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Watchlist Screen

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Summary

Screens a person or business name against government watchlists using Whetstone’s Apify actor, returning matching records that meet the configured score threshold.

Inputs

  • Name to Screen (required) — Person or business name to check.
  • Minimum Match Score — Fuzzy-match threshold from 0 to 100; lower-scoring matches are suppressed. Defaults to 85.
  • Include Aliases (AKA) — Whether to match alternate names on the lists. Defaults to true.
  • Max Results — Maximum matching records to return, from 1 to 500. Defaults to 100.
  • Filter to Lists — Optional source-list name substrings to restrict screening; an empty list screens all lists.

Output shape

A list of matching record items, or one no-match item.

Each returned record is emitted as an item. If there are no records, the node emits {"matched":false,"operation":"watchlistScreen","input":...}. Errors are thrown unless Continue On Fail is enabled; then an item with an error field is emitted.

Examples

Example 1: Check a business against all supported watchlists using the default threshold and alias matching.

Set Name to Screen to the business name and leave the optional settings at their defaults.

Example 2: Screen a person against selected lists with a stricter threshold and no alias matching.

Set Name to Screen, raise Minimum Match Score, turn Include Aliases (AKA) off, and add source-list name substrings in Filter to Lists.

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