> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.secapi.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Evaluate SEC Filing Search API

> Evaluate SEC filing search for applications and agents: search modes, endpoints, output shape, pricing checks, and proof-of-concept steps.

Use this page when you are deciding whether SEC API is the right filing-search layer for a product, research workflow, or agent. If you already know the endpoint you need, go straight to the [search API reference](/api-reference/search).

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  <Card title="Get an API key" icon="key-round" href="https://secapi.ai/signup">
    Create an account and run the filing-search proof of concept against the live API.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Open the sandbox" icon="terminal-square" href="https://secapi.ai/sandbox">
    Explore the logged-out filing-search experience before wiring code.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Check pricing" icon="credit-card" href="https://secapi.ai/pricing">
    Review plan and meter posture before broad search fanout.
  </Card>
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## What to test

* Latest filing discovery with `GET /v1/filings/latest`
* Historical filing manifests with `GET /v1/filings`
* Full-text search with `/v1/search/fulltext`
* Semantic search with `/v1/search/semantic`
* Section retrieval with `/v1/sections` or filing-section routes
* Metadata preservation: CIK, accession number, filing date, source URL, `requestId`, `traceparent`, freshness, and materialization fields

## Proof-of-concept prompt

<Prompt>
  Evaluate SEC API filing search for an investor-agent workflow. Resolve AAPL, find the latest 10-K, retrieve Item 1A, run semantic search for AI regulation risk across recent 10-K filings, and return a compact table with accession number, filing date, source URL, requestId, freshness, and the exact endpoint used for each row.
</Prompt>

## Evaluation path

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start with one issuer">
    Resolve a ticker or CIK, fetch the latest filing, and confirm the response carries enough identifiers for downstream joins.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Search a real research question">
    Run keyword and semantic search for the same question. Compare whether each result preserves citations and whether the snippet is short enough for your agent context window.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check pricing before fanout">
    Review [Pricing and limits](/evaluate/pricing-and-limits), then quote repeated search or extraction loops before scaling the workflow.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Read next

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  <Card title="Filing search implementation guide" icon="search" href="/seo/sec-filing-search-api">
    Code examples, endpoint notes, and use cases.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Filing Search API product page" icon="globe" href="https://secapi.ai/apis/filing-search">
    Buyer-facing positioning, conversion path, and related marketing pages.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Try it in the docs" icon="play" href="/try-it">
    Run live filing-search examples with your API key.
  </Card>
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