| name | Canada (British Columbia) — OrgBook BC Lookup |
| description | Live, real-time queries to **BC Registries (OrgBook BC)** (Canada (British Columbia)). Drops the OpenRegistry MCP toolset onto a single-country workflow when the user names OrgBook BC, the country, or its registry directly. ID format: BC company number (e.g. `BC1234567` BC-incorporated, `A0099999` extra-provincial). Returns the registry's response unmodified — every field name, status string, and filing byte preserved verbatim. Use this skill when the user explicitly mentions: BC company, British Columbia company, OrgBook BC, Canadian BC, BC Ltd, BC Inc., extra-provincial BC. KYC Canada (British Columbia), AML Canada (British Columbia), due diligence Canada (British Columbia), company search Canada (British Columbia). |
Canada (British Columbia) — OrgBook BC Lookup
Live, direct-to-government access to BC Registries (OrgBook BC verifiable-credential ledger, Province of British Columbia).
Single-country variant of the cross-border Cross-Border UBO Chain Walker. Use this skill when the user is explicitly focused on Canada (British Columbia).
What you get
- Direct query to OrgBook BC. Every tool call hits BC Registries (OrgBook BC verifiable-credential ledger, Province of British Columbia) at the moment you ask. No nightly scrape, no aggregator middle layer.
- Unmodified responses. Field names, status codes, and (where available) raw filing bytes are returned exactly as the registry's own system emits them.
- Native ID format support. BC company number (e.g.
BC1234567 BC-incorporated, A0099999 extra-provincial).
- Sample entity: A BC-incorporated company.
Available tools (jurisdiction = CA-BC)
search_companies, get_company_profile
For every tool, pass jurisdiction: "CA-BC" (case-insensitive).
Example prompts
Find a BC Limited Company by name on OrgBook
Confirm the registration status of a BC company
Look up a verifiable credential issued for a BC entity
Workflow
Step 1 — Resolve the entity
search_companies({ jurisdiction: "CA-BC", query: "<name or ID>" })
get_company_profile({ jurisdiction: "CA-BC", company_id: "<id>" })
Step 2 — Pull the relevant register slice
Pick from the available tools list above. For UBO walks across borders, return to the Cross-Border UBO Chain Walker.
Quirks specific to Canada (British Columbia)
- OrgBook BC is built on verifiable-credential ledger technology (Hyperledger Indy) — credentials are cryptographically signed.
- BC has many extra-provincial entities (companies registered elsewhere doing business in BC).
- BC corporate types:
BC Limited Company, Cooperative, Society, Sole Proprietor.
- Officers + UBO data is paid via BC Online — open dataset is basic status only.
Provenance
- Registry: BC Registries (OrgBook BC verifiable-credential ledger, Province of British Columbia)
- Government URL: https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/
- OpenRegistry jurisdiction code:
CA-BC
- Underlying MCP server:
https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/mcp
See also
OpenRegistry is a platform by Sophymarine. Skills licensed CC-BY-4.0.
