CrawlDex
Preflight detail

costco.com

food_local.order_pickup_delivery

constrained recipe://costco.com/food_local.order_pickup_delivery/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.
58AES
58% outcome rate
Evidence and trust

low trust

32%
basisBased on 2 evidence samples from catalog reporters.2
sourceSources: public web observation.
nextTreat this as directional until trusted canaries or operator reports arrive.
Confidence low 27%
Evidence 2 public web observation
Freshness 0d fresh
Blockers 4 known friction
Recipe

Official public order, menu, delivery, pickup, or help page -> identify location/address/menu/order context and availability cues; stop before cart mutation, account sign-in, payment, place order, support chat, cancellation, or refund submission.

active
recipe://costco.com/food_local.order_pickup_delivery/public-preflight-v1
  1. Open the documented public path for Costco Same-Day: Official public order, menu, delivery, pickup, or help page -> identify location/address/menu/order context and availability cues; stop before cart mutation, account sign-in, payment, place order, support chat, cancellation, or refund submission. Public source or help surface is visible.
  2. Check the listed blockers and policy constraints before entering account, payment, booking, or cancellation state. dynamic_dom_unstable, hidden_fee, login_required, payment_3ds_user_present
  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 payment, price, fee, booking, or purchase confirmation. Stop before any final transaction.
Do not cross
  • Do not place orders, alter active carts, submit support claims, open chats, cancel orders, or enter payment during public collection.
  • Require user-present address, account, order receipt, and final approval for any live pickup, delivery, refund, or cancellation canary.
Success signals
  • Official ordering or delivery surface identified
  • Location/menu/availability checkpoint identified
  • Future canary should capture fees, ETA/window, order status, or confirmation email without guessing
Dimension scores

Why the route scores this way

reachability 46
navigability 58
task completability 58
transactability 34
recoverability 58
policy parseability 58
trust safety 34
efficiency 58
Issue flags

Known blockers

dynamic_dom_unstablehidden_feelogin_requiredpayment_3ds_user_present
Policy notes
public pathOfficial public order, menu, delivery, pickup, or help page -> identify location/address/menu/order context and availability cues; stop before cart mutation, account sign-in, payment, place order, support chat, cancellation, or refund submission.
task familylookup
seo angleCostco Same-Day ordering and delivery: AI agent preflight checklist
confidence noteOfficial public order/menu/delivery/help page was used as a read-only preflight source. No cart, checkout, live order, delivery, support, or refund action was performed.
launch setfirst 300 public preflight
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • highagent
    Do not place orders, alter active carts, submit support claims, open chats, cancel orders, or enter payment during public collection. Keeps the agent inside documented, reversible, user-approved boundaries.
  • highagent
    Require total-price verification immediately before final submission. Reduces high-regret transaction errors.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

food_local.order_pickup_delivery
Before attempting food_local.order_pickup_delivery on costco.com, 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":"costco.com","task":"food_local.order_pickup_delivery","agent_profile":{"stack":"browser-use","browser_runtime":"playwright"}}'
Preflight contract 
{
  "site": "costco.com",
  "task": "food_local.order_pickup_delivery",
  "agent_profile": {
    "stack": "browser-use",
    "browser_runtime": "playwright"
  }
}