agent (contact)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Descriptive User-Agent with a real contact, e.g. 'NexGenData 8KWatch/1.0 you@example.org'. Required by SEC fair-access. Falls back to the SEC_USER_AGENT env var."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
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                        "properties": {
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                            "actId": {
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                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "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
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                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
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                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
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                                        "example": 300
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                                    "memoryMbytes": {
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                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
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                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
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                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```