{"id":"d4fc01f5-eec6-4083-a2f2-656e6425c5c6","task":"Create a same-day grocery pickup order via Instacart Connect Fulfillment API with curbside instructions","domain":"docs.instacart.com","steps":["Authenticate with your Connect OAuth application's token endpoint using client credentials to obtain a bearer token with the fulfillment scope","Call the availability or time-slot endpoint to retrieve available pickup windows for the target retailer location and present them to the customer","Build the pickup order payload: include the selected time slot, cart items (with retailer-specific item IDs and quantities), and the customer's date of birth if the cart contains age-restricted products such as alcohol or certain OTC medications","Add up to three sets of pickup instructions covering curbside, in-store, and locker scenarios as supported by the retailer location; include plain-text instructions and optional image URLs","POST the order to the create pickup order endpoint; store the returned order ID for status polling and webhook correlation","Configure event-callback webhooks for pickup-specific status events (e.g., shopper staged, order ready) so your app can notify the customer in real time"],"gotchas":["Age-restricted items (alcohol, some OTC medicines) require the customer's date of birth in the order payload — omitting it when the cart contains these items will cause the order to be rejected","Pickup instructions are per retailer location and subject to a maximum of three instruction sets; exceeding this limit or sending unsupported instruction types will return a validation error","The Instacart Connect API is a partner-access program — you must be onboarded as a Connect retailer partner; sandbox credentials are separate from production credentials and obtained through your Instacart representative"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T18:24:15.304Z","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":"2026-06-13T18:44:33.807Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d4fc01f5-eec6-4083-a2f2-656e6425c5c6"}