How Parahelp’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 Score29/100
Agent-ready 24.4 × 0.30 = 7.32
API quality 4.3 × 0.20 = 0.86
Openness 12.0 × 0.20 = 2.40
Built-in AI 64.7 × 0.15 = 9.71
Automation 60.5 × 0.15 = 9.07
(7.32 + 0.86 + 2.40 + 9.71 + 9.07) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 29.36 ÷ 1.00 = 29.4
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-ready24.4/100×0.30 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) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.parahelp.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.parahelp.com/llms.txt # Parahelp docs - [Introduction](https://docs.parahelp.com/get-started/introduction.md): Parahelp is the platform for b”
- [probe] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): Parahelp's docs are agent-legible (Mintlify) — https://docs.parahelp.com/llms.txt serves '# Parahelp docs' with a per-page .md index, and .md mirrors work (customer-agent/api.md returned '# API' pointing at the full reference).”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 8.4 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“Enable auto-approve for a task or automation, and the Internal Agent can perform any action through the connection without asking for approval.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system. Your Customer Agent handles them with the same configurations, tools, and guardrails”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system.”
- [probe] https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): the public API reference at https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs is reachable keylessly — no login wall in front of the API documentation surface.”
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
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
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 12.6 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system. Your Customer Agent handles them with the same configurations, tools, and guardrails”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“run it from your own tools via the API”
- [probe] https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): the public API reference at https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs is reachable keylessly — no login wall in front of the API documentation surface.”
- [probe] https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/swagger.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.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
- [claimed-docs] https://parahelp.com/security“Role-based access across the product.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/release“By default, every action requires manual approval. You can set specific tools to auto-approve per task or automation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“Enable auto-approve for a task or automation, and the Internal Agent can perform any action through the connection without asking for approval.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system. Your Customer Agent handles them with the same configurations, tools, and guardrails”
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system. Your Customer Agent handles them with the same configurations, tools, and guardrails”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
- [probe] https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/swagger.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): the public API reference at https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs is reachable keylessly — no login wall in front of the API documentation surface.”
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
Agent-ready = 39.0 ÷ 160 × 100 = 24.4
API quality4.3/100×0.20 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
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/swagger.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): the public API reference at https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs is reachable keylessly — no login wall in front of the API documentation surface.”
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.parahelp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/swagger.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): the public API reference at https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs is reachable keylessly — no login wall in front of the API documentation surface.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system. Your Customer Agent handles them with the same configurations, tools, and guardrails”
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
1 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/test“Simulations replay your historical tickets - or mock scenarios - against the configurations in the task, and production tests verify your tool connections.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/release“Configuration actions publish as a release on the Releases page, where you can track the impact and revert with one click.”
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
API quality = 3.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 4.3
Openness12.0/100×0.20 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) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system. Your Customer Agent handles them with the same configurations, tools, and guardrails”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/api“Customer requests come in through the API instead of a ticketing system.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“run it from your own tools via the API”
- [probe] https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.parahelp.com/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/swagger.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.parahelp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [probe] https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-10): the public API reference at https://app.parahelp.com/api/docs is reachable keylessly — no login wall in front of the API documentation surface.”
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
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
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
Openness = 6.0 ÷ 50 × 100 = 12.0
Built-in AI64.7/100×0.15 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) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/identify-gaps“Set up automations that watch your tools and your support queue and surface gaps on their own.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com“the Internal Agent analyzes your last 500-1,000 resolved tickets along with your existing context to build the first version of your Customer Agent”
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://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/release“By default, every action requires manual approval. You can set specific tools to auto-approve per task or automation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“Enable auto-approve for a task or automation, and the Internal Agent can perform any action through the connection without asking for approval.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/release“Configuration actions publish as a release on the Releases page, where you can track the impact and revert with one click.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/identify-gaps“Set up automations that watch your tools and your support queue and surface gaps on their own.”
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.parahelp.com“Describe the flow you want in natural language - the policies, knowledge, and tool connections it combines - and the Internal Agent configures it.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com“the Internal Agent analyzes your last 500-1,000 resolved tickets along with your existing context to build the first version of your Customer Agent”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/identify-gaps“Set up automations that watch your tools and your support queue and surface gaps on their own.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“Enable auto-approve for a task or automation, and the Internal Agent can perform any action through the connection without asking for approval.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com“Describe the flow you want in natural language - the policies, knowledge, and tool connections it combines - and the Internal Agent configures it.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/guardrails“Require Slack approval before the refund tool runs on amounts above $100.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/guardrails“When a ticket is about an enterprise account, transfer it to the enterprise team with a summary note.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com“the Internal Agent analyzes your last 500-1,000 resolved tickets along with your existing context to build the first version of your Customer Agent”
Built-in AI = 58.2 ÷ 90 × 100 = 64.7
Automation60.5/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com“the Internal Agent analyzes your last 500-1,000 resolved tickets along with your existing context to build the first version of your Customer Agent”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/test“Simulations replay your historical tickets - or mock scenarios - against the configurations in the task, and production tests verify your tool connections.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/identify-gaps“Set up automations that watch your tools and your support queue and surface gaps on their own.”
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/guardrails“Require Slack approval before the refund tool runs on amounts above $100.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/guardrails“When a ticket is about an enterprise account, transfer it to the enterprise team with a summary note.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/identify-gaps“Set up automations that watch your tools and your support queue and surface gaps on their own.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/release“By default, every action requires manual approval. You can set specific tools to auto-approve per task or automation”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/identify-gaps“Set up automations that watch your tools and your support queue and surface gaps on their own.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/resources/changelog“let the Internal Agent act without waiting for approval, and run it from your own tools via the API.”
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/internal-agent/release“Configuration actions publish as a release on the Releases page, where you can track the impact and revert with one click.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/customer-agent/knowledge“See your live knowledge and its version history - who published what and when, with a diff for every change”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.parahelp.com/platform/automations“An automation is an Internal Agent task that runs on a schedule, like every weekday at 9am, or a trigger, like a GitHub PR merging”
Automation = 48.4 ÷ 80 × 100 = 60.5