# Baselayer KYB verification of US businesses

Baselayer data through the Exa Agent: resolve a US business by name and address and return its officers, state registrations, entity structure and verification. Needs query. Served by Exa.

Baselayer data through the Exa Agent: resolve a US business by name and address and return its officers, state registrations, entity structure and verification status; lien, litigation and bankruptcy searches; watchlist screening; industry classification and website analysis; international business search. Ask in natural language and, for structured output, pass output_schema naming the fields you want from Baselayer. Examples: "Verify Anthropic PBC in San Francisco: registrations, officers and status." "Watchlist screening for Acme Logistics LLC, Delaware, against OFAC." "UCC lien search for Acme Logistics LLC in Delaware only." Price: metered Exa usage plus any attached data partner charges. An explicit spending limit is sent to Exa (default $5); only auto and ultra effort are supported so that the limit applies. Actual costDollars.total is billed. Baselayer bills $0.10 to $4.00 per order (business search $1.00), so keep the default budget of $5 or more. Asynchronous results are available through exa/agent-run-get.

- Tool ID: `exa/baselayer`
- Name in the catalog: Baselayer via Exa: KYB verification of US businesses, officers, registrations, risk
- Provider: [Exa](/providers/exa.md)
- Capability: [Company registries & KYB](/tools/b2b-data/company-registries.md)
- Price: usage based, the maximum is shown before a run
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $20. Your agent sees the maximum before running.


```json
{
  "model": "reported",
  "costPath": "costDollars.total",
  "requireCost": true,
  "maxUsdField": "max_cost_usd",
  "maxUsdDefault": 5,
  "maxUsdCap": 20,
  "headroom": 1
}
```

Pricing source: [https://exa.ai/docs/reference/agent-api/connect/overview](https://exa.ai/docs/reference/agent-api/connect/overview). Metered auto/ultra effort and attached partner usage, within budget.maxCostDollars; current source pricing is monitored. Default provider budget $5..

Price verification date: 2026-10-08.

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 4000,
      "description": "What you want from Baselayer, in natural language. Be explicit about the entities (domains, tickers, company names, routes, dates) and the fields you expect."
    },
    "output_schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Optional JSON Schema for the structured answer (returned in output.structured). Name each field after the Baselayer data you want, e.g. {\"type\":\"object\",\"required\":[\"domain\",\"monthlyVisits\"],\"properties\":{\"domain\":{\"type\":\"string\"},\"monthlyVisits\":{\"type\":\"number\",\"description\":\"from Baselayer\"}}}."
    },
    "effort": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "auto",
        "ultra"
      ],
      "default": "auto",
      "description": "Metered effort with an enforced provider budget."
    },
    "max_cost_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "default": 5,
      "description": "Maximum USD spend sent to Exa and reserved before dispatch. Actual reported consumption is billed."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "exa/baselayer",
  "input": {
    "query": "Is Anthropic PBC a verified business according to Baselayer? Return only the verification status and the jurisdiction.",
    "effort": "auto",
    "max_cost_usd": 5
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

This tool uses deferred settlement. Follow its returned task/run instructions; preserve the existing reservation until the result is reconciled.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

[Provider documentation](https://exa.ai/docs/reference/agent-api/connect/baselayer)

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