How Swell’s scores are calculated

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

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

• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Swell CLI is a command-line interface that helps you create and work with apps, themes, and storefronts.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app init: initialize an app in the current directory with a default config file and folder structure”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app push: push configuration files to a development store”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Switch your current default store.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“official CLI documented at https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli”

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

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“official CLI documented at https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli”

Use an official CLIweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app init: initialize an app in the current directory with a default config file and folder structure”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Switch your current default store.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Swell CLI is a command-line interface that helps you create and work with apps, themes, and storefronts.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app push: push configuration files to a development store”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“official CLI documented at https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 21.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/introduction“Official libraries for the Swell API are available for Node and PHP.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/authentication“Keys are environment-specific: secret keys prefixed sk_test_ route requests to your store's test environment, while sk_live_ keys target live data.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store’s whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/authentication“authenticate with basic auth using your store ID as the username and a secret key as the password”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/purchase-links“Purchase links allow you to configure a pre-selected group of products within a cart and direct a customer to its checkout through a designated URL.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/stock“Stock adjustments are used to keep track of inventory changes over time.”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.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://developers.swell.is/backend-api/authentication“Keys are environment-specific: secret keys prefixed sk_test_ route requests to your store's test environment, while sk_live_ keys target live data.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/authentication“authenticate with basic auth using your store ID as the username and a secret key as the password”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/pricing“Assign specific roles and permissions to team members for better control.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/introduction“Official libraries for the Swell API are available for Node and PHP.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Swell CLI is a command-line interface that helps you create and work with apps, themes, and storefronts.”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/overview“Webhooks can be configured to call a URL when a particular event occurs, enabling outgoing calls to external services.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/webhooks“Webhooks enable real-time communication between the Swell platform and external services, by subscribing to any number of model events.”

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

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

• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.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://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store’s whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store's whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 10 max

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/authentication“Keys are environment-specific: secret keys prefixed sk_test_ route requests to your store's test environment, while sk_live_ keys target live data.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app push: push configuration files to a development store”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Switch your current default store.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

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

• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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

2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 8.4 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/for-developers“Build frontends for storefronts and admin workflows with any framework.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store’s whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/overview“Data models can alter a store's database schema, either by adding fields to existing models (like products and orders) or creating completely new ones.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Swell CLI is a command-line interface that helps you create and work with apps, themes, and storefronts.”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/features“Seamlessly import or export products from CSV files, including product categories.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

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

• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://developers.swell.is/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.swell.is/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/swagger.json, https://developers.swell.is/api/openapi.json, https://developers.swell.is/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Drop a JSON file into your app’s models/ directory and Swell generates the REST resource