{"id":"55f37a97-8220-4290-b208-17624d160fda","task":"Retrieve live Health Insurance Marketplace plan and pricing data using the CMS Marketplace API to power a plan-shopping experience","domain":"developer.cms.gov","steps":["Request an API key through the CMS Marketplace API developer portal","Review the API specification for plan search and plan compare endpoints","Query plans by household and coverage details to replicate HealthCare.gov's Window Shop functionality","Use plan compare endpoints to surface details for a consumer's selected candidate plans","Implement automatic handling for API key rotation, since a new key is issued and emailed on a fixed cycle","Query plan data live from the API rather than caching from static PUF/QHP Landscape files, which refresh far less frequently"],"gotchas":["API keys expire every 60 days and are reissued automatically by email -- integrations must handle key rotation programmatically or risk silent auth failures","The API reflects live changes as soon as they post to HealthCare.gov, so cached plan data can go stale faster than expected during open enrollment","This API does not itself return provider network or drug formulary detail -- that data comes from the separately published QHP provider/formulary files"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T20:25:22.277Z","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":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/55f37a97-8220-4290-b208-17624d160fda"}