How Claude’s scores are calculated

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2

2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.claude.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://support.claude.com/llms.txt # Claude Help Center > Search for answers or browse by topic ## English ### Claude - [Release notes](https://support”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-context.md“You can prompt Claude to search through your previous conversations to find and reference relevant information in new chats.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-context.md“This article explains how chat search and memory work, what Claude does and doesn’t remember, how to review and edit what’s saved, and how to turn these features on or off.”
• [probe] https://support.claude.com/en/.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.claude.com/en/.md”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12012173-get-started-with-claude-in-chrome.md“Build with Claude Code in your terminal, then deploy to a URL Claude can reach”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15924927-use-claude-code-cli-with-a-screen-reader.md“The screen reader mode brings Claude Code back to the basic terminal experience: plain, sequential text with added labels and cues”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584540“src/cli/print.ts is the single worst function in the codebase by every metric: 3,167 lines long, 12 levels of nesting at its deepest, ~486 branch points of cyclomatic complexity... This should be at minimum 8–10 separate modules.”

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3

3 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 27.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp.md“Build your own remote MCP servers to connect with any tool.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp.md“You can: Connect Claude to existing remote MCP servers. Build your own remote MCP servers to connect with any tool.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp.md“You can: - Connect Claude to existing remote MCP servers. - Build your own remote MCP servers to connect with any tool.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10949351-getting-started-with-local-mcp-servers-on-claude-desktop.md“installing and managing local MCP servers has become significantly easier... install local MCP servers on your computer as easily as browser extensions”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10949351-getting-started-with-local-mcp-servers-on-claude-desktop.md“you can now install local MCP servers on your computer as easily as browser extensions”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328846-browse-skills-connectors-and-plugins-in-one-directory.md“Our unified directory brings skills, connectors, and plugins together in one place so you can find and install everything that customizes Claude”
• [probe] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp“official MCP server documented at https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Use an official CLIweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.3 (disputed) = 3.6 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12012173-get-started-with-claude-in-chrome.md“Build with Claude Code in your terminal, then deploy to a URL Claude can reach. Test and verify in the browser with the Chrome extension. Debug issues using console logs”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12012173-get-started-with-claude-in-chrome.md“Build with Claude Code in your terminal, then deploy to a URL Claude can reach. Test and verify in the browser with the Chrome extension.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12012173-get-started-with-claude-in-chrome.md“Build with Claude Code in your terminal, then deploy to a URL Claude can reach”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15924927-use-claude-code-cli-with-a-screen-reader.md“It was built with and for screen reader users, and it's useful to anyone who wants plain output for braille displays, slow connections, or transcripts.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43163011“Tried claude code, and have an empty unresponsive terminal. Looks cool in the demo though, but not sure this is going to perform better than Cursor, and shipping this as an interactive CLI instead of an extension is... a choice”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584540“src/cli/print.ts is the single worst function in the codebase by every metric: 3,167 lines long, 12 levels of nesting at its deepest, ~486 branch points of cyclomatic complexity... This should be at minimum 8–10 separate modules.”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 5.4 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797531-what-is-the-enterprise-plan.md“Audit logs: capture key information about user actions, system events, and data access. ... Compliance API: programmatically access Claude usage data including activity logs, chat histories, and file content”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797531-what-is-the-enterprise-plan.md“Audit logs: capture key information about user actions, system events, and data access.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797531-what-is-the-enterprise-plan.md“Enterprise includes everything in the Team plan, plus the following: - Security features to ensure the safety and compliance of your organization’s data including: - Audit logs: capture key information about user actions, system events, and data access.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8114533-i-ve-been-using-other-large-language-models-llms-to-power-my-product-how-should-i-alter-my-prompts-when-switching-to-claude.md“You can use the prompt improver in the Claude Console to automatically adapt prompts that were originally written for other AI models.”
• [probe] https://support.claude.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.claude.com/openapi.json, https://support.claude.com/swagger.json, https://support.claude.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.claude.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.claude.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.claude.com/openapi.json, https://support.claude.com/swagger.json, https://support.claude.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.claude.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://support.claude.com/en/.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.claude.com/en/.md”

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.claude.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.claude.com/openapi.json, https://support.claude.com/swagger.json, https://support.claude.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.claude.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://support.claude.com/en/.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.claude.com/en/.md”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“With Cowork, you can describe an outcome, step away, and come back to finished work—formatted documents, organized files, synthesized research, and more.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11101966-use-voice-mode.md“Voice mode allows you to have complete spoken conversations with Claude.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16607400-use-the-built-in-browser-in-claude-cowork.md“Claude opens sites, reads pages, clicks, types, and fills forms while you watch, with no need to switch windows.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14128542-let-claude-use-your-computer-in-cowork.md“it may navigate to your screen directly—clicking, typing, and opening apps just like you would.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797531-what-is-the-enterprise-plan.md“Audit logs: capture key information about user actions, system events, and data access. ... Compliance API: programmatically access Claude usage data including activity logs, chat histories, and file content”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9517075-what-are-projects.md“Projects allow you to create self-contained workspaces with their own chat histories and knowledge bases.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-context.md“This article explains how chat search and memory work, what Claude does and doesn’t remember, how to review and edit what’s saved, and how to turn these features on or off.”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

3 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 10.8 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9450526-export-your-claude-data.md“Individual Claude users can export user information and chat history from Settings > Privacy”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9450526-export-your-claude-data.md“Data exports include conversation data and the user data for your account.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48734373“Codex CLI is FOSS, unlike Claude Code, so Codex is less likely to do things like that, and it's one more reason to avoid Claude Code and Claude in general.”

