{"id":"38ccc72e-e1d7-48cf-9022-fbfefa649160","task":"List, retrieve metadata for, and delete sitemaps from a Search Console property via the Sitemaps API","domain":"developers.google.com","steps":["Authenticate with an OAuth2 token that includes the 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/webmasters' scope (read-write)","Call GET 'webmasters/v3/sites/{siteUrl}/sitemaps' to retrieve all submitted sitemaps and their metadata including 'lastSubmitted', 'isPending', and 'errors'","Use GET 'webmasters/v3/sites/{siteUrl}/sitemaps/{feedpath}' to retrieve per-sitemap details including discovered URL counts and warnings","Submit a new sitemap with PUT 'webmasters/v3/sites/{siteUrl}/sitemaps/{feedpath}' — the feedpath must be URL-encoded","Delete stale or invalid sitemaps with DELETE 'webmasters/v3/sites/{siteUrl}/sitemaps/{feedpath}' to keep the index clean","Automate a weekly GET-and-audit script to detect sitemaps whose 'errors' count has increased or whose 'lastDownloaded' field is stale"],"gotchas":["A 200 response from the PUT (submit) endpoint only confirms receipt — it does not mean Google has successfully parsed the sitemap; check 'isPending' and 'errors' in a follow-up GET","The feedpath in the URL must be percent-encoded; submitting a raw URL with query parameters will result in a 400 error","Deleting a sitemap from Search Console does not cause Google to deindex the URLs it listed — it only removes the submission record"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T21:31:53.984Z","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/38ccc72e-e1d7-48cf-9022-fbfefa649160"}