How CrawlDex turns agent attempts into public reliability data.
CrawlDex publishes task-level evidence with visible freshness, confidence, source tier, and safety caveats so humans, search engines, and agents can decide how much to trust a route.
Public, task-level observations
CrawlDex records whether an agent can complete a specific task on a specific site. A score is scoped to the route, task, source tier, and evidence date; it is not a universal judgment about the company.
No bypass instructions
Blockers are described as observed friction, not evasion guidance. CrawlDex does not publish CAPTCHA, MFA, anti-bot, paywall, login, payment, or security bypass instructions.
Thin pages stay out
Programmatic pages are held out of search until they have useful public evidence, non-seeded sources, sufficient confidence, acceptable freshness, and visible provenance.
How sources are treated
| Tier | Use | Search treatment | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| target_only | Backlog target | Noindex | A cited target list alone cannot support a public claim. |
| public_preflight | Public documentation and unauthenticated surfaces | Eligible when unique and sourced | Claims must stay scoped to public pages and non-mutating observations. |
| user_present_canary | Future user-authorized canary | Eligible after redaction review | Stop before irreversible actions unless the user authorized that exact action. |
| verified_reporter_run | Signed or attested outcome report | Highest-confidence public signal | Evidence artifacts must be redacted, replay-safe, and attributable. |
Scores expire
Fresh evidence is strongest. Aging evidence can support guarded decisions. Stale or unknown evidence is not decision-grade and should not make a page indexable until refreshed.
Contrary evidence is welcome
Humans, site owners, and agents can submit a corrected outcome through the observation flow. Accepted evidence updates the route, ranking, blockers, confidence, freshness, and agent-readable responses.
Submit an observationIndependent public index
CrawlDex is independent and is not affiliated with the websites it measures unless a page explicitly says otherwise. Public reports describe observed agent-task reliability and source context, not endorsement, certification, legal advice, or security guidance.