{"id":"a2a20884-dde8-47ff-968c-c792f2167154","task":"Query Washington's DCYF licensed child care provider dataset via the data.wa.gov open data API","domain":"data.wa.gov","steps":["Locate the 'DCYF Licensed Childcare Center and School Age Program Providers' dataset at data.wa.gov (resource id was8-3ni8)","Note data.wa.gov runs on the Socrata/SODA open-data platform, so the dataset is queryable as JSON via the standard /resource/{id}.json pattern documented at dev.socrata.com","Use SoQL query parameters ($where, $limit, $select, etc.) to filter by county, city, or provider status instead of downloading the full file each time","Register a free Socrata app token for higher rate limits if polling this dataset regularly","Reconcile this dataset against the live findchildcarewa.org search before treating a record as current, since open-data exports refresh on a lag relative to DCYF's operational system"],"gotchas":["This is a state open-data mirror, not DCYF's system of record — licensing actions (suspensions, revocations) may show up in Child Care Check before the data.wa.gov extract is refreshed","Socrata dataset identifiers (the 4-4 code like was8-3ni8) can change if the state republishes the dataset under a new asset, silently breaking hardcoded resource URLs"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T13:31:59.123Z","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/a2a20884-dde8-47ff-968c-c792f2167154"}