Self-host the core productweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8241126-upload-files-to-claude.md“Claude can work with the following document types: - PDF - DOCX - CSV - TXT - HTML - ODT - RTF - EPUB - JSON - XLSX”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12111783-create-and-edit-files-with-claude.md“Prompt Claude using natural language to generate Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and PDF files that you can download and use immediately.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9517075-what-are-projects.md“Projects allow you to create self-contained workspaces with their own chat histories and knowledge bases.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11088861-use-research-on-claude.md“With research, Claude delivers thorough answers in minutes, complete with easy-to-check citations so you can trust Claude's findings.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11088861-use-research-on-claude.md“Research transforms how Claude finds and analyzes information. Claude operates agentically, conducting multiple searches that build on each other while determining exactly what to investigate next.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11088861-use-research-on-claude.md“Claude operates agentically, conducting multiple searches that build on each other while determining exactly what to investigate next.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12111783-create-and-edit-files-with-claude.md“produce reports with charts and visualizations, and generate presentations from your documents—all without specialized software skills”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10166901-use-google-workspace-connectors.md“Connect your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive to Claude so you can search and send emails, manage your calendar, work with documents, and save files—all without leaving the conversation.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8241126-upload-files-to-claude.md“Files can be uploaded to individual chats or uploaded to a project's Files section for persistent reference across conversations.”

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Instead of starting each task from scratch, you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Scheduled tasks allow you to delegate work to Claude Cowork by creating tasks that run automatically on a recurring basis, or on demand.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“With Cowork, you can describe an outcome, step away, and come back to finished work—formatted documents, organized files, synthesized research, and more.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“Claude can take on complex, multi-step tasks and execute them on your behalf.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“brings Claude Code's agentic capabilities to knowledge work beyond coding”

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3

3 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 27.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“With Cowork, you can describe an outcome, step away, and come back to finished work—formatted documents, organized files, synthesized research, and more.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Instead of starting each task from scratch, you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“Claude can take on complex, multi-step tasks and execute them on your behalf.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Scheduled tasks allow you to delegate work to Claude Cowork by creating tasks that run automatically on a recurring basis, or on demand.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“brings Claude Code's agentic capabilities to knowledge work beyond coding”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11088861-use-research-on-claude.md“Research transforms how Claude finds and analyzes information. Claude operates agentically, conducting multiple searches that build on each other while determining exactly what to investigate next.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11088861-use-research-on-claude.md“Claude operates agentically, conducting multiple searches that build on each other while determining exactly what to investigate next.”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“With Cowork, you can describe an outcome, step away, and come back to finished work—formatted documents, organized files, synthesized research, and more.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16607400-use-the-built-in-browser-in-claude-cowork.md“Claude opens sites, reads pages, clicks, types, and fills forms while you watch, with no need to switch windows.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14128542-let-claude-use-your-computer-in-cowork.md“it may navigate to your screen directly—clicking, typing, and opening apps just like you would.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12111783-create-and-edit-files-with-claude.md“Prompt Claude using natural language to generate Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and PDF files that you can download and use immediately.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“Claude can take on complex, multi-step tasks and execute them on your behalf.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Scheduled tasks allow you to delegate work to Claude Cowork by creating tasks that run automatically on a recurring basis, or on demand.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9487310-what-are-artifacts-and-how-do-i-use-them.md“build tools, visualizations, and experiences by simply describing what you need”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463808“I've been running Opus 4.8 for agentic coding and I don't see it being significantly better than Sonnet 4.5. I find that pairing Google Gemini and Claude (having Gemini review Claude's code) seems to yield better results.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902223“Anecdotal, but it 1 shot fixed a UI bug that neither Opus 4.5/Codex 5.2-high could fix.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43163011“Claude is significantly better than other models at code assistant tasks, or at least in the way I use it.”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Scheduled tasks allow you to delegate work to Claude Cowork by creating tasks that run automatically on a recurring basis, or on demand.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Instead of starting each task from scratch, you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“Claude can take on complex, multi-step tasks and execute them on your behalf.”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Instead of starting each task from scratch, you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“Scheduled tasks allow you to delegate work to Claude Cowork by creating tasks that run automatically on a recurring basis, or on demand.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-cowork.md“you describe it once and Claude handles it on your schedule—delivering finished outputs like reports, briefings, and summaries every time”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork.md“With Cowork, you can describe an outcome, step away, and come back to finished work—formatted documents, organized files, synthesized research, and more.”

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh