# Script Master Labs FINRA Broker Search API

> Script Master Labs FINRA Broker Search API is a paid API for AI agents from mcp-x402.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Looks up FINRA broker, advisor, or firm registration and background information by name using pay-per-call settlement in USDC on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mcp-x402.onrender.com/x402/finra-broker
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/script-master-labs-finra-broker-search-api-08cc7160
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_b6IMgiXa35Z_je9RfMeC0

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 script-master-labs-finra-broker-search-api-08cc7160
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the FINRA broker registration for 'Jane Smith' — I want to check if she's a registered individual broker before I work with her?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to verify the FINRA registration status or background of a U.S. broker, financial advisor, or brokerage firm by name. It is ideal for due diligence workflows, compliance checks, and investor protection use cases where accessing BrokerCheck data programmatically is required. Prefer this over manual BrokerCheck lookups when operating in an automated agent pipeline with USDC micro-payment capability.

## Known failure modes

- Name not found in FINRA database — returns empty or no-match result
- Ambiguous name matches multiple records — may require additional filtering
- Payment failure or x402 settlement error — call not executed
- Invalid or missing 'name' parameter — request rejected
- Type parameter mismatch — incorrect individual vs firm classification

## How this service works

Pay-per-call crypto, RWA, federal, SEC, Section 8/HUD housing, and compliance APIs via x402. Primary: USDC on Base (eip155:8453). Also accepts Global Dollar (USDG) on Robinhood Chain (eip155:4663) via sovereign X-PAYMENT-TX. Hyphen routes only (e.g. /x402/gas-tracker, /x402/pha-lookup, /x402/sec-8k). MARKETPLACE REVIEW: use free /x402/playground/* (no key, no payment). Production /x402/* returns 402 unless paid via x402 or X-Api-Market-Key / X-API-Key from seller dashboard.

## Output

Returns FINRA BrokerCheck data for the searched broker, advisor, or firm — including registration status, licensing details, firm affiliations, and potentially disciplinary or complaint history sourced from U.S. federal FINRA records.

## 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": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Broker, advisor, or firm name (required)."
      },
      "type": {
       "enum": [
        "individual",
        "firm"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "default": "individual",
       "description": "Search individual brokers or firms."
      }
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "properties": {
    "example": {}
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/script-master-labs-finra-broker-search-api-08cc7160/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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