SEC Filings Grounding Data

Overview

SEC Filings works by projecting the SEC EDGAR submissions feed for US public companies into a clean, decision-ready filing history. On top of the raw filing list it derives activity analytics - counts by form type, filing cadence, and days since the last annual, quarterly and current report - so you can see a company's disclosure activity at a glance rather than paging through EDGAR. Data is refreshed continuously from official SEC filings.

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveContext server, this appears in its tool list as SECFilingsGroundingData. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call

{
  "name": "SECFilingsGroundingData",
  "arguments": {
    "ticker": "AAPL"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about AAPL in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for SECFilingsGroundingData on its own — naming it explicitly also works, and is the way to force the call.

Connecting

One server URL covers every source in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervecontext": {
      "url": "https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Argument	Type	Description
`ticker`Required	string	Stock ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, ADBE) length 1–6
`form`OptionalPremium	string	Filter to a single form type (e.g. 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 4).
`limit`OptionalPremium	integer	Number of filings to return (1-50). Defaults to 5. range 1–50

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "cik": "0000320193",
    "company": "Apple Inc.",
    "sic": "3571",
    "sicDescription": "Electronic Computers",
    "fiscalYearEnd": "0927",
    "totalRecentFilings": 1000,
    "count": 4,
    "latest": {
      "annual": {
        "form": "10-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-11-01",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000123",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250927.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm",
        "daysAgo": 62
      },
      "quarterly": {
        "form": "10-Q",
        "filingDate": "2025-08-01",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000106",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250628.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000106/aapl-20250628.htm",
        "daysAgo": 154
      },
      "currentReport": {
        "form": "8-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-10-30",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000121",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20251030.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000121/aapl-20251030.htm",
        "daysAgo": 64
      }
    },
    "filings": [
      {
        "form": "10-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-11-01",
        "reportDate": "2025-09-27",
        "primaryDocDescription": "10-K",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000123",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250927.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm",
        "items": null,
        "isXBRL": true
      },
      {
        "form": "8-K",
        "filingDate": "2025-10-30",
        "reportDate": "2025-10-30",
        "primaryDocDescription": "8-K",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000121",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20251030.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000121/aapl-20251030.htm",
        "items": "2.02,9.01",
        "isXBRL": true
      },
      {
        "form": "4",
        "filingDate": "2025-10-16",
        "reportDate": "2025-10-14",
        "primaryDocDescription": "FORM 4",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000118",
        "primaryDocument": "xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000118/xslF345X05/wf-form4.xml",
        "items": null,
        "isXBRL": false
      },
      {
        "form": "10-Q",
        "filingDate": "2025-08-01",
        "reportDate": "2025-06-28",
        "primaryDocDescription": "10-Q",
        "accessionNumber": "0000320193-25-000106",
        "primaryDocument": "aapl-20250628.htm",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000106/aapl-20250628.htm",
        "items": null,
        "isXBRL": true
      }
    ],
    "analytics": {
      "formCounts": {
        "3": 22,
        "4": 512,
        "8-K": 96,
        "10-Q": 84,
        "10-K": 28,
        "DEF 14A": 27,
        "SC 13G": 41
      },
      "filingsLast30Days": 3,
      "filingsLast90Days": 9,
      "filingsLast365Days": 74,
      "daysSinceLastFiling": 62,
      "daysSinceLastAnnual": 62,
      "daysSinceLastQuarterly": 154,
      "averageDaysBetweenFilings": 12.4,
      "mostActiveForm": "4"
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`ticker`	string	`AAPL`	Stock ticker symbol for the company
`cik`	string	`0000320193`	SEC Central Index Key unique identifier
`company`	string	`Apple Inc.`	Official registered name of the company
`sic`	string	`3571`	Standard Industrial Classification code
`sicDescription`	string	`Electronic Computers`	Industry description for the SIC code
`fiscalYearEnd`	string	`0927`	Fiscal year end in MMDD format
`totalRecentFilings`	number	`1000`	Total filings in the company's recent EDGAR feed
`count`	number	`4`	Number of filings returned in this response
`latest`	object	`{…}`	Most recent filing of each headline type
