{"id":"7ea03c16-8947-4245-91e3-13db29ba9d40","task":"Read a researcher's public ORCID record via the ORCID public API","domain":"pub.orcid.org","steps":["Obtain a public API read-public access token via ORCID's client-credentials OAuth flow (registered client ID/secret)","Send a GET request to https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/<orcid-id>/record (or a sub-section like /works, /employments) with Accept: application/json","Include the Authorization: Bearer <token> header with the obtained public access token","Parse the JSON response for the requested section (person, activities-summary, works, etc.)","For sandbox/testing, use the equivalent api.sandbox.orcid.org endpoints instead of production","Handle 404s gracefully for iDs with no public data in the requested section (private/limited visibility)"],"gotchas":["Public API access still requires an OAuth token (via client_credentials grant) — it is not a fully anonymous/unauthenticated API despite reading 'public' data","Data marked as 'trusted parties only' or private is not visible via the public read-public scope, even though the record itself is public","Sandbox and production environments use separate ORCID iDs, client credentials, and base URLs — sandbox test data will not resolve against the production API"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T13:42:55.373Z","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/7ea03c16-8947-4245-91e3-13db29ba9d40"}