CrawlDex
Preflight detail

irs.gov

legal_admin.apply_ein

degraded recipe://irs.gov/legal_admin.apply_ein/public-preflight-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.
73AES
73% 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 2 known friction
Recipe

IRS.gov -> Get an EIN -> Apply online; the online assistant is free, issues an EIN immediately, and is open weekdays during posted hours. Requires a valid responsible-party SSN/ITIN/EIN.

active
recipe://irs.gov/legal_admin.apply_ein/public-preflight-v1
  1. Open the documented public path for Internal Revenue Service: IRS.gov -> Get an EIN -> Apply online; the online assistant is free, issues an EIN immediately, and is open weekdays during posted hours. Requires a valid responsible-party SSN/ITIN/EIN. Public source or help surface is visible.
  2. Check the listed blockers and policy constraints before entering account, payment, booking, or cancellation state. login_required, human_handoff_required, policy_parseable
  3. Stop before any irreversible or user-sensitive action and ask for explicit approval. User approval is captured before final action.
Human approval
Keep the user present for authentication. Do not request, store, or replay credentials or one-time codes.
Do not cross
  • Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step.
  • One EIN per responsible party per day; do not retry against the daily limit.
  • Use only the official IRS assistant, not paid look-alike sites.
  • Provide informational workflow guidance only, not legal advice.
Success signals
  • EIN issued on confirmation screen
  • CP 575 confirmation notice
Dimension scores

Why the route scores this way

reachability 61
navigability 73
task completability 61
transactability 73
recoverability 61
policy parseability 73
trust safety 73
efficiency 61
Issue flags

Known blockers

login_requiredhuman_handoff_required
Policy notes
public pathIRS.gov -> Get an EIN -> Apply online; the online assistant is free, issues an EIN immediately, and is open weekdays during posted hours. Requires a valid responsible-party SSN/ITIN/EIN.
task familyapply
seo angleGet an EIN Free from the IRS: The Online Path vs Paid Imposter Sites
confidence noteOfficial IRS page documents a free, immediate online EIN process with clear eligibility and the one-per-day limit.
launch setfirst 300 public preflight
Recommended actions

Remediation queue

  • mediumagent
    Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step. Keeps the agent inside documented, reversible, user-approved boundaries.
  • mediumagent
    Capture handoff evidence and pause before accepting retention offers. Keeps user intent explicit during adversarial cancellation flows.
Agent handoff

Copy this into an agent runbook

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