{"id":"16c5787d-8d14-43f2-a1ac-8580be5c5847","task":"Pull competitions and matches from football-data.org's free/registered tier","domain":"football-data.org","steps":["Register for a free account at football-data.org to get an API token","Send the token via the X-Auth-Token header on every request (unauthenticated requests are capped at 100/24h and limited to area/competition listing endpoints)","Call GET /v4/competitions to list available competitions, or GET /v4/competitions/{id} for detail","Call GET /v4/competitions/{id}/matches (optionally with status or matchday filters) for that competition's current-season matches","Call GET /v4/matches for a cross-competition view of matches on the current day","Respect your plan's per-minute rate limit (10/min on the free registered tier, higher on paid tiers) and back off on 429 responses"],"gotchas":["Unauthenticated requests are heavily restricted (100/day, area/competition data only) — match data requires a registered token","The free-tier rate limit is per-minute (10 req/min), not per-day, so bursty polling will 429 quickly even under a low daily total","Data availability/history varies by competition and plan tier — some competitions or seasons may only be available on paid plans"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T13:42:55.376Z","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/16c5787d-8d14-43f2-a1ac-8580be5c5847"}