# OFAC SDN Entity Screening (induction.aarei.ai)

> OFAC SDN Entity Screening (induction.aarei.ai) is a paid API for AI agents from induction.aarei.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Checks whether a given entity or alias name appears on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list using exact normalized string matching.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://induction.aarei.ai/services/ofacs/check/entity
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/induction-aarei-ai-65d058f9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9R7jwDrfSuDSWBW-skK3R

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability induction-aarei-ai-65d058f9
```

Example prompt: Can you run an OFAC SDN check on 'Viktor Bout' to see if that name comes up as a sanctioned entity?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a fast, exact-match OFAC SDN screening check for a single entity or alias name as part of KYC, AML, or compliance workflows. Best suited for scenarios where you already have a canonical or normalized entity name and need a binary sanctioned/not-sanctioned signal. Prefer this over fuzzy-match services when precision and deny-on-error safety are required.

## Known failure modes

- 503 Service Unavailable if the OFAC SDN list has not been loaded (deny-on-error policy)
- No match returned for names that are similar but not exact (only exact normalized matches are supported)
- Missing or empty entity_name parameter results in a bad request error
- Names with non-standard encoding may not match if normalization differs from expected NFC casefold

## How this service works

Screen an entity or alias name against the OFAC SDN list. Exact match on a normalised string only (trim, collapse whitespace, NFC, casefold). Returns 503 if the list has never loaded (deny-on-error policy).

## Output

Returns a match or no-match result indicating whether the normalized form of the provided entity name is found on the OFAC SDN list. If the SDN list has never been loaded, the service returns a 503 to enforce a deny-on-error policy.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "entity_name": "Acme Corporation"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "entity_name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "entity_name": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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