Adverse Media Check

Example

{
  "query": "Wirecard AG",
  "period": "last 12 months",
  "source": "dilisense",
  "categories": {
    "political": 19,
    "regulatory": 94,
    "financial_crime": 187,
    "organized_crime": 12
  },
  "risk_level": "high",
  "total_hits": 312,
  "screened_at": "2026-04-27T13:00:00.000Z",
  "top_articles": [
    {
      "category": "financial_crime",
      "headline": "Wirecard scandal: how the German fintech collapsed",
      "language": "en",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-20T10:00:00",
      "source_link": "https://example.com/wirecard-scandal"
    }
  ],
  "lists_queried": {
    "version": null,
    "collection": "dilisense/adverse-media",
    "source_count": 235000,
    "last_updated_at": null
  },
  "categories_found": [
    "financial_crime",
    "regulatory",
    "organized_crime",
    "political"
  ],
  "severe_categories": [
    "financial_crime",
    "organized_crime",
    "terrorism",
    "violent_crime"
  ],
  "risk_level_thresholds": {
    "low": "total_hits > 0 AND no hits in severe categories (financial_crime, organized_crime, terrorism, violent_crime)",
    "high": "10+ hits in any single severe category",
    "none": "total_hits == 0",
    "medium": "1+ hits in any severe category"
  }
}

Inputs

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "adverse-media-check",
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Wirecard AG",
      "entity_type": "company"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 20
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "adverse-media-check",
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Wirecard AG",
      "entity_type": "company"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 20
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "adverse-media-check",
  inputs: {
    "name": "Wirecard AG",
    "entity_type": "company"
  },
  max_price_cents: 20,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="adverse-media-check",
    inputs={
        "name": "Wirecard AG",
        "entity_type": "company",
    },
    max_price_cents=20,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/adverse-media-check?name=Wirecard+AG&entity_type=company'

Limitations

• AI-classified results may miss subtle risk signals

  AI-classified results — may miss subtle risk signals or produce false positives

• Limited to publicly indexed web content

  Limited to publicly indexed web content — paywalled news sources not covered

• English-language bias

  English-language bias — non-English media coverage may be underrepresented

• Recency depends on search index freshness

  Recency depends on search index freshness (typically 24-48h delay)

• AI-categorized results may produce false positives for common names

  AI-categorized results — may produce false positives for common names or names that appear in unrelated news contexts

  What to do instead: Review top articles manually to confirm relevance. Use entity_type parameter to improve precision

• Screens 235,000+ sources but paywalled content may not be fully indexed

  Screens 235,000+ sources but paywalled content may not be fully indexed. Non-English language coverage varies by region

  What to do instead: For high-stakes screening, supplement with manual searches in local-language news sources

• Articles typically appear in near real-time with 24-48 hour indexing delay for some sources

  Articles typically appear in near real-time but some sources may have a 24-48 hour indexing delay

  What to do instead: For breaking news events, supplement with direct web search