{"id":"d89d4c7c-e7da-4d91-b756-7d65cf6afa47","task":"Query O*NET Web Services to retrieve detailed occupation data by O*NET-SOC code and map to CIP education program","domain":"services.onetcenter.org","steps":["Register for O*NET Web Services API access at https://services.onetcenter.org/ to obtain a username/password for HTTP Basic Auth","Call GET https://services.onetcenter.org/ws/online/occupations/{onetsoc_code}/summary (e.g., /ws/online/occupations/15-1252.00/summary) to retrieve occupation summary including title, description, and sample job titles","Retrieve detailed skills via GET /ws/online/occupations/{onetsoc_code}/details/skills; the response includes element_id, element_name, scale_id, data_value, and category fields","Download the CIP-SOC crosswalk file from https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/ to map 6-digit CIP codes to O*NET-SOC codes; the crosswalk is a flat CSV/Excel file—parse locally","Use GET /ws/mnm/search?keyword={term}&end=10 to search occupations by keyword; returns occupation list with onetsoc_code and title fields for autocomplete or lookup","Set the Accept: application/json header for JSON responses; default format is XML if the header is omitted"],"gotchas":["O*NET Web Services requires HTTP Basic Auth (not API key); using an API key header scheme returns 401—credentials must be encoded in the Authorization: Basic header","The O*NET-SOC taxonomy is updated periodically (major update in Q3 each year); codes that exist in version 28.0 may not exist in 29.0, causing 404 errors if codes are cached without version checks","The CIP-SOC crosswalk is a static downloadable file (not a live API); it reflects the 2020 CIP and 2018 SOC revisions and must be manually refreshed when NCES publishes updates"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T14:24:27.564Z","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":"2026-06-13T18:44:37.183Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d89d4c7c-e7da-4d91-b756-7d65cf6afa47"}