{"id":"a3beab4d-40be-416f-b9f9-230cbc75a339","task":"Extract contract metadata and terms from LinkSquares via its Analyze and Finalize APIs, respecting its published rate limit","domain":"linksquares.com","steps":["Generate a self-service API key as a LinkSquares Administrator user - LinkSquares uses simple API-key-in-header authentication rather than OAuth.","Use the Analyze API's Retrieve Metadata endpoint to pull agreement metadata (Smart Values, Terms, Types, Tags, parent/child hierarchy) in bulk or individually, filtering by Type/Tag or an updated-since date to support incremental sync.","Call Retrieve Agreement Terms first to get the list of term IDs/names in your environment, since updating a term on an agreement must reference the correct term ID rather than its display name.","For intake workflows, use the Finalize API's Retrieve Templates endpoint to list available Draft/Intake/Request templates and their form fields, then Create Agreement to submit a new contract request or draft from a third-party system.","Track status changes by polling Retrieve Agreements sorted by most-recent-status-update, then download agreement versions/attachments via the associated document endpoints once a change is detected.","Throttle client-side to LinkSquares' published limit of 15 requests/second with a burst allowance of 30 - exceeding it returns a 'Rate exceeded' error and further calls stop succeeding."],"gotchas":["Analyze (metadata/terms/tags on already-processed agreements) and Finalize (drafting/requesting/collaborating on contracts) are distinct API surfaces with separate endpoint families - there is no single unified 'contracts API'.","The Analyze module is documented as a separately licensed add-on, so having a valid API key doesn't guarantee access to its deeper data-extraction endpoints without the right subscription tier.","Evisort/Workday CLM was evaluated for this cluster but dropped: no public, primary-source API developer documentation domain could be verified, so no route was authored for it."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T21:40:38.512Z","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/a3beab4d-40be-416f-b9f9-230cbc75a339"}