Phone number at sign-up and AI agents.
The sign-up form asks for a phone number, often with a code sent by SMS. An agent acting for a company has no phone of its own to give.
It stopped our agent at 6 of the 151 products we drove. At 2 more, our agent got in another way. Drives from 6 to 18 Oct 2026.
The numbers
Of the 151 products we drove.
- Products where our agent met a phone number8 of 151
- It kept our agent out6 of 151
Our agent got in another way.
It met the wall on one way in and got in on its own by another.
- BrowserbaseL2Gets inDriven 13 Oct 2026
- FirecrawlL4Runs on its ownDriven 18 Oct 2026
How to fix it.
Make the phone number optional at sign-up and check the email address instead.
Check if this stops agents in your product.
Free: what an agent finds on your site and any wall in its way.