# SourceWire

> SourceWire builds paid public-data and verification tools for AI agents and developers, sold on the Apify Store (https://apify.com/sourcewire). Every tool returns one predictable JSON record per item, does not charge its per-item fee for failures, and can be used as an MCP tool via https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sourcewire/<actor-name>.

Key facts:
- FMCSA Carrier Verify (Apify Actor `sourcewire/fmcsa-carrier-verify`): verifies US motor carriers and freight brokers by USDOT or MC/FF/MX number from official FMCSA open datasets (data.transportation.gov, refreshed daily). Returns authority, insurance on file vs. required, out-of-service orders, safety rating, authority age, revocations, plain-English flags and a verdict: PASS_BASIC_CHECKS, REVIEW, FAIL or NOT_FOUND. Price: $0.008 per carrier found ($8 per 1,000); NOT_FOUND is not charged. Does not return phone numbers, emails, officer names or street addresses.
- Doc to Markdown for AI Agents (Apify Actor `sourcewire/doc-to-markdown`): converts public PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX/XLS, HTML, CSV and TXT links into clean Markdown with tables preserved, metadata and heading-aware RAG chunks (page, headingPath, tokenEstimate). Price: $0.005 per converted document ($5 per 1,000), plus one event per extra 50 PDF pages or slides; failed, scanned and skipped files are free. No OCR.
- MCP server URL for both tools: https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sourcewire/fmcsa-carrier-verify,sourcewire/doc-to-markdown

## Tools

- [FMCSA Carrier Verify](https://sourcewire.dev/tools/fmcsa-carrier-verify/): USDOT/MC carrier verification API with a PASS / REVIEW / FAIL verdict, for freight brokers, shippers and AI agents
- [Doc to Markdown for AI Agents](https://sourcewire.dev/tools/doc-to-markdown/): PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and HTML to Markdown and RAG chunks
- [FMCSA Carrier Verify on the Apify Store](https://apify.com/sourcewire/fmcsa-carrier-verify): run it, see current pricing, open issues
- [Doc to Markdown on the Apify Store](https://apify.com/sourcewire/doc-to-markdown): run it, see current pricing, open issues

## Guides

- [Verify a trucking carrier with an AI agent](https://sourcewire.dev/guides/verify-trucking-carrier-ai-agent/): Give Claude, Cursor or your own agent a carrier-verification tool that checks FMCSA authority, insurance and out-of-service orders and returns a verdict.
- [Turn PDFs into RAG-ready chunks](https://sourcewire.dev/guides/pdf-to-rag-chunks/): Convert PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files into Markdown chunks with page numbers and heading paths, then load them into a vector database.
- [How to add Apify tools to Claude or Cursor via MCP](https://sourcewire.dev/guides/apify-tools-claude-cursor-mcp/): Connect the Apify MCP server to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code and load only the Actors you need.

## Optional

- [Full site content as Markdown](https://sourcewire.dev/llms-full.txt)
- [About SourceWire](https://sourcewire.dev/about/)
- [Affiliate and financial disclosure](https://sourcewire.dev/disclosure/)
- [Contact](https://sourcewire.dev/contact/): use each tool's Issues tab on Apify
- [Apify MCP server documentation](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)