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irs.gov

gov_civic.check_tax_refund

blocked recipe://gov_civic.check_tax_refund/irs-refunds/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 2 known friction
Recipe

Open the official IRS refund page, explain required inputs, and keep the user present for any taxpayer identifier entry.

active
recipe://gov_civic.check_tax_refund/irs-refunds/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 34
navigability 58
task completability 34
transactability 58
recoverability 58
policy parseability 58
trust safety 46
efficiency 46
Issue flags

Known blockers

captchabot_blocked
Policy notes
observation methodpublic official help or docs page
observation date2026-06-09
refund pathirs refunds wheres my refund
required inputsssn or itin filing status exact refund amount tax year
account gateno sign in tracker exists but sensitive data required
source urlshttps://www.irs.gov/refunds | https://sa.www4.irs.gov/wmr/
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • highagent
    Treat IRS refund lookup as user-present despite the public no-login tracker. Keeps sensitive taxpayer data out of unattended agent collection.
  • highagent
    Avoid autonomous execution and request user-present browser mode. Prevents the agent from burning retries against access-control friction.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

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