Open Sanctions

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OpenSanctions — search and retrieve global sanctions lists, watchlists, and politically exposed persons (PEP) records across 100+ datasets. Requires your own OpenSanctions API key (_apiKey); it is a commercial service, free only for non-commercial use. For a keyless US screen use sanctions_screen.

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🔑Authentication

BYO only. OpenSanctions is a commercial service — free for non-commercial use, paid for commercial. Pass your key as _apiKey on the gateway URL. For a keyless US sanctions screen, use the sanctions-screening pack instead.

Config with credentials

Get an API key →

Tools

search_entities

Search global sanctions, watchlists, and PEP (politically exposed persons) databases. Returns matched entities with names, countries, datasets, and sanctions details. Example: search_entities("Vladimi

No parameters required.

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get_entity

Get full details for a sanctioned entity by its OpenSanctions ID. Returns all properties including names, addresses, identifiers, sanctions programs, and related entities. Requires your own OpenSancti

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-sanctions/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-sanctions/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_entities","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_entities", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("opensanctions — search and retrieve global sanctions lists, watchlists, and politically exposed persons (pep) records across 100+ datasets");