---
name: wow-api-professions
description: Look up WoW Professions, Tradeskill, Crafting Orders, Recipe, and
  Profession Specialization APIs. Covers C_TradeSkillUI (recipe list, crafting,
  reagents, skill lines, categories, recrafting, salvage, enchanting),
  C_CraftingOrders (customer/crafter order system, public/private/guild orders,
  order creation, fulfillment, listing), C_ProfessionSpecUI (profession
  knowledge, specialization trees), global tradeskill functions, and
  profession-specific patterns. Use when working with professions, recipes,
  crafting, work orders, crafting orders, profession specialization, or
  tradeskill UI. Select Retail, Forever, or Classic with wow-client-targets
  before using historical listings.
---

# api professions

Use for any selected combination of Retail, Forever, and Classic progression. First resolve the target and pinned source with [wow-client-targets](../wow-client-targets/SKILL.md).

## Target-specific decisions

Verify the target profession model: tradeskill recipes, skill lines, crafting orders, reagent quality, and specialization are separate capabilities. Do not impose Retail crafting schemas on Classic.

Read the relevant row in [compatibility guidance](../wow-client-targets/references/COMPATIBILITY.md). Verify only the APIs needed for this task, using commit-pinned definitions and loaded client code. Missing evidence means unknown, not supported or removed. When offline, disclose the snapshot version/date and unresolved behavior.

## Detailed lookup material

Use the [pinned source schemas](references/generated/README.md) for complete generated contracts in this domain, including typed arguments, returns, event payloads and restrictions. Query only the needed symbols. Source declarations leave loading, runtime behavior and addon permission unresolved unless separately verified.

The [historical Retail baseline](references/RETAIL-BASELINE.md) retains the original API listings and examples. It is a research aid, not current or cross-client verification. Open only relevant supporting references:

- Start with the pinned source schemas; use the baseline for historical context and verify handwritten helpers separately.

For implementation and release validation, use [wow-addon-development](../wow-addon-development/SKILL.md).