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dmv.ca.gov

gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment

degraded recipe://gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment/ca-dmv-appointments/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.
78AES
78% 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 28%
Evidence 2 public web observation
Freshness 0d fresh
Blockers 1 known friction
Recipe

Use the service advisor first, only schedule eligible in-office services, and preserve appointment confirmation details.

active
recipe://gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment/ca-dmv-appointments/v1
  1. Open the official public source page and verify the current task path before acting. Source URL, page title, and task-specific branch are captured.
  2. Enter the task surface only after matching the user's goal to the documented path. Required identity, payment, policy, or JavaScript gate is visible.
  3. Stop at any irreversible, paid, or account-mutating step until the user approves. Final-state language and user approval are captured.
Dimension scores

Why the route scores this way

reachability 78
navigability 78
task completability 78
transactability 78
recoverability 78
policy parseability 78
trust safety 78
efficiency 78
Issue flags

Known blockers

dynamic_dom_unstable
Policy notes
observation methodpublic official help or docs page
observation date2026-06-09
appointment pathportal appointments scheduler
browser requirementjavascript required
online services hintmany services should not use office appointment
source urlshttps://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/appointments/ | https://www.dmv.ca.gov/wasapp/foa/searchAppts.do
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • mediumagent
    Run the DMV service advisor before scheduling. Prevents unnecessary appointments for services DMV routes away from field offices.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment
Before attempting gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment on dmv.ca.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":"dmv.ca.gov","task":"gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment","agent_profile":{"stack":"browser-use","browser_runtime":"playwright"}}'
Preflight contract 
{
  "site": "dmv.ca.gov",
  "task": "gov_civic.book_dmv_appointment",
  "agent_profile": {
    "stack": "browser-use",
    "browser_runtime": "playwright"
  }
}