What it does
Review SEC XBRL coverage, stale line-item flags, filing accession provenance, and period-end alignment for selected metrics. Defaults to revenue, netIncome, totalAssets, totalLiabilities, operatingCashFlow, capex. Missing facts remain unavailable rather than zero; findings describe coverage and traceability, not accounting errors or investment advice.
Coverage and provenance details by metric and period, including unavailable facts and any stale-line indicators.
Who it helps
Analysts and engineers validating source coverage and traceability in a financial-data workflow.
Inputs
Input names and constraints below come from the registered MCP tool schema.
| Input | What it controls |
|---|---|
| ticker required | US ticker symbol |
| period required | ZodDefault Default: annual. |
| metrics required | Up to 12 SEC financial metrics; omit to use the documented defaults. |
| limit required | Number of observations per metric used to report available coverage. Default: 5. |
Example request
Audit Apple's revenue, assets, liabilities, and operating cash flow coverage for the last five annual periods.
{
"ticker": "AAPL",
"period": "annual",
"metrics": [
"revenue",
"totalAssets",
"totalLiabilities",
"operatingCashFlow"
],
"limit": 5
}What to expect
Coverage and provenance details by metric and period, including unavailable facts and any stale-line indicators.
Important limits
A coverage warning identifies a data limitation to review; it does not establish that a company's accounting is incorrect. Missing facts remain unavailable rather than zero.
Data sources and verification
EdgarStack uses SEC EDGAR filings and, for applicable tools, SEC XBRL company-facts data. Coverage depends on the issuer, filing, taxonomy tags, and tool inputs. Follow the source filing references and verify material facts against the official filing.