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Search Australian businesses

Preview: Find Australian businesses by name, with state, postcode and active-status filters.

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Published tool ID

au_abn_search

Preview: Find Australian businesses by name, with state, postcode and active-status filters.

ServerAustralia

Information categoryPublic business-register records

Credit behavior1 credit

AccessWorkspace permissions

Inputs and outputs

Published input schema

Use the discovered runtime schema for the workspace you are connected to.

Public catalog

au_abn_search input schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 5,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 10
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "NSW",
        "VIC",
        "QLD",
        "SA",
        "WA",
        "TAS",
        "NT",
        "ACT"
      ]
    },
    "postcode": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}$"
    },
    "active_only": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "detail": {
      "default": "standard",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "summary",
        "standard",
        "full"
      ]
    },
    "fields": {
      "maxItems": 30,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*$"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "limit",
    "detail"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Published output shape

Tool results return structured data or a stable error object.

Shared Aroai tool output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "summary": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "propertyNames": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "additionalProperties": {}
        },
        "executionId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid",
          "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
        },
        "creditsCharged": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "summary",
        "data",
        "creditsCharged"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "retryable": {
              "type": "boolean"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message",
            "retryable"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "error"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

Source and usage notes

Understand the result boundary

Costs one credit per search, including when you use a supported workspace registry key.
Returns up to ten candidate matches. Resolve the intended business before opening its record.
Search by business name; use au_abn_get when you already have an 11-digit ABN.

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