| name | Sector Gatekeeper List |
| description | List every regulated / licensed entity in a sector — CIMA-authorised funds, FCA-authorised firms, BaFin-licensed banks, CSRC-registered brokers, FSS-supervised listed issuers — pulled live from the relevant government/regulator register. Returns unmodified native records with licence categories, authorization dates, and status preserved. Use this skill when the user asks for "regulated entity list", "licensed [sector] firms in [country]", "who has a licence", "regulatory perimeter", "sectoral census", "compare authorised firms", or is doing M&A sourcing / competitive-landscape / regulatory-benchmark work. |
Sector Gatekeeper List
List every regulated / licensed entity in a sector, direct from the regulator's register.
Prerequisite: configure the OpenRegistry MCP server
This skill calls OpenRegistry MCP tools (search_companies, get_company_profile, list_filings, fetch_document, etc). Add the server to your AI client config before invoking:
{
"mcpServers": {
"openregistry": { "url": "https://openregistry.sophymarine.com/mcp" }
}
}
Free anonymous tier, no API key required. Restart your client after adding. If the tool calls below return tool not found, the MCP server isn't wired up — see openregistry.sophymarine.com/docs.
What you get
- Live regulator register access where the jurisdiction exposes it freely — Cayman CIMA (all 35 authorization categories from Banking Class A/B to Virtual Asset Service Provider), UK Companies House + (limited) FCA Register, Korean DART (supervised issuers), Hong Kong SFC (via equivalent), Canadian CBCA (federal corps).
- Unmodified native records: licence reference, authorization type, status, effective dates — field names preserved as the regulator emits them.
- Native category filtering where the regulator supports type-filter search (CIMA uses
type: prefix for any of its 35 categories).
- Cross-jurisdiction when needed: for a global "all licensed crypto brokers" view, chain queries across multiple regulators in parallel.
Example prompts
List every CIMA-authorised Mutual Fund in the Cayman Islands.
Split by category (Licenced / Registered / Master / Administered / Limited Investor).
Show all Cayman Islands Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) with a current licence.
For Korea, list the top 20 listed issuers on KOSPI by most recent annual-report filing date.
Workflow — CIMA (Cayman) example
Native type-filter search
search_companies({
jurisdiction: "KY",
query: "type:Mutual Fund - Registered"
})
CIMA's 35 authorization types (from list_jurisdictions({ jurisdiction: "KY" })):
- Banking: Class A, Class B
- Mutual Funds: Licenced, Registered, Master, Administered, Limited Investor
- Private Fund
- Mutual Fund Administrators: Full, Restricted
- Insurance: Class A/B/C/D Insurer, Insurance Agent, Broker, Manager
- Corporate Services: Company Manager, Corporate Service Provider
- Money Services
- Trusts: Trust, Trust (Controlled Subsidiary), Trust (Registered PTC), Trust (Restricted), Nominee (Trust)
- Building Societies / Credit Unions / Development Bank
- Portfolio Insurance Company
- Securities: Full, Restricted, Registered Person
- Virtual Asset Service Providers: Licence, Registration
Pass any of those as a type:<category> prefix.
Step 2 — Enrich each entity
For interesting candidates:
get_company_profile({ jurisdiction: "KY", company_id })
Returns the full CIMA record including authorization date, status, address.
Step 3 — Report
- Category breakdown: count per authorization type
- Recent authorizations: entities added in the last 6/12 months
- Cross-reference: if the user provided an entity name, check if it's on the regulated list
Workflow — other jurisdictions
Not every regulator exposes its register through OpenRegistry. Where native access isn't available, the skill tells the user:
- UK FCA Register: separate API, not covered by OpenRegistry. Use register.fca.org.uk directly.
- DE BaFin: BaFin database, separate. Not covered.
- FR ACPR / AMF: separate registers. Not covered.
- US SEC / FINRA / CFTC: SEC EDGAR / FINRA BrokerCheck / CFTC list — out of scope.
OpenRegistry covers government company registers. Financial-supervisor registers are separate systems. Where we pass-through data (CIMA, Korean DART for listed issuers), we use it.
Provenance & Auditability
CIMA records carry:
- CIMA reference number (e.g. 77003, 100088)
- Authorization type exactly as CIMA lists it
- Address as CIMA has it
- Status (active / surrendered / revoked) — CIMA's own enum
Every listed entity is one click from the CIMA Regulated Entities register for independent verification.
Jurisdictional scope
| Sector | Jurisdiction | Coverage |
|---|
| Offshore funds / trust / VASP | Cayman Islands | ✅ full CIMA 35-category index |
| Listed issuers (annual / semi-annual / quarterly) | South Korea | ✅ via DART corp_code master |
| Listed + audit-required | Korea | ✅ DART covers ~3K listed + ~35K audit-required |
| Federal-corp census | Canada | ✅ CBCA via ISED |
| Hong Kong listed | HK | Partial — live Local + Non-HK Companies via CR |
| UK / EU sector registers | GB / EU | Not in OpenRegistry scope — use regulator-specific APIs |
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Why the data stays fresh
CIMA updates its Regulated Entities register in near-real-time as licences are issued / surrendered / revoked; DART updates its corpCode master nightly. Our skill reflects updates the moment the regulator does. A licence granted this morning is in our result this afternoon.