`latest.annual`Premium	object	`{…}`	Most recent 10-K annual report
`latest.annual.form`Premium	string	`10-K`	Form type (10-K)
`latest.annual.filingDate`Premium	string	`2025-11-01`	Date the annual report was filed
`latest.annual.accessionNumber`Premium	string	`0000320193-25-000123`	SEC accession number for the filing
`latest.annual.primaryDocument`Premium	string	`aapl-20250927.htm`	Primary document filename
`latest.annual.url`Premium	string	`https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm`	Direct link to the filing document
`latest.annual.daysAgo`Premium	number	`62`	Days since the annual report was filed
`latest.quarterly`Premium	object	`{…}`	Most recent 10-Q quarterly report
`latest.quarterly.form`Premium	string	`10-Q`	Form type (10-Q)
`latest.quarterly.filingDate`Premium	string	`2025-08-01`	Date the quarterly report was filed
`latest.quarterly.accessionNumber`Premium	string	`0000320193-25-000106`	SEC accession number for the filing
`latest.quarterly.primaryDocument`Premium	string	`aapl-20250628.htm`	Primary document filename
`latest.quarterly.url`Premium	string	`https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000106/aapl-20250628.htm`	Direct link to the filing document
`latest.quarterly.daysAgo`Premium	number	`154`	Days since the quarterly report was filed
`latest.currentReport`Premium	object	`{…}`	Most recent 8-K current report
`latest.currentReport.form`Premium	string	`8-K`	Form type (8-K)
`latest.currentReport.filingDate`Premium	string	`2025-10-30`	Date the current report was filed
`latest.currentReport.accessionNumber`Premium	string	`0000320193-25-000121`	SEC accession number for the filing
`latest.currentReport.primaryDocument`Premium	string	`aapl-20251030.htm`	Primary document filename
`latest.currentReport.url`Premium	string	`https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000121/aapl-20251030.htm`	Direct link to the filing document
`latest.currentReport.daysAgo`Premium	number	`64`	Days since the current report was filed
`filings`	array[4]		Recent filings, most recent first
`filings.0.form`	string	`10-K`	SEC form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 4, ...)
`filings.0.filingDate`	string	`2025-11-01`	Date the filing was submitted
`filings.0.reportDate`	string	`2025-09-27`	Period or event date the filing reports on
`filings.0.primaryDocDescription`	string	`10-K`	Description of the primary document
`filings.0.accessionNumber`	string	`0000320193-25-000123`	SEC accession number for the filing
`filings.0.primaryDocument`	string	`aapl-20250927.htm`	Primary document filename
`filings.0.url`	string	`https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000123/aapl-20250927.htm`	Direct link to the filing document
`filings.0.items`	object	`null`	8-K item numbers disclosed, when applicable
`filings.0.isXBRL`	boolean	`true`	Whether the filing includes XBRL structured data
`analytics`	object	`{…}`
`analytics.formCounts`Premium	object	`{…}`	Count of filings by form type in the recent feed
`analytics.formCounts.3`Premium	number	`22`
`analytics.formCounts.4`Premium	number	`512`
`analytics.formCounts.8-K`Premium	number	`96`
`analytics.formCounts.10-Q`Premium	number	`84`
`analytics.formCounts.10-K`Premium	number	`28`
`analytics.formCounts.DEF 14A`Premium	number	`27`
`analytics.formCounts.SC 13G`Premium	number	`41`
`analytics.filingsLast30Days`Premium	number	`3`	Number of filings in the last 30 days
`analytics.filingsLast90Days`Premium	number	`9`	Number of filings in the last 90 days
`analytics.filingsLast365Days`Premium	number	`74`	Number of filings in the last 365 days
`analytics.daysSinceLastFiling`Premium	number	`62`	Days since the most recent filing of any type
`analytics.daysSinceLastAnnual`Premium	number	`62`	Days since the most recent 10-K
`analytics.daysSinceLastQuarterly`Premium	number	`154`	Days since the most recent 10-Q
`analytics.averageDaysBetweenFilings`Premium	number	`12.4`	Average days between recent filings
`analytics.mostActiveForm`Premium	string	`4`	Most frequently filed form type

Why ground on it

A model can produce something that looks like this answer from its training data, and be confidently out of date or simply wrong. This source returns the current value in a shape you can check, which is the difference between an answer you can cite and one you have to hedge.

Point an evaluation at cik: it is the field most worth pinning a claim to, and it is either present and current or absent — never plausibly invented.

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

Status	What it means
`400` / `422`	The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one.
`401`	The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
`403`	Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity.
`404`	This source is not part of VerveContext. Check the catalog.
`429`	Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart.

A call costs 1 credit each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Other ways to use SEC Filings Grounding Data

Set up SEC Filings Grounding Data on VerveContext, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveContext account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Call it as a REST APIOne HTTPS endpoint and an x-api-key header, with SDKs for Node, Python and .NET.APIVerve →Reference →

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.VerveKit →Reference →

Use it in Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheets →Reference →