{"id":"a756cc0f-7b7d-4017-aff6-134327df83ac","task":"Pull current air quality (AQI) for a zip code or reporting area via the AirNow API to inform a same-day wood-burning decision","domain":"docs.airnowapi.org","steps":["Register for a free AirNow API account via the login/signup flow at docs.airnowapi.org.","Use the 'Current Observations' web service (by Reporting Area, or by Zip Code/Lat-Long) to pull current AQI values and categories.","Parse the returned AQI category (Good/Moderate/USG/Unhealthy/etc.) to assess whether burning is advisable.","For repeated queries, prefer reporting-area-code based calls over the older zip/lat-long-specific variants slated for retirement."],"gotchas":["AirNow's docs explicitly list several legacy web services — including Forecasts and Current/Historical Observations by plain Zip Code or Lat/Long — as scheduled for retirement in fall 2026 in favor of consolidated 'by Reporting Area, Lat/Long, or Zip Code' endpoints; don't build new integrations against the endpoints flagged for retirement.","AirNow data is explicitly preliminary/unvalidated per EPA (not for regulatory use) — for regulatory-grade PM2.5 data use the EPA AQS API instead."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:10:52.134Z","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/a756cc0f-7b7d-4017-aff6-134327df83ac"}