# OFAC Sanctions Screening

> OFAC Sanctions Screening is a paid API for AI agents from skowron-compliance-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Screens a person or entity name against current OFAC sanctions lists and returns potential match candidates with source evidence.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://skowron-compliance-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev/v1/ofac
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ofac-sanctions-screening-db60666f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_f4NflaQn2NWw-CtlPa15M

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 ofac-sanctions-screening-db60666f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Before we pay this vendor, can you run an OFAC sanctions screen on 'Petrov Trading LLC' — they're based in Russia, entity type is a company?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to screen an individual or entity against U.S. OFAC sanctions data specifically — particularly before onboarding a customer, executing a payment, or entering a business relationship. Prefer this over generic KYC services when OFAC-specific compliance is required (e.g., for U.S. regulatory obligations). The optional country, entity_type, and date_of_birth fields improve match precision and reduce false positives.

## Known failure modes

- Name too common or vague — returns many false-positive candidates requiring manual review
- Name not found in OFAC data — returns empty match list, which does not guarantee clearance
- Malformed input (missing name field) — returns validation error
- OFAC data may have a short lag behind real-time list updates
- Non-Latin character names may reduce match accuracy without transliteration

## How this service works

Screen a person or entity against current official OFAC sanctions data before an agent onboards, pays, or transacts. Returns potential-match candidates and source evidence; not a legal clearance determination. $0.02 USDC.

## Output

Returns a list of potential match candidates found in OFAC sanctions data, including the matched list entries and source evidence used to identify the match. Does not constitute a legal clearance determination — the agent receives raw screening results for human or system review.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Person or entity name to screen."
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional country."
  },
  "entity_type": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional individual or entity."
  },
  "date_of_birth": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional date of birth."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ofac-sanctions-screening-db60666f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from skowron-compliance-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/skowron-compliance-gateway.mattskowronis.workers.dev/llms.txt)