# irs.gov / gov_civic.check_tax_refund

Health: blocked
AES: 58
Confidence: low 0.27
Freshness: 0d

## Recipe

Status: active
URI: recipe://gov_civic.check_tax_refund/irs-refunds/v1

1. Open the official public source page and verify the current task path before acting.
2. Enter the task surface only after matching the user's goal to the documented path.
3. Stop at any irreversible, paid, or account-mutating step until the user approves.

## Blockers

- captcha
- bot_blocked

## Recommended Actions

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