# SEC 8-K Material Events Monitor (`straightforward_hydra/sec-8k-material-events-monitor`) Actor Monitor US public companies for material events (M\&A, bankruptcy, CEO changes, earnings, delistings, cyber breaches) from their SEC 8-K filings, with each event decoded into plain English. - **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/sec-8k-material-events-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, SEO tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 material events 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/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 curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). 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. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## SEC 8-K Material Events Monitor 🔔 **Get alerted the moment a company reports something material — M&A, bankruptcy, CEO changes, earnings, delistings, cyber breaches — straight from SEC 8-K filings.** When something important happens at a US public company, it must file a **Form 8-K**, usually within four business days. Each 8-K declares one or more numbered **Items** that say exactly what kind of event it is. This Actor watches the companies you care about, decodes those cryptic Item codes into **plain English**, and links you straight to the filing. > Built to be near-maintenance-free: event types come straight from SEC's official metadata feed — **no document parsing**, no proxy, no browser. --- ### What you can do with it - 🔔 **Real-time corporate event alerts** — run on a schedule, get pinged on CEO exits, M&A, bankruptcies. - 📰 **Newsroom / PR monitoring** — track material events across a list of companies. - 📉 **Trading signals** — earnings, restatements, delistings, impairments as structured events. - 🧭 **Portfolio watch** — monitor every company you hold or cover in one run. - 🗂️ **Compliance & research feeds** — a clean, decoded 8-K event stream. ### Features - ✅ **Plain-English event types** — `5.02` becomes "Departure/Appointment of Directors or Officers". - ✅ **Friendly categories** — Earnings, M&A, Bankruptcy, Executive Changes, Delisting, Cybersecurity, and more. - ✅ **Event-type filtering** — monitor only the events that matter to you (defaults to a high-signal set). - ✅ **Ticker → company resolution** — type `AAPL`, not a CIK. - ✅ **Direct filing links** — jump to the actual 8-K to read the detail. - ✅ **Fast & cheap** — pure metadata, official SEC endpoints, tiny footprint. --- ### Input | Field | Description | |---|---| | **Tickers to monitor** | e.g. `AAPL`, `TSLA`, `NVDA`. | | **CIKs to monitor** | SEC CIK numbers for filers without a ticker (optional). | | **Event types to keep** | Which 8-K Item codes to report. Default = high-signal set; pick `ALL` for everything. | | **Lookback days** | How many days back to scan (1–90). | | **Include amendments** | Include 8-K/A amended filings. | | **Max results** | Cap the number of events returned. | | **Contact email** | Sent to SEC in the User-Agent, per their fair-access policy. | #### Example — watch a portfolio for major events ```json { "tickers": ["AAPL", "TSLA", "NVDA", "MSFT"], "items": ["1.03", "2.01", "5.02", "3.01", "1.05"], "daysBack": 30, "contactEmail": "you@example.com" } ```` #### Example — every 8-K a company filed this week ```json { "tickers": ["GME"], "items": ["ALL"], "daysBack": 7, "contactEmail": "you@example.com" } ``` ### Output Each row is one 8-K filing with its events decoded: ```json { "issuer_name": "Apple Inc.", "issuer_ticker": "AAPL", "issuer_cik": "320193", "form_type": "8-K", "event_date": "2026-05-01", "filing_date": "2026-05-02", "accepted_datetime": "2026-05-02T16:30:00.000Z", "items": ["2.02", "9.01"], "item_labels": [ "2.02 - Results of Operations and Financial Condition", "9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits" ], "event_categories": ["Earnings", "Exhibits"], "event_summary": "Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits", "primary_document_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000050/aapl-8k.htm", "filing_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000050/0000320193-26-000050-index.htm", "accession_number": "0000320193-26-000050" } ``` ### Run it on a schedule Set the Actor to run on a **schedule** (e.g. every morning, or hourly) with a short `daysBack` (1–2) to get a live feed of new material events. Connect a **Slack / email / webhook / Google Sheets** integration to push alerts to you automatically. ### 8-K event types cheat sheet | Item | Event | Category | |---|---|---| | 1.01 | Material agreement entered | M\&A / Agreements | | 1.03 | Bankruptcy or receivership | Bankruptcy | | 1.05 | Material cybersecurity incident | Cybersecurity | | 2.01 | Acquisition/disposition completed | M\&A / Agreements | | 2.02 | Earnings / results of operations | Earnings | | 2.06 | Material impairment | Impairment / Costs | | 3.01 | Delisting notice | Delisting | | 4.02 | Financial restatement | Auditor / Restatement | | 5.01 | Change in control | Change of Control | | 5.02 | Executive / board change | Executive & Board Changes | | 7.01 | Regulation FD disclosure | Reg FD | | 8.01 | Other events | Other | ### Notes & limitations - Uses SEC EDGAR's official public endpoints; respects SEC's fair-access rate limits. - Reports the **event type** and links to the filing; it does not extract the narrative text of the 8-K (open the filing link for full detail). - This is **factual public data**, not investment advice. *** #### Keywords 8-K scraper, SEC 8-K, material