Market map / shortlist

Current availability: Reviewed bounded request. Execution: Manual / scoped. Automated invocation: Not currently available. API endpoint: None. MCP execution: None.

Canonical task ID: bounded-shortlist.

When to use this task

Use when you need a small research shortlist rather than an unrestricted database search.

Build a bounded market map

Fictional request brief, entities, sources, values and dates. This is a documentation example, not a live HTTP response or customer result. Missing dates remain null.

Input
Result
Evidence

A research brief for human scope review, not an API payload.

{
  "market": "Industrial automation",
  "geography": "United Kingdom",
  "criteria": [
    "Industrial automation activity"
  ],
  "requested_result_count": 2,
  "intended_use": "Initial company research"
}

{
  "task_type": "bounded-shortlist",
  "status": "supported_with_unknowns",
  "entity": null,
  "subject": {
    "entity_type": null,
    "name": null,
    "website": null,
    "research_scope": "UK industrial automation companies matching supplied research criteria; two illustrative results"
  },
  "as_of": null,
  "result": {
    "summary": "Two fictional companies illustrate a bounded selection against supplied UK industrial-automation criteria; not an exhaustive market map.",
    "company": null,
    "criteria": [],
    "sections": [
      {
        "entity_type": "company",
        "data": {
          "name": "Example Automation Ltd",
          "description": "Industrial automation company",
          "website": "https://example.com",
          "sector": "Industrial automation",
          "subsector": null,
          "location": null,
          "country": "United Kingdom",
          "founded_year": null,
          "employee_count": null,
          "ownership_context": [
            {
              "name": "Example Industrial Holdings",
              "role": "Recorded parent organization",
              "date": null,
              "amount": null,
              "currency": null
            }
          ],
          "people": [
            {
              "name": "Jamie Chen",
              "role": "Chief Executive",
              "date": null,
              "amount": null,
              "currency": null
            }
          ],
          "transactions": [
            {
              "name": "Example Controls Ltd",
              "role": "Acquisition target",
              "date": "2026-09-12",
              "amount": null,
              "currency": null
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "entity_type": "company",
        "data": {
          "name": "Example Sensors Ltd",
          "description": "Fictional industrial sensing company.",
          "website": null,
          "sector": "Industrial automation",
          "subsector": null,
          "location": null,
          "country": "United Kingdom",
          "founded_year": null,
          "employee_count": null,
          "ownership_context": null,
          "people": null,
          "transactions": null
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "evidence": [
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.name",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.description",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated description entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.website",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated website entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.sector",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated sector entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.country",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated country entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.ownership_context",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated ownership context entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.people",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated people entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.0.data.transactions",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated transactions entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.1.data.name",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.1.data.description",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated description entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.1.data.sector",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated sector entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "field": "result.sections.1.data.country",
      "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
      "source_type": "public_reporting",
      "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
      "captured_at": null,
      "observed_at": null,
      "verified_at": null,
      "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated country entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Current ownership of the second company",
    "Completeness of the market"
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Fictional entities, sources, values and dates; no real customer result or live execution.",
    "Source coverage and output use remain subject to the agreed purpose and rights review."
  ],
  "rights": {
    "scope": "A task purchases the agreed bounded result, not database access, unrestricted API queries, contacts export or graph redistribution. Sources and unknowns accompany results. Purchaser authorization, scope acceptance, agreement and payment are required before manual fulfillment; no automated external task service is offered.",
    "raw_graph_access": false,
    "bulk_export": false,
    "graph_redistribution": false
  }
}

Each field path identifies the particular value supported by the source note.

Field path	Illustrated value	Source type	Basis
result.sections.0.data.name	”Example Automation Ltd”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.description	”Industrial automation company”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated description entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.website	”https://example.com”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated website entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.sector	”Industrial automation”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated sector entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.country	”United Kingdom”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated country entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.ownership_context	[{“name”:“Example Industrial Holdings”,“role”:“Recorded parent organization”,“date”:null,“amount”:null,“currency”:null}]	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated ownership context entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.people	[{“name”:“Jamie Chen”,“role”:“Chief Executive”,“date”:null,“amount”:null,“currency”:null}]	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated people entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.0.data.transactions	[{“name”:“Example Controls Ltd”,“role”:“Acquisition target”,“date”:“2026-09-12”,“amount”:null,“currency”:null}]	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated transactions entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.1.data.name	”Example Sensors Ltd”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.1.data.description	”Fictional industrial sensing company.”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated description entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.1.data.sector	”Industrial automation”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated sector entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.
result.sections.1.data.country	”United Kingdom”	public_reporting	Fictional source supports the illustrated country entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification.

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    "field": "result.sections.0.data.name",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.description",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated description entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.website",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated website entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.sector",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated sector entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.country",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated country entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.ownership_context",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated ownership context entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.people",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated people entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.0.data.transactions",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated transactions entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.1.data.name",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.1.data.description",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated description entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.1.data.sector",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated sector entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  },
  {
    "field": "result.sections.1.data.country",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-2",
    "source_type": "public_reporting",
    "published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
    "captured_at": null,
    "observed_at": null,
    "verified_at": null,
    "basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated country entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
  }
]

Availability

LIMITED · manual / reviewed request. Automated invocation: not currently callable (automatedInvocation=false). Market map / shortlist is a documentation template for Bounded shortlist / market map. It is not a new commercial product or invocation transport. The commercial product is Altss Agents. Use when you need a small research shortlist rather than an unrestricted database search.

Required input

Market and geography
Inclusion criteria
Requested result count within published scope
Intended use

Helpful optional input

Exclusion criteria
Reference organizations
Priority of criteria

Criteria

Make inclusion and exclusion criteria explicit; unresolved criteria must be identified.

Entity and scope

Accepted entity types: organization, company, family-office, institutional-investor. Maximum published scope: Up to 10 organizations in one agreed market. Existing task input: Market, geography, criteria and requested result count.

Possible result sections

A bounded selection with a reason and sources for each result

Selected organization identities
Reason for inclusion
Evidence per result
Unknowns and limits

Evidence and unknowns

Available fields depend on source coverage and the agreed purpose. Supporting sources are attached to permitted facts; missing publication, capture, observation or verification dates remain unknown. A source statement is not automatically a verified fact. A bounded shortlist is not exhaustive market coverage, a ranking guarantee or a bulk export. Private contact information or customer context is not included by default. Access to a source or a subscription is not blanket permission to redistribute it.

Rights and review

A task purchases the agreed bounded result, not database access, unrestricted API queries, contacts export or graph redistribution. Sources and unknowns accompany results. Purchaser authorization, scope acceptance, agreement and payment are required before manual fulfillment; no automated external task service is offered. Scope and price are agreed before agreement, payment and accepted work. The buyer must authorize the intended purpose and accepted scope. Human review is required before relying on an assessment or using a draft. No message is sent on the buyer’s behalf.

Getting started

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Results

Reference

Agents

When to use this task

Build a bounded market map

Availability

Required input

Helpful optional input

Criteria

Entity and scope

Possible result sections

Evidence and unknowns

Rights and review

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​When to use this task

​Build a bounded market map

​Availability

​Required input

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​Criteria

​Entity and scope

​Possible result sections

​Evidence and unknowns

​Rights and review

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When to use this task

Build a bounded market map

Availability

Required input

Helpful optional input

Criteria

Entity and scope

Possible result sections

Evidence and unknowns

Rights and review

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