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Website lookups, with a person in the loop

One run of a program that looks up a queue of requests on two websites.

Example output. The requests, websites and records are invented.

7Requests processed

2Websites searched

4Decided automatically

3Sent to a person

Run results

Request	Site	Outcome	Why	Saved back
REQ-001	Site A	Match found	Name and date of birth both match	Verified
REQ-002	Site A	No match	No records on the site	Verified
REQ-003	Site A	Sent to a person	Name matches, date of birth is one typo away	Verified
REQ-004	Site B	Match found	Name and date of birth both match	Verified
REQ-005	Site B	Sent to a person	The site showed a CAPTCHA. It is never bypassed.	Verified
REQ-006	Site B	No match	Records on the site belong to a different person	Verified
REQ-007	Site A	Sent to a person	Name matches, the site shows no date of birth	Verified

What the program does on every request

Takes the next request from the queue and searches each website for it.
Compares every result with the request and decides only when the evidence is clear.
Sends anything uncertain to a person, with a screenshot of what it saw.
Writes the outcome back to the source system, then reads it back to confirm it saved.
Stops and asks for help if a site changes its layout or shows a CAPTCHA.
Never processes the same request twice, and logs every decision.