CrawlDex
Preflight detail

commonapp.org

education.submit_college_application

degraded recipe://commonapp.org/education.submit_college_application/public-preflight-v1
Hold / Collect evidence first

Do not trust this route yet

The current evidence set is too thin for a confident agent decision.

Next: Run a canary or submit a trusted outcome before allowing an agent to attempt this unsupervised.
86AES
86% outcome rate
Evidence and trust

low trust

32%
basisBased on 3 evidence samples from catalog reporters.3
sourceSources: public web observation.
nextTreat this as directional until trusted canaries or operator reports arrive.
Confidence low 31%
Evidence 3 public web observation
Freshness 0d fresh
Blockers 1 known friction
Recipe

Create account -> Profile/Education/Activities/Writing -> add colleges -> submit per college with fee or waiver. Public guides explain sections; submission requires login.

active
recipe://commonapp.org/education.submit_college_application/public-preflight-v1
  1. Open the documented public path for Common App: Create account -> Profile/Education/Activities/Writing -> add colleges -> submit per college with fee or waiver. Public guides explain sections; submission requires login. Public source or help surface is visible.
  2. Check the listed blockers and policy constraints before entering account, payment, booking, or cancellation state. login_required, policy_parseable
  3. Stop before any irreversible or user-sensitive action and ask for explicit approval. User approval is captured before final action.
Human approval
Keep the user present for authentication. Do not request, store, or replay credentials or one-time codes.
Do not cross
  • Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step.
  • Essays and self-reported data are the student's own work; do not fabricate or submit.
  • Provide informational workflow guidance only, not education or admissions advice.
Success signals
  • Section completion status
  • Application submitted per college
  • Confirmation email
Dimension scores

Why the route scores this way

reachability 74
navigability 86
task completability 86
transactability 86
recoverability 86
policy parseability 86
trust safety 86
efficiency 86
Issue flags

Known blockers

login_required
Policy notes
public pathCreate account -> Profile/Education/Activities/Writing -> add colleges -> submit per college with fee or waiver. Public guides explain sections; submission requires login.
task familyapply
seo angleHow the Common App Works: A Section-by-Section Guide
confidence notePublic application guide documents sections and process; submission requires the student's account.
launch setfirst 300 public preflight
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • mediumagent
    Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step. Keeps the agent inside documented, reversible, user-approved boundaries.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

education.submit_college_application
Before attempting education.submit_college_application on commonapp.org, check CrawlDex. Current verdict: Collect evidence first. Run a canary or submit a trusted outcome before allowing an agent to attempt this unsupervised.
curl -sS -X POST /api/v1/preflight \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"site":"commonapp.org","task":"education.submit_college_application","agent_profile":{"stack":"browser-use","browser_runtime":"playwright"}}'
Preflight contract 
{
  "site": "commonapp.org",
  "task": "education.submit_college_application",
  "agent_profile": {
    "stack": "browser-use",
    "browser_runtime": "playwright"
  }
}