> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://stockcontext.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Stock symbol search

> Resolve a ticker, company name, or CIK to securities with per-tool coverage flags.



## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /v1/tools/stock_search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: StockContext API
  version: '2026-07-10'
  summary: Schema-aware structural reference for StockContext tools.
  description: >-
    This OpenAPI document is structural and schema-aware: request schemas, the
    schema selector, HTTP statuses, and envelope-level response forms are
    modeled from the live API boundary. Captured examples remain authoritative
    for full nested payload detail.
servers:
  - url: https://api.stockcontext.com
    description: Production API
security: []
tags:
  - name: Discovery
    description: Search, catalogs, and value-flag feedback.
  - name: Financials
    description: SEC-verified fundamentals and overviews.
  - name: Market data
    description: Licensed price feed.
  - name: Filings and activity
    description: SEC filings, insiders, and tracked holders.
paths:
  /v1/tools/stock_search:
    post:
      tags:
        - Discovery
      summary: Resolve securities by ticker, company name, or CIK
      description: >-
        POST JSON only. The request body accepts exactly one search spelling:
        schema-2 query or schema-1 q.
      operationId: stock_search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
            examples:
              request:
                summary: Request
                value:
                  query: AAPL
                  limit: 5
                  schema: 2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Resolve securities by ticker, company name, or CIK. Envelope-level
            schema; captured examples remain authoritative for full nested
            payload detail.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema2Envelope'
              examples:
                success:
                  summary: Schema 2 response
                  value:
                    data:
                      query: AAPL
                      items:
                        - ticker: AAPL
                          is_covered: true
                          entity:
                            cik: '0000320193'
                            name: Apple Inc.
                          coverage:
                            stock_financials:
                              available: true
                            stock_prices:
                              available: true
                    meta:
                      schema_version: '2'
        '304':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotModified'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '413':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RequestTooLarge'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalFailure'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: curl
          source: |-
            curl -sS "https://api.stockcontext.com/v1/tools/stock_search" \
              -H "X-API-Key: $STOCKCONTEXT_API_KEY" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              -d '{"query":"AAPL","limit":5,"schema":2}'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Request body for stock_search. The model requires exactly one of query
        or q.
      additionalProperties: false
      required: []
      properties:
        query:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              minLength: 1
              maxLength: 128
            - type: 'null'
          description: Canonical schema-2 search term. Send exactly one of query or q.
        q:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              minLength: 1
              maxLength: 128
            - type: 'null'
          description: Schema-1 search term alias. Send exactly one of q or query.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum matches to return.
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 50
          default: 10
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 1
            - 2
          default: 2
          description: >-
            Response schema selector. Omit (or send 2) for the schema-2
            envelope, the default; 1 selects the frozen legacy wire. Boolean
            values are rejected by the API boundary.
    Schema2Envelope:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Schema-2 envelope. The OpenAPI schema is structural; captured examples
        are authoritative for full nested payload detail.
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - data
        - meta
      properties:
        subject:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subject'
        data:
          type: object
          description: Tool payload or typed schema-2 refusal.
          additionalProperties: true
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetaV2'
    Subject:
      type: object
      description: Resolved entity and security when the tool has a single subject.
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        entity:
          type: object
          description: Entity identity and reporting metadata.
          additionalProperties: true
        security:
          type: object
          description: Security identity and trading metadata.
          additionalProperties: true
    MetaV2:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Schema-2 metadata. Unknown optional fields are omitted, not emitted as
        null.
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - schema_version
      properties:
        schema_version:
          type: string
          enum:
            - '2'
        policy_version:
          type: string
        as_of:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
          properties:
            sec:
              type: string
              description: SEC ingestion cursor date.
            market:
              type: string
              description: Market-data cursor date.
        published_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        basis:
          type: string
        units:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        parser:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            version:
              type: string
        build:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        last_verified_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        truncated:
          type: boolean
        deprecation:
          type: object
          description: Alias or sunset notices for schema-2 responses.
          additionalProperties: true
    FlatRefusal:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Flat refusal body used by auth, body-limit, schema-1 tool refusals, and
        some HTTP failures.
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - available
        - reason
      properties:
        available:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        reason:
          type: string
        recovery:
          type: object
          description: Recovery instruction. Omitted when no recovery exists.
          additionalProperties: true
    FastAPIValidationError:
      type: object
      description: Schema-1/no-schema request validation shape from FastAPI.
      additionalProperties: true
      required:
        - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            description: Validation issue.
            additionalProperties: true
    Schema2ValidationErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - data
        - meta
      properties:
        data:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema2RefusalData'
          properties:
            unavailable:
              type: string
              enum:
                - invalid_request
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetaV2'
    Schema2RefusalData:
      type: object
      description: Schema-2 typed refusal payload.
      additionalProperties: true
      required:
        - unavailable
      properties:
        unavailable:
          type: string
        recovery:
          type: object
          description: Executable recovery instruction when one exists.
          additionalProperties: true
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            description: Validation issue.
            additionalProperties: true
        missing_operand:
          type: string
        affects:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        note:
          type: string
  responses:
    NotModified:
      description: >-
        Schema-2 conditional request matched If-None-Match. The response has no
        body.
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid, revoked, or unpaid API key. Flat refusal body.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlatRefusal'
          examples:
            missing_api_key:
              summary: Missing API key
              value:
                available: false
                reason: missing_api_key
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        No exact subject match or no matching data. Schema 2 uses an envelope;
        schema 1/tool-level failures can use the flat refusal body.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema2Envelope'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlatRefusal'
          examples:
            no_match:
              summary: Schema 2 no_match
              value:
                data:
                  unavailable: no_match
                  recovery:
                    action: use_tool
                    tool: stock_search
                    params:
                      query: ZZZZ
                meta:
                  schema_version: '2'
    RequestTooLarge:
      description: >-
        Request body exceeded the 64 KiB cap or nesting guard. Flat refusal
        body.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlatRefusal'
          examples:
            request_too_large:
              summary: Request too large
              value:
                available: false
                reason: request_too_large
    ValidationError:
      description: >-
        Request validation failure. Schema 1/no-schema requests keep FastAPI
        detail; schema 2 uses invalid_request inside the schema-2 envelope.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastAPIValidationError'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema2ValidationErrorEnvelope'
          examples:
            schema_1:
              summary: Schema 1 validation
              value:
                detail:
                  - loc:
                      - body
                      - symbol
                    msg: Field required
                    type: missing
            schema_2:
              summary: Schema 2 invalid_request
              value:
                data:
                  unavailable: invalid_request
                  recovery:
                    action: fix_request
                  errors:
                    - param: schema
                      given: true
                      expected: integer 1 or 2
                meta:
                  schema_version: '2'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: >-
        Per-minute rate limit or plan quota refusal. Retry-After is present only
        for the per-minute window.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlatRefusal'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema2Envelope'
          examples:
            rate_limit_exceeded:
              summary: Rate limit
              value:
                available: false
                reason: rate_limit_exceeded
                recovery:
                  action: wait
                  seconds: 60
    InternalFailure:
      description: >-
        Internal service failure. Flat refusal body when surfaced by the API
        refusal layer.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlatRefusal'
          examples:
            internal_error:
              summary: Internal failure
              value:
                available: false
                reason: internal_error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

````