skipTrace
The skipTrace noun — identity, lifecycle, events, and every capability as an anchored section: 2 capabilities, 0 live, 2 sandbox, 0 declared.
skipTrace is one of the estate's 317 automotive nouns — a job a car needs done. It carries 2 capabilities: 0 live, 2 sandbox, 0 declared · doors aggregator.vin.
Identity
| Noun | skipTrace |
| Pillar | Data (facets: 2 data) |
| Capabilities | 2 — 0 live · 2 sandbox · 0 declared |
| Entities | Party |
| Doors | aggregator.vin |
| SDK | Vin.skipTrace.* from apis.vin |
| Address | /catalog/skipTrace#{action} — the anchor IS the wire name minus skipTrace. |
Events
The vocabulary this noun can append to the record — 2 past-tense, versioned event types, each linked to the capability that emits it:
SkipTrace.collateralLocated@1— emitted bycollateralLocateSkipTrace.debtorLocated@1— emitted bylocateDebtor
Discover & read
collateralLocate
skipTrace.collateralLocate · GET /skip-traces/collateral-locate · gate none · sandbox · answers SkipTraceCollateralLocate@1
No input — this capability takes no request body.
Door — aggregator.vin serves this noun on its two routes: / (the landing) · /1C4AJWAG6HL516552 (the VIN lens).
Try it — sandbox: every call answers a deterministic, provenance-labeled simulated payload ({ environment, simulated } in the body). Force any documented outcome with the magic triggers. Going live is a connect, never a ballot: submit the credential at integrates.vin (dealer systems) or connects.vin (consumer accounts) — submissions enter the activation queue and rank live rollout.
Emits — SkipTrace.collateralLocated@1.
import { skipTrace } from 'apis.vin'
// the gate law is in the type system: Answer<T> = Ok | Empty | Blocked | Offer
const answer = await skipTrace.collateralLocate()curl 'https://apis.vin/skip-traces/collateral-locate'Receipt — the sandbox wire answered the request above with this exact body at build time. Captured by the receipts runner (timestamped, provenance in the payload), never authored; it re-executes only when this descriptor changes.
{
"type": "OK",
"answers": "SkipTraceCollateralLocate@1",
"value": {
"partyId": "ID-11f17424",
"type": "person",
"name": "Ava Good",
"identifiers": [
{
"kind": "cast-key",
"value": "ava-good"
}
],
"roles": [
{
"role": "customer"
}
],
"status": "active",
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352",
"noun": "skipTrace",
"asOf": "2026-08-10",
"identityId": "ID-11f17424",
"collateral": {
"status": "no-repo-on-file"
}
},
"evidence": {
"partyId": "ID-11f17424",
"type": "person",
"name": "Ava Good",
"identifiers": [
{
"kind": "cast-key",
"value": "ava-good"
}
],
"roles": [
{
"role": "customer"
}
],
"status": "active",
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352",
"noun": "skipTrace",
"asOf": "2026-08-10",
"identityId": "ID-11f17424",
"collateral": {
"status": "no-repo-on-file"
}
},
"provenance": {
"simulated": true,
"environment": "sandbox",
"source": "watch-desk-sandbox"
},
"events": [],
"meter": {
"charged": "0.00",
"posted": false
}
}More actions
locateDebtor
skipTrace.locateDebtor · GET /skip-traces/locate-debtor · gate none · sandbox · answers SkipTraceLocateDebtor@1
No input — this capability takes no request body.
Door — aggregator.vin serves this noun on its two routes: / (the landing) · /1C4AJWAG6HL516552 (the VIN lens).
Try it — sandbox: every call answers a deterministic, provenance-labeled simulated payload ({ environment, simulated } in the body). Force any documented outcome with the magic triggers. Going live is a connect, never a ballot: submit the credential at integrates.vin (dealer systems) or connects.vin (consumer accounts) — submissions enter the activation queue and rank live rollout.
Emits — SkipTrace.debtorLocated@1.
import { skipTrace } from 'apis.vin'
// the gate law is in the type system: Answer<T> = Ok | Empty | Blocked | Offer
const answer = await skipTrace.locateDebtor()curl 'https://apis.vin/skip-traces/locate-debtor'Receipt — the sandbox wire answered the request above with this exact body at build time. Captured by the receipts runner (timestamped, provenance in the payload), never authored; it re-executes only when this descriptor changes.
{
"type": "OK",
"answers": "SkipTraceLocateDebtor@1",
"value": {
"partyId": "ID-11f17424",
"type": "person",
"name": "Ava Good",
"identifiers": [
{
"kind": "cast-key",
"value": "ava-good"
}
],
"roles": [
{
"role": "customer"
}
],
"status": "active",
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352",
"noun": "skipTrace",
"asOf": "2026-08-10",
"identityId": "ID-11f17424",
"trace": {
"status": "no-repo-on-file"
}
},
"evidence": {
"partyId": "ID-11f17424",
"type": "person",
"name": "Ava Good",
"identifiers": [
{
"kind": "cast-key",
"value": "ava-good"
}
],
"roles": [
{
"role": "customer"
}
],
"status": "active",
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352",
"noun": "skipTrace",
"asOf": "2026-08-10",
"identityId": "ID-11f17424",
"trace": {
"status": "no-repo-on-file"
}
},
"provenance": {
"simulated": true,
"environment": "sandbox",
"source": "watch-desk-sandbox"
},
"events": [],
"meter": {
"charged": "0.00",
"posted": false
}
}Data model
The record shape behind this noun — one entity, each property an evidence field. See the whole estate model on the data model page.
Party
Modeled
The noun drawn out — its record shape, its lifecycle, and how it is exercised end to end. One diagram, rendered from the estate model.
SkipTrace · Class model
Generated from the catalog. Every capability, answer, gate, and entity on this page is a rendered descriptor — it cannot drift from the wire.
serviceRecord
The serviceRecord noun — identity, lifecycle, events, and every capability as an anchored section: 11 capabilities, 0 live, 11 sandbox, 0 declared.
softwareUpdate
The softwareUpdate noun — identity, lifecycle, events, and every capability as an anchored section: 15 capabilities, 0 live, 15 sandbox, 0 declared.