CrawlDex
Preflight detail

copyright.gov

legal_admin.register_copyright

degraded recipe://copyright.gov/legal_admin.register_copyright/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

Registration Portal -> choose work type -> log into eCO -> complete claim, pay fee, upload deposit. Portal guidance is public; the claim itself requires an eCO login.

active
recipe://copyright.gov/legal_admin.register_copyright/public-preflight-v1
  1. Open the documented public path for U.S. Copyright Office: Registration Portal -> choose work type -> log into eCO -> complete claim, pay fee, upload deposit. Portal guidance is public; the claim itself requires an eCO 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.
  • Confirm the correct registration category before filing; errors affect the effective date.
  • Provide informational workflow guidance only, not legal advice.
Success signals
  • eCO case number
  • Payment receipt
  • Deposit upload confirmation
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 pathRegistration Portal -> choose work type -> log into eCO -> complete claim, pay fee, upload deposit. Portal guidance is public; the claim itself requires an eCO login.
task familyapply
seo angleRegistering a Copyright via eCO: The Public Steps an Agent Can Prepare
confidence notePublic registration portal documents categories, fees, and process; submission requires the eCO 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

legal_admin.register_copyright
Before attempting legal_admin.register_copyright on copyright.gov, 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":"copyright.gov","task":"legal_admin.register_copyright","agent_profile":{"stack":"browser-use","browser_runtime":"playwright"}}'
Preflight contract 
{
  "site": "copyright.gov",
  "task": "legal_admin.register_copyright",
  "agent_profile": {
    "stack": "browser-use",
    "browser_runtime": "playwright"
  }
}