How Slate’s scores are calculated
The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.
verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10
PA Score15/100
Agent-ready 20.0 × 0.30 = 6.00
API quality 0.0 × 0.20 = 0.00
Openness 0.0 × 0.20 = 0.00
Built-in AI 50.9 × 0.15 = 7.63
Automation 9.0 × 0.15 = 1.35
(6.00 + 0.00 + 0.00 + 7.63 + 1.35) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 14.98 ÷ 1.00 = 15.0
Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.
Agent-ready20.0/100×0.30 of the PA blend
Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.randomlabs.ai/llms.txt # Slate ## Docs - [Introduction](https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/introduction.md) - [Quickstart](https:/”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/configuration.md“We support `--dangerously-skip-permissions` (alias: `--yolo`) to bypass permission prompts.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“npm i -g @randomlabs/slate”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Use `/sessions` to switch between existing sessions”
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
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) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“npm i -g @randomlabs/slate”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Use `/sessions` to switch between existing sessions”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Press Tab to queue the current message so it runs after the current turn finishes.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Execute shell commands directly with `!`”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/hotkey_reference.md“Ctrl+X then N New session”
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart“official CLI documented at https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart”
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/swagger.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/api/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.randomlabs.ai/llms.txt # Slate ## Docs - [Introduction](https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/introduction.md) - [Quickstart](https:/”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/configuration.md“Each permission key maps to an action ("allow", "ask", or "deny"), or a pattern object for fine-grained control.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/configuration.md“We support `--dangerously-skip-permissions` (alias: `--yolo`) to bypass permission prompts.”
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/swagger.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/api/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“npm i -g @randomlabs/slate”
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
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
Agent-ready = 32.0 ÷ 160 × 100 = 20.0
API quality0.0/100×0.20 of the PA blend
The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/swagger.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/api/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/.well-known/openapi.json)”
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://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/swagger.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/api/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
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
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/swagger.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/api/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/.well-known/openapi.json)”
API quality = 0.0 ÷ 40 × 100 = 0.0
Openness0.0/100×0.20 of the PA blend
Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.
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
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.randomlabs.ai/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/swagger.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/api/openapi.json, https://docs.randomlabs.ai/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart“official CLI documented at https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“npm i -g @randomlabs/slate”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 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
Self-host the core productweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“npm i -g @randomlabs/slate”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“Onboarding asks for your terminal background, multiline input preference, and model source: your ChatGPT/Codex subscription, SuperGrok subscription, or Slate credits.”
Openness = 0.0 ÷ 100 × 100 = 0.0
Built-in AI50.9/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2
2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“Please review the architecture of my entire codebase creating an ARCH.md and then give me ways I can improve it.”
- [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/45339631“Blog post claimed porting a library with one sentence, but critic noted it was JS->TS (trivial rename) not Python->TS, excluded tests/examples, and provided no repo link to verify the port worked.”
- [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/45339631“"Why trumpet code that is so ready for the garbage that you wouldn't even bother to publish it" - skepticism about the quality/usefulness of the ported code produced by the tool.”
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“Those agents show up as a grid of inline subagent cards, one per agent.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“While one or more agents run in the background, you can keep talking with Slate: plan next steps, queue up additional tasks, or spin up more agents to parallelize work across several tasks at once.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“`goal` and `deep-research` are built-in programs. They are user-visible workflows, not something you need to author before using Slate.”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 21.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/introduction.md“Parallelize working and orchestration of many tasks at once.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“Please review the architecture of my entire codebase creating an ARCH.md and then give me ways I can improve it.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“Those agents show up as a grid of inline subagent cards, one per agent.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“While one or more agents run in the background, you can keep talking with Slate: plan next steps, queue up additional tasks, or spin up more agents to parallelize work across several tasks at once.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“`goal` and `deep-research` are built-in programs. They are user-visible workflows, not something you need to author before using Slate.”
- [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/45339631“"Why trumpet code that is so ready for the garbage that you wouldn't even bother to publish it" - skepticism about the quality/usefulness of the ported code produced by the tool.”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/quickstart.md“Please review the architecture of my entire codebase creating an ARCH.md and then give me ways I can improve it.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Execute shell commands directly with `!`”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Use `@filename` references”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Use `/sessions` to switch between existing sessions”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“`goal` and `deep-research` are built-in programs. They are user-visible workflows, not something you need to author before using Slate.”
Built-in AI = 45.8 ÷ 90 × 100 = 50.9
Automation9.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/getting-started/introduction.md“Parallelize working and orchestration of many tasks at once.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“Those agents show up as a grid of inline subagent cards, one per agent.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“While one or more agents run in the background, you can keep talking with Slate: plan next steps, queue up additional tasks, or spin up more agents to parallelize work across several tasks at once.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“`goal` and `deep-research` are built-in programs. They are user-visible workflows, not something you need to author before using Slate.”
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/workspace_setup.md“Slate by default respects agent rules in the following order”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/configuration.md“Each permission key maps to an action ("allow", "ask", or "deny"), or a pattern object for fine-grained control.”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“Those agents show up as a grid of inline subagent cards, one per agent.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“While one or more agents run in the background, you can keep talking with Slate: plan next steps, queue up additional tasks, or spin up more agents to parallelize work across several tasks at once.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“`goal` and `deep-research` are built-in programs. They are user-visible workflows, not something you need to author before using Slate.”
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Use `/sessions` to switch between existing sessions”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/index.md“Use `/workspace` to open the workspace manager, where you can review and remove workspace directories.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.randomlabs.ai/en/using-slate/orchestration.md“`goal` and `deep-research` are built-in programs. They are user-visible workflows, not something you need to author before using Slate.”
Automation = 7.2 ÷ 80 × 100 = 9.0