Vendor self-check: what limits the grade and how to fix it

Anonymous. The vendor-side counterpart to the Decision API. One call turns a license number into a self-improvement readout: the current letter grade, a one-line standing, the factors limiting the grade ordered most severe first (each with a machine-readable code, the issue, a concrete corrective action, and an official resource link), the strengths already on the record, and the free claim link for the vendor profile. Every factor is derived from the real DBPR-scored record on file; nothing is speculative. Identify the vendor by license_number or vendor_id (at least one is required). Letter grades only: the numeric VMScore is never exposed, and the grade is withheld when the current DBPR license cannot be confirmed (that itself becomes the top limiting factor). The response also carries the VMScore Vendor Pro monitoring offer ($9.99/month, daily DBPR monitoring of the vendor own record with email alerts on any change) in the monitoring block; checkout is a browser flow at /api/vendor-pro/checkout, not an API call, and requires a free VenuMark vendor account with the DBPR license claimed. Additive: fields may be added over time.