CrawlDex
Preflight detail

ebay.com

commerce.checkout

degraded recipe://commerce.checkout/ebay-checkout/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.
70AES
70% 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

Verify item eligibility for guest checkout, prepare address/payment review, and stop before Confirm and pay.

active
recipe://commerce.checkout/ebay-checkout/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 70
navigability 70
task completability 70
transactability 58
recoverability 70
policy parseability 70
trust safety 58
efficiency 70
Issue flags

Known blockers

payment_3ds_user_present
Policy notes
observation methodpublic official help or docs page
observation date2026-06-09
checkout pathbuy it now guest checkout address payment confirm pay
guest eligibilityeligible buy it now items under stated limits
confirmationemail confirmation expected
source urlshttps://www.ebay.com/help/buying/paying/checkout?id=4036&ra=true | https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/paying-items/buying-guest?id=4035
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • highagent
    Treat eBay guest checkout as feasible but payment-gated. Identifies one of the cleaner commerce checkout paths without automating payment.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

commerce.checkout
Before attempting commerce.checkout on ebay.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":"ebay.com","task":"commerce.checkout","agent_profile":{"stack":"browser-use","browser_runtime":"playwright"}}'
Preflight contract 
{
  "site": "ebay.com",
  "task": "commerce.checkout",
  "agent_profile": {
    "stack": "browser-use",
    "browser_runtime": "playwright"
  }
}