# Saylor Innovations Sanctions Screening (OFAC)

> Saylor Innovations Sanctions Screening (OFAC) is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-03).

Screens names and aliases against OFAC sanctions lists to identify potential matches for compliance purposes

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/sanctions/name?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-03
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-sanctions-screening-ofac-d85d6fab
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_e4143W0H_L4U13CzKqYc-

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 saylor-innovations-sanctions-screening-ofac-d85d6fab
```

Example prompt: Can you run an OFAC sanctions screen on the name 'Viktor Petrov' to see if there's a potential match on any US sanctions list?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, per-call OFAC name screening API billed at $0.003 per lookup — ideal for agents handling compliance checks on individuals, companies, vessels, or aircraft without maintaining a local sanctions database. Prefer this over manual lookups or heavyweight compliance platforms when you need programmatic, real-time OFAC screening at low cost.

## Known failure modes

- Missing query parameter 'q' returns an error or empty result
- Very common names may produce false positives requiring manual review
- Names with non-Latin characters or alternate transliterations may not match all variants
- API may return potential_match: false for partial name matches below threshold
- Rate limiting or payment failure on the x402 protocol returning 402 status

## How this service works

OFAC Sanctions Screening — names and aliases — Compliance

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the original query string, a boolean 'potential_match' flag indicating whether any sanctions matches were found, and a 'matches' array with details of any matching records found in the OFAC database.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH",
      "DELETE",
      "HEAD"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "person, company, vessel or aircraft name (query)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query",
      "potential_match",
      "matches"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "matches": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object"
       }
      },
      "potential_match": {
       "type": "boolean"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-sanctions-screening-ofac-d85d6fab/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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