Connecticut recent business registrations

Open this recipe in the console: it preserves the reviewed URL, fields and record key. Review the latest captured sample, confirm source rights, and choose a schedule before creating your monitor.

Copy into the console's Import or share a recipe panel to customize fields, types and schedules. This configuration contains no captured records or workspace IDs.

{
  "schema": "sourcefinch/source@1",
  "name": "Connecticut recent business registrations",
  "url": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/n7gp-d28j.json?%24select=accountnumber%2Cname%2Cbusiness_type%2Cstatus%2Csub_status%2Cdate_registration%2Cannual_report_due_date&%24where=business_type+in+%28%27LLC%27%2C%27Stock%27%29+AND+accountnumber+is+not+null+AND+date_registration+is+not+null&%24order=date_registration+DESC%2Caccountnumber&%24limit=1000",
  "recipe": {
    "mode": "http",
    "format": "json",
    "items": "[*]",
    "fields": {
      "name": "name",
      "status": "status",
      "registered": "date_registration",
      "sub_status": "sub_status",
      "business_type": "business_type",
      "account_number": "accountnumber",
      "annual_report_due": "annual_report_due_date"
    },
    "required": [
      "account_number",
      "name"
    ],
    "types": {
      "account_number": "string",
      "annual_report_due": "datetime",
      "business_type": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "registered": "datetime",
      "status": "string",
      "sub_status": "string"
    }
  },
  "schedule": "daily",
  "key_field": "account_number"
}

The request body used by the API, CLI and SDK examples.

{
  "name": "Connecticut recent business registrations",
  "url": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/n7gp-d28j.json?%24select=accountnumber%2Cname%2Cbusiness_type%2Cstatus%2Csub_status%2Cdate_registration%2Cannual_report_due_date&%24where=business_type+in+%28%27LLC%27%2C%27Stock%27%29+AND+accountnumber+is+not+null+AND+date_registration+is+not+null&%24order=date_registration+DESC%2Caccountnumber&%24limit=1000",
  "recipe": {
    "mode": "http",
    "format": "json",
    "items": "[*]",
    "fields": {
      "name": "name",
      "status": "status",
      "registered": "date_registration",
      "sub_status": "sub_status",
      "business_type": "business_type",
      "account_number": "accountnumber",
      "annual_report_due": "annual_report_due_date"
    },
    "required": [
      "account_number",
      "name"
    ],
    "types": {
      "name": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "registered": "datetime",
      "sub_status": "string",
      "business_type": "string",
      "account_number": "string",
      "annual_report_due": "datetime"
    }
  },
  "key_field": "account_number",
  "schedule": "daily",
  "rights": true,
  "catalog": {
    "slug": "connecticut-recent-business-registrations",
    "version_id": "e834d3c2-d8a6-44b4-b02d-6112d696d468"
  }
}

Create an API key under Console → API keys. Reference: /docs/api.

# the Verified entry (fields, recipe, sample, terms) as JSON
curl https://sourcefinch.com/v1/catalog/connecticut-recent-business-registrations -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY"

# create the monitor from source.json (below)
curl -X POST https://sourcefinch.com/v1/sources \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d @source.json

# then run it now (later runs follow the schedule)
curl -X POST https://sourcefinch.com/v1/sources/$SOURCE_ID/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"

The sourcefinch CLI is not on npm yet; see /docs/cli.

sourcefinch login
sourcefinch catalog get connecticut-recent-business-registrations --source-json > source.json
sourcefinch sources create --file source.json
sourcefinch runs create $SOURCE_ID --wait
sourcefinch records $SOURCE_ID

The SDK is not on npm yet; see /docs/sdk.

import { SourceFinch } from "@sourcefinch/sdk";

const sf = new SourceFinch({ apiKey: process.env.SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY });
const entry = await sf.catalog.get("connecticut-recent-business-registrations");
const source = await sf.sources.create({
  catalog: { slug: entry.slug, version_id: entry.recipe.version_id },
  name: entry.name.slice(0, 100),
  url: entry.acquisition_path.endpoint,
  recipe: entry.recipe.definition,
  key_field: entry.recipe.key_field,
  schedule: entry.recipe.schedule,
  rights: true, // you confirm you have the right to collect this source
});
const run = await sf.runs.wait((await sf.runs.create(source.id)).id);
console.log(run.status);

Remote MCP server with OAuth; see /docs/mcp.

claude mcp add --transport http sourcefinch https://sourcefinch.com/mcp

# then ask your agent:
"Use SourceFinch to monitor Connecticut recent business registrations: get_catalog_source connecticut-recent-business-registrations,
then create_source with its create_source_args (dry run first), then run_source."