# complianceResearch.run

Platform administrators only: start a compliance research run now. It reads the official sources, remembers new facts, suggests setting changes to the organizations they apply to and tells platform administrators about changes only code can make. Returns the runId to follow with runs.get.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/complianceResearch.run`

Permissions: `accounting:read`, `accounting:write`, `accounting:admin` · Roles: admin · Idempotency key required · Reaches outside Oatmilk (email or a provider)

MCP tool: `accounting_compliance_research_run`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `idempotencyKey` | string | Yes | Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match. 8–200 characters. |

## Example request

```bash
curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/complianceResearch.run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/complianceResearch.run