Bosco LabsBlog
Benchmarks and write-ups from Bosco Labs on official-source data for AI agents: what we measured, what broke and what we fixed. Atom feed.
How to check if a company is sanctioned, with an API
Screen a company name against the OFAC, UK, EU and UN sanctions lists from code, read a match properly, and know what a name check can't catch.
Check UK company insolvency with the Companies House API
Which Companies House API fields show liquidation or administration, why has_insolvency_history is deprecated, and what the register misses. With Python.
We lost our own benchmark: web search vs. one API call
Web search vs. one counterparty-check API call on 25 companies: we lost the first run, found four bugs and reran it. Scores, cost, time and limits.
A KYB MCP server for AI agents: setup and limits
Connect a remote MCP server that checks register status, insolvency and sanctions in one tool call, and teach your agent what 'unverified' means.
Validate EU VAT numbers with the VIES API in Python
The official VIES REST endpoint, a small Python function around it, the errors you'll hit, and what a valid VAT number does and doesn't prove.