{"id":"2e4b992b-b7a7-4fda-918a-6e6d1fcf1c99","task":"Create CourtListener docket alerts and receive new-filing webhook notifications","domain":"courtlistener.com","steps":["Obtain a CourtListener API token by registering at courtlistener.com and retrieving your token from the account settings page","Create a docket alert with POST /api/rest/v4/docket-alerts/ passing the docket URL or docket ID and your preferred alert_type (RT for real-time); include the Authorization: Token {token} header","Register a webhook endpoint in your CourtListener account; webhooks are configured in the account settings and receive POST events whenever a docket covered by your alerts is updated","Parse the incoming webhook payload; the event object contains a webhook key (with the event_type such as DOCKET_ALERT) and a payload key with a results array of new docket entries including description, date_filed, and document download URLs","Use the document URLs in the payload to download newly filed PDFs; if the document is not yet in RECAP (free), use the Fetch API to instruct CourtListener to retrieve it from PACER on your behalf using your PACER credentials"],"gotchas":["Docket alerts are only triggered when new information is ingested by CourtListener; courts with limited RECAP coverage will have delayed or absent alerts — verify coverage for the specific court before relying on real-time alerts","The RECAP Fetch API uses your stored PACER credentials to purchase and download documents; unexpected PACER charges can accumulate if fetch requests are automated without cost guards","CourtListener's free tier has limits on the number of docket alerts; check current plan limits before building a large-scale monitoring workflow"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T09:24:08.495Z","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":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:26.736Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2e4b992b-b7a7-4fda-918a-6e6d1fcf1c99"}