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Search Entities

Discover entities by name or description.

Overview

The Search Entities tool helps you find companies, brands, locations, people, and other entities available in Carbon Arc's data. Use it to discover entity IDs needed for other tools. This is a discovery tool and does not consume MCP tokens.

Input / Output

InputSearch query string and optional limit
OutputList of matching entities with metadata

Example Searches

  • "Walmart" - Find the Walmart entity
  • "Florida" - Find Florida geographic entity
  • "Taylor Swift" - Find person entities
  • "Boston Red Sox" - Find sports team entities

When to Use

  • When you need to find the entity ID for a company, brand, or location
  • To explore what entities are available in the platform
  • Before running analytical queries to ensure you have the correct entity

What You'll Get

  • Entity ID: Unique identifier for use in other tools
  • Entity Name: Display name of the entity
  • Entity Type: Category (company, brand, location, person, etc.)
  • Metadata: Additional context about the entity