# resolve_entity

"What's the ticker for…" / "find the CIK for…" / "what's the RxCUI for…" / "look up the ID for…" / "what is X's official identifier" — resolve a user-spoken NAME to the canonical/official identifier other tools require as input. Use FIRST whenever you have a name but need an ID. SUPPORTED TYPES: "company" (returns ticker + 10-digit CIK + company_name from SEC EDGAR + pipeworx://edgar/company/{cik} citation URI; accepts ticker, CIK, or company name as input — auto-disambiguated), "drug" (returns RxCUI + ingredient + brand from RxNorm + pipeworx://rxnorm/{rxcui} citation; accepts brand or generic name). Each call cascades through several lookup endpoints internally — using resolve_entity replaces 2-3 manual lookups.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `resolve_entity`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/resolve-entity

## Facts

- Tool: `resolve_entity`
- Server: 19hz (`https://gateway.pipeworx.io/19hz/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-19hz
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: yes
- Parameters: 2 (2 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `type` | string | yes | Entity type: "company" or "drug". |
| `value` | string | yes | For company: ticker (AAPL), CIK (0000320193), or name. For drug: brand or generic name (e.g., "ozempic", "metformin"). |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "resolve_entity",
    "arguments": {
      "type": "<type>",
      "value": "<value>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why resolve_entity is rated Low

This tool performs identifier lookups/resolution against external registries (SEC EDGAR, RxNorm). It only retrieves and returns canonical IDs and metadata — no writes, executions, or destructive actions. Blast radius is minimal as it only reads reference data.

From the tool's own definition: "resolve a user-spoken NAME to the canonical/official identifier other tools require as input"

## Use case

AI agents call resolve_entity to retrieve information from 19hz without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches 19hz:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "resolve_entity": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on 19hz (31)

- `forget` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/forget.md
- `polymarket_arbitrage` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/polymarket-arbitrage.md
- `polymarket_edges` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/polymarket-edges.md
- `ai_visibility_check` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/ai-visibility-check.md
- `ask_pipeworx` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/ask-pipeworx.md
- `ask_pipeworx_grounded` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/ask-pipeworx-grounded.md
- `bet_research` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/bet-research.md
- `compare_entities` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/compare-entities.md
- `deep_research` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/deep-research.md
- `discover_tools` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/discover-tools.md
- `entity_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/entity-profile.md
- `events` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/events.md
- `list_subscriptions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/list-subscriptions.md
- `pipeworx_trending` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/pipeworx-trending.md
- `polymarket_edge_tracker` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/polymarket-edge-tracker.md
- `polymarket_kalshi_spread` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/polymarket-kalshi-spread.md
- `recall` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/recall.md
- `recent_alerts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/recent-alerts.md
- `recent_changes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/recent-changes.md
- `regions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/regions.md
- `scan_competitor_ai_presence` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/scan-competitor-ai-presence.md
- `scan_dependency` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/scan-dependency.md
- `search_within` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/search-within.md
- `suggest_questions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/suggest-questions.md
- `validate_claim` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/validate-claim.md
- `generate_llms_txt` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/generate-llms-txt.md
- `pipeworx_feedback` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/pipeworx-feedback.md
- `polymarket_fill_risk` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/polymarket-fill-risk.md
- `remember` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/remember.md
- `subscribe` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz/subscribe.md
- …and 1 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-pipeworx-io-19hz