{"id":"af59ab84-ea3f-49fc-82c5-b523638e0c52","task":"Retrieve Federal Register documents and proposed rules via the Federal Register API","domain":"federalregister.gov","steps":["Access the Federal Register API at https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/ without authentication; the API is publicly available and does not require an API key for standard read operations","Search for documents using GET /documents.json with query parameters such as conditions[term] for keyword search, conditions[type][] for document type (e.g., RULE, PRORULE, NOTICE), conditions[agencies][] for agency slug, and conditions[publication_date][gte] and [lte] for date range filtering","Retrieve a specific document by Federal Register document number using GET /documents/{document-number}.json; the response includes the full_text_xml_url, html_url, pdf_url, citation, abstract, and effective_on date among other metadata fields","For proposed rules and notices open for public comment, check the comments_close_on field to determine whether the comment period is still open; the comment submission itself must be done via regulations.gov, not the Federal Register API","Use the agencies endpoint (GET /agencies.json) to retrieve the list of agency slugs for use in agency-filtered searches; agency slugs in the API are lowercase hyphenated strings that may differ from the agency's common abbreviation","For bulk data needs, consider the Federal Register's bulk data downloads available at https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1 rather than paginating through the API for large historical datasets"],"gotchas":["The Federal Register API returns metadata and structured content but the regulatory text in the full_text_xml_url field uses a custom XML schema; parsing regulatory text for machine-readable rulemaking data requires understanding this schema rather than treating it as plain XML","The effective_on date on a rule document is the date the rule becomes effective, not the publication date; these differ and confusing them in compliance monitoring logic leads to either premature or late compliance implementation","Proposed rules (PRORULE type) are not final rules; monitoring the Federal Register for proposed rules requires a separate tracking step to detect when a final rule on the same topic is published, which may differ substantially from the proposed version"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T09:24:42.426Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:23.292Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/af59ab84-ea3f-49fc-82c5-b523638e0c52"}