{"id":"b4dbf9cf-d7ed-4d80-8867-8bc324687836","task":"search case law and dockets via the courtlistener / recap api","domain":"courtlistener.com","steps":["Register for a free CourtListener account at free.law to obtain an API token; include it as Authorization: Token <token> on all requests.","Search opinions via GET /api/rest/v4/search/ with q (full-text query), type=o (opinions), and optional filters such as court, filed_after, filed_before.","Search PACER dockets via type=r (RECAP) in the same search endpoint; filter by docket_number or party name.","Fetch a specific docket with all its entries via GET /api/rest/v4/dockets/{id}/ and follow the docket_entries array to retrieve individual filing documents.","Download opinion or document text via the download_url or plain_text fields; full PDFs may redirect to PACER and require a PACER account with prepaid balance."],"gotchas":["RECAP only contains PACER documents that have been previously uploaded by RECAP users; coverage is substantial but not complete — treat absence as unknown, not non-existent.","Full-text search relevance ranking is not always intuitive for legal research; supplement keyword queries with known citation lookups via the citations endpoint.","Unauthenticated requests are heavily rate-limited; always authenticate even for read-only public data to avoid 429 errors."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-11T22:59:05.875Z","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":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:26.626Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b4dbf9cf-d7ed-4d80-8867-8bc324687836"}