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Can an AI agent shop at YETI?

keeled over  Not one errand survived. Down the page is exactly where each one died.

YETI failed 3 shopping-agent errands in Coalbird's audit: the agent could not find the product (gave up after 10 steps); the agent could not find the returns policy (gave up after 11 steps); the agent could not get the item into the cart (gave up after 15 steps).

Errand one — find the product

“Find the Rambler 30 oz tumbler and report its price.”

failed — never got there

10 steps · ended on /search

final URL https://www.yeti.com/search?q=Rambler%2030%20oz did not match **rambler**

trace · preview
  1. 01 Initial navigation
  2. 02 Click the human verification press-&-hold button (element 147) to gain access to the si…
  3. 03 Click the human verification 'Press & Hold' button (element 147) to gain access to the …
  4. 04 Click the human verification "Press & Hold" button (element [147]) to gain access to th…
  5. 05 Click the 'Press & Hold' verification button (element 147) to gain access to the site s…
  6. 06 Click the human verification 'Press & Hold' button (element 147) to attempt to remove t…
  7. 07 Open a new tab and search DuckDuckGo for "Rambler 30 oz site:yeti.com" to locate the pr…
  8. 08 Open a new tab and search Bing for 'Rambler 30 oz site:yeti.com' to locate the product …
  9. 09 Open a new tab and navigate to YETI's site search for 'Rambler 30 oz' (https://www.yeti…
  10. 10 Report the blocking issue and ask whether you want me to (A) try more attempts to bypas…
YETI page where the agent's errand stalled — the last screen before it stopped
The last thing the bird saw before it stopped.

Errand two — find the returns policy

“How many days do customers have to return an item?”

failed — got there, then lost it

11 steps · ended on /

final URL https://help.yeti.com/ did not match **return**

trace · preview
  1. 01 Initial navigation
  2. 02 Click the 'Press & Hold' verification button (element 147) to dismiss the overlay and a…
  3. 03 Click the human verification 'Press & Hold' button (element 147) to attempt to dismiss …
  4. 04 Click the 'Press & Hold' human verification button (element 147) to dismiss the overlay…
  5. 05 Search the web (new tab) for YETI's returns/return policy page and open the official pa…
  6. 06 Open a direct YETI returns-policy URL in a new tab to try to access the returns policy …
  7. 07 Open a new tab and search the web (engine=google) for "YETI return policy" to find the …
  8. 08 Load an archived copy of YETI's returns page (via web.archive.org) or an alternative of…
  9. 09 Navigate to help.yeti.com (YETI's help center) to find the returns/returns & exchanges …
  10. 10 Navigate to https://help.yeti.com to try to access YETI's Help Center and locate the re…
  11. 11 Consolidate and report the failure details to the user and ask how they'd like me to pr…
YETI page where the agent's errand stalled — the last screen before it stopped
The last thing the bird saw before it stopped.

Errand three — add it to the cart

“Put the Rambler 30 oz tumbler in the cart and prove it's there.”

failed — never got there

15 steps · ended on blank

final URL about:blank did not match **cart**

trace · preview
  1. 01 Initial navigation
  2. 02 Click the 'Press & Hold' button (element 174) to pass the human verification and reveal…
  3. 03 Click the human verification 'Press & Hold' button (element 174) again to remove the ov…
  4. 04 Click the 'Press & Hold' button (element 174) to try to clear the human verification ov…
  5. 05 Attempt to clear the human verification overlay by clicking the 'Press & Hold' button (…
  6. 06 Click the 'Press & Hold' button (element 174) and wait 6 seconds to try to clear the ov…
  7. 07 Open a new tab and search DuckDuckGo for 'Rambler 30 oz tumbler site:yeti.com' to find …
  8. 08 Open a new tab and search Google for 'Rambler 30 oz tumbler Yeti' to find a direct prod…
  9. 09 Ask the user whether to (A) provide a direct YETI product URL or remove the verificatio…
  10. 10 Ask the user whether to (A) provide the YETI product URL so I can open it directly, or …
  11. 11 Ask the user whether they will (A) provide the direct YETI product URL for the Rambler …
  12. 12 Ask you whether you will (A) provide the direct YETI product URL for the Rambler 30 oz …
  13. 13 Ask the user to (A) provide the direct YETI product URL for the Rambler 30 oz tumbler o…
  14. 14 Ask you whether to (A) provide the direct YETI product URL for the Rambler 30 oz tumble…

+ 1 more steps, with a screenshot of each — in the full report.

YETI page where the agent's errand stalled — the last screen before it stopped
The last thing the bird saw before it stopped.

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