Dun & Bradstreet · Capability

Identity Resolution

Identity Resolution is a Naftiko capability published by Dun & Bradstreet, one of 3 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider.

Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

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Capability Spec

name: identity-resolution
description: >-
  Resolve a candidate business record (name, address, country, registration
  number) to a single authoritative D-U-N-S Number using D&B Direct+ Identity
  Resolution / Cleanse & Match. Returns the top match and a confidence score
  the caller can use to auto-accept or escalate.
version: 0.1.0
provider:
  name: Dun & Bradstreet
  api: D&B Direct+
inputs:
  - name: company_name
    type: string
    required: true
    description: Free-text business name as supplied by the user.
  - name: country_iso2
    type: string
    required: true
    description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. US, GB, DE).
  - name: street_address
    type: string
  - name: city
    type: string
  - name: region
    type: string
  - name: postal_code
    type: string
  - name: registration_number
    type: string
  - name: min_confidence_code
    type: integer
    default: 8
    description: Minimum acceptable D&B confidence code (1-10) for auto-accept.
outputs:
  - name: duns
    type: string
    description: Nine-digit D-U-N-S Number of the resolved match.
  - name: primary_name
    type: string
  - name: confidence_code
    type: integer
  - name: match_grade
    type: string
  - name: auto_accepted
    type: boolean
operations:
  - api: D&B Direct+ Identity Resolution
    method: GET
    path: /v1/match/cleanseMatch
    rationale: >-
      Single-call resolution from noisy input to canonical D-U-N-S identifier.
risks:
  - description: Multiple candidates may share the same address; require manual review when confidence_code < min_confidence_code.
  - description: Cross-border matching quality varies by country data coverage.