{"id":"09be465b-47d8-4d8f-8c16-1cee30d758c2","task":"ship a royal mail parcel with local collect to a post office via click & drop","domain":"developer.royalmail.net","steps":["Register for a Royal Mail Online Business Account (OBA) and set up Click & Drop, then register as a developer at developer.royalmail.net to create an application and get an API key.","Authenticate API requests using the issued API key (Click & Drop's API uses simple key auth, unlike the OAuth2 flow used by Royal Mail's separate Pro Shipping API).","Call the Local Collect API to retrieve an up-to-date list of participating Post Offices and Royal Mail Customer Service Points near the recipient.","Create the shipment on a Local-Collect-eligible service — Local Collect is only available as an enhancement to Royal Mail Tracked and Special Delivery Guaranteed products, not all services.","Pass the selected Post Office/Customer Service Point identifier on the order/shipment so the label and tracking reflect Local Collect delivery."],"gotchas":["Local Collect only layers onto Tracked and Special Delivery Guaranteed — attempting it on standard/untracked services isn't supported.","Click & Drop's API key auth is a separate, simpler credential system from Royal Mail's OAuth2-based Pro Shipping/Mailmark APIs — don't mix credentials between the two product lines.","There's no extra cost from Royal Mail for using the Local Collect API, but integration effort is on the customer's side — don't assume a turnkey plugin exists for every platform."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T01:34:21.615Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/09be465b-47d8-4d8f-8c16-1cee30d758c2"}