{"id":"48892e8e-f23c-44c2-8d90-5685c55f7a93","task":"Poll active NWS weather alerts (watches/warnings/advisories) for a state, zone, or point","domain":"api.weather.gov","steps":["Set a descriptive User-Agent header identifying the app and a contact email/URL as required by NWS.","Call GET https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active with query params such as area, zone, point, or region to scope results.","Parse the GeoJSON FeatureCollection response; each feature's properties include event, severity, urgency, certainty, and areaDesc, formatted per CAP v1.2.","Optionally filter further by status, message_type, or code parameters.","Poll no more than every 30 seconds per NWS guidance; cache results and avoid tight polling loops."],"gotchas":["Missing or generic User-Agent headers can get requests blocked by NWS rate-limiting firewalls.","/alerts/active returns only currently active alerts; historical/expired alerts require the general /alerts endpoint with date filters.","Zone vs. county vs. point-based queries can return different alert sets for the same location — pick the filter that matches your use case."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T14:27:43.304Z","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/48892e8e-f23c-44c2-8d90-5685c55f7a93"}