entity_resolve
Resolve a company across US government sources in one call. Searches SEC EDGAR, EPA ECHO, and the sanctions lists by name and returns the candidate match and strong identifiers (SEC CIK, ticker, EPA registry id) found in each. Use this to confirm WHO an entity is and gather its IDs before pulling...
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What entity_resolve does on Livedatalink
AI agents call entity_resolve to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | Yes | Company / organization name, e.g. 'Chevron Corporation', 'Acme Trucking LLC'. |
state | string | — | Optional 2-letter US state to disambiguate location-based sources (e.g. 'TX'). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why entity_resolve is rated Low
The tool queries multiple US government data sources (SEC EDGAR, EPA ECHO, sanctions lists) and returns matching identifiers. It performs no writes, executions, or deletions. Misuse risk is low as it only reads public data, though results could theoretically inform harmful follow-on actions.
From the tool's definition 'Searches SEC EDGAR, EPA ECHO, and the sanctions lists by name and returns the candidate match and strong identifiers' — purely retrieves and returns data from government sources with no side effects
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs entity_resolve safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Livedatalink, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For entity_resolve, this is the rule to start with:
entity_resolve is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every entity_resolve call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about entity_resolve
Resolve a company across US government sources in one call. Searches SEC EDGAR, EPA ECHO, and the sanctions lists by name and returns the candidate match and strong identifiers (SEC CIK, ticker, EPA registry id) found in each. Use this to confirm WHO an entity is and gather its IDs before pulling detail. Matches are name-based candidates to verify, not certain identity links. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
entity_resolve accepts 2 parameters: name, state. Required: name. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for entity_resolve: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
entity_resolve is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the entity_resolve rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for entity_resolve. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
entity_resolve is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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