Template of Vendor Vetting & Verification Bot
Brief
Scrapes Google Maps for reviews and OpenCorporates for legal entity filings to verify the legitimacy of service providers.
What does Vendor Vetting and verification bot do?
This template acts as a dual-source investigator. It searches Google Maps to gather social proof (reviews and ratings) and simultaneously queries the OpenCorporates database to confirm the legal existence of a business entity.
It gathers the raw evidence needed to determine if a contractor or service provider is a legitimate, active business or a potential risk.
What data can you scrape from Vendor Sites ?
Platforms: Google Maps & OpenCorporates
Data Points:
- Business Name & Address
- Star Rating & Review Count (Google Maps)
- Recent Customer Reviews
- Legal Entity Status (Active/Inactive)
- Incorporation Date & Jurisdiction
How to use Vendor Vetting and verification bot ?
- Run via n8n: This template is triggered by the "Verify service providers" workflow when a user sends a query like "Is [Company] in [City] legit?".
- Provide Input: Map the
Provider NameandLocationextracted by the AI agent to the template's input fields. - Output: The template returns a combined JSON report of the business's online reputation and legal standing.
- Next Steps: An AI agent analyzes this data to generate a "Verified" or "Unverified" verdict report for Telegram.
Why scrape Vendor Sites ?
- Risk Mitigation: Avoid hiring ghost contractors or businesses with a history of poor service.
- Due Diligence: Instantly check if a company is legally registered before signing contracts.
- Speed: Replace 15 minutes of manual Googling with a single chat command.
This template is a dependency for the n8n workflow: Verify service providers using Telegram and BrowserAct. It is critical for the "Human verification" step—if a CAPTCHA is hit, this template pauses and waits for user intervention.