events, corporate events monitor, SEC filings alerts, 8-K filings, EDGAR scraper, company news scraper, M\&A tracker, bankruptcy alerts, CEO change tracker, executive departures, earnings 8-K, delisting alerts, cybersecurity incident disclosure, restatement tracker, SEC EDGAR 8-K, corporate disclosure feed, material event alerts, stock news scraper, financial events API, regulatory filings monitor. # Actor input Schema ## `tickers` (type: `array`): Stock ticker symbols to watch, e.g. AAPL, TSLA, NVDA. Case-insensitive. ## `ciks` (type: `array`): SEC CIK numbers, for filers without a ticker. Digits only, e.g. 320193. Merged with the tickers above. ## `items` (type: `array`): Which 8-K event types (Item codes) to report. Default is a high-signal set. Choose ALL to keep every 8-K. ## `daysBack` (type: `integer`): How many days back to scan for filings (1-90). For a scheduled monitor, match this to how often you run it (e.g. run daily with daysBack = 2). ## `includeAmendments` (type: `boolean`): Include amended filings as well as originals. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Stop after pushing this many events. Leave empty for no limit. ## `contactEmail` (type: `string`): SEC's fair-access policy asks every automated caller to identify itself with a contact email in the User-Agent. Put yours here. It is only sent to SEC.gov. ## Actor input object example ```json { "tickers": [ "AAPL", "TSLA", "NVDA" ], "items": [ "1.01", "1.03", "2.01", "2.02", "3.01", "4.02", "5.02", "1.05" ], "daysBack": 7, "includeAmendments": true, "contactEmail": "you@example.com" } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "tickers": [ "AAPL", "TSLA", "NVDA" ], "contactEmail": "you@example.com" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/sec-8k-material-events-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "tickers": [ "AAPL", "TSLA", "NVDA", ], "contactEmail": "you@example.com", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/sec-8k-material-events-monitor").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 '{ "tickers": [ "AAPL", "TSLA", "NVDA" ], "contactEmail": "you@example.com" }' | apify call straightforward_hydra/sec-8k-material-events-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=straightforward_hydra/sec-8k-material-events-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SEC 8-K Material Events Monitor", "description": "Monitor US public companies for material events (M&A, bankruptcy, CEO changes, earnings, delistings, cyber breaches) from their SEC 8-K filings, with each event decoded into plain English.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "5xmQ7wSqeWd9PonL2" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/straightforward_hydra~sec-8k-material-events-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-straightforward_hydra-sec-8k-material-events-monitor", "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": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/straightforward_hydra~sec-8k-material-events-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-straightforward_hydra-sec-8k-material-events-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/straightforward_hydra~sec-8k-material-events-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-straightforward_hydra-sec-8k-material-events-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "tickers": { "title": "Tickers to monitor", "type": "array", "description": "Stock ticker symbols to watch, e.g. AAPL, TSLA, NVDA. Case-insensitive.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "ciks": { "title": "CIKs to monitor (advanced)", "type": "array", "description": "SEC CIK numbers, for filers without a ticker. Digits only, e.g. 320193. Merged with the tickers above.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "items": { "title": "Event types to keep", "type": "array", "description": "Which 8-K event types (Item codes) to report. Default is a high-signal set. Choose ALL to keep every 8-K.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "ALL", "1.01", "1.03", "2.01", "2.02", "5.02", "5.01", "3.01", "1.05", "4.01", "4.02", "2.06", "7.01", "8.01" ], "enumTitles": [ "ALL - Every 8-K event", "1.01 - Material Agreement entered", "1.03 - Bankruptcy or Receivership", "2.01 - Acquisition/Disposition completed", "2.02 - Earnings / Results of Operations", "5.02 - Executive / Board change", "5.01 - Change in Control", "3.01 - Delisting notice", "1.05 - Cybersecurity incident", "4.01 - Auditor change", "4.02 - Financial restatement", "2.06 - Material impairment", "7.01 - Regulation FD disclosure", "8.01 - Other events" ] }, "default": [ "1.01", "1.03", "2.01", "2.02", "3.01", "4.02", "5.02", "1.05" ] }, "daysBack": { "title": "Lookback days", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 90, "type": "integer", "description": "How many days back to scan for filings (1-90). For a scheduled monitor, match this to how often you run it (e.g. run daily with daysBack = 2).", "default": 7 }, "includeAmendments": { "title": "Include amendments (8-K/A)", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include amended filings as well as originals.", "default": true }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after pushing this many events. Leave empty for no limit." }, "contactEmail": { "title": "Contact email (for SEC)", "type": "string", "description": "SEC's fair-access policy asks every automated caller to identify itself with a contact email in the User-Agent. Put yours here. 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