# Saylor Innovations UN Sanctions Screener

> Saylor Innovations UN Sanctions Screener is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-28).

Screen a person or entity name against the UN Security Council consolidated sanctions list, returning matches with aliases, reference numbers, listing dates, and notes

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/sanctions/un?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-un-sanctions-screener-6161f570
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_u5Ife1a1bfSER37_pfSjx

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-un-sanctions-screener-6161f570
```

Example prompt: Can you check if 'Viktor Bout' appears on the UN Security Council sanctions list and tell me whether there are any exact matches, known aliases, and when they were listed?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to screen a specific name against the UN Security Council consolidated sanctions list specifically, as opposed to broader multi-jurisdiction sanctions databases (OFAC, EU, etc.). It is well-suited for point-in-time compliance checks, KYC/AML workflows, and due diligence tasks where UN sanctions coverage is required. It provides structured alias and reference data useful for generating audit trails.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'name' query parameter returns an error
- Name with no matches returns an empty results array with a clean verdict
- Ambiguous or common names may return many partial matches requiring manual review
- Network or upstream data source unavailability may cause service errors
- Very short or single-character names may return unreliable results

## How this service works

Screen a name against the UN Security Council consolidated sanctions list - individuals and entities with aliases, reference, listing date and notes

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the interpreted query, an overall verdict string, total match count, exact match count, list size, data source attribution, an optional caveat note, and a results array. Each result includes the entity name, type, reference identifier, listing date, known aliases, nationalities, and any additional notes from the UN list.

## 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Person or entity name to screen"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query",
      "verdict",
      "results"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "note": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Caveat or context for reading the result"
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The query as the server interpreted it"
      },
      "source": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Data source the values come from"
      },
      "matches": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Matching items"
      },
      "results": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "list": {
          "description": "List of items"
         },
         "name": {
          "description": "Name"
         },
         "type": {
          "description": "Type or kind"
         },
         "notes": {
          "type": [
           "string",
           "null"
          ],
          "description": "Additional information from the list"
         },
         "aliases": {
          "type": [
           "array",
           "null"
          ],
          "description": "Known aliases"
         },
         "listed_on": {
          "description": "Listed on"
         },
         "reference": {
          "description": "Reference identifier"
         },
         "nationality": {
          "type": [
           "array",
           "null"
          ],
          "description": "Nationalities listed"
         }
        }
       },
       "description": "List of matching results"
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Overall assessment derived from the listed reasons"

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```

## More

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