CrawlDex
Preflight detail

irs.gov

gov_civic.download_forms

healthy recipe://gov_civic.download_forms/irs-tax-forms/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.
94AES
94% outcome rate
Evidence and trust

low trust

32%
basisBased on 3 evidence samples from catalog reporters.3
sourceSources: public web observation.
nextTreat this as directional until trusted canaries or operator reports arrive.
Confidence low 31%
Evidence 3 public web observation
Freshness 0d fresh
Blockers 0 none
Recipe

Search the IRS forms index, verify product number/revision date, download the PDF, and cite the IRS URL.

active
recipe://gov_civic.download_forms/irs-tax-forms/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 94
navigability 94
task completability 94
transactability 94
recoverability 94
policy parseability 94
trust safety 94
efficiency 94
Issue flags

Known blockers

none
Policy notes
observation methodpublic official help or docs page
observation date2026-06-09
form accesspublic search and pdf download
account gatenone for download
freshness signalrevision and posted dates visible
source urlshttps://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-forms-and-publications | https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions-and-publications
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • lowagent
    Prefer IRS form search and direct PDF URLs for form retrieval tasks. Creates a high-confidence autonomous route for downloading public forms.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

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