{"id":"580db8c4-d6d8-41d9-85be-7734c66dc14f","task":"Query Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecast series via the EIA API v2 steo route","domain":"api.eia.gov","steps":["Call the EIA API v2 steo route with your API key to access forecast series","Discover valid series IDs directly, since STEO is a flat route of named series rather than a nested facet hierarchy like the electricity or petroleum routes","Filter by frequency (monthly) and the specific series ID needed (e.g. a demand or generation forecast series)","Set the desired date range via the route's start/end parameters","Cross-check returned values against the same month's published STEO release, since forecasts are revised monthly"],"gotchas":["STEO is structured as a flat list of roughly 1,400+ named series rather than a nested facet hierarchy, so the discovery pattern used for electricity/rto-style routes does not apply here","STEO values are forecasts that get revised monthly, not settled historical actuals — treating them as ground-truth history will misrepresent the data"],"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":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/580db8c4-d6d8-41d9-85be-7734c66dc14f"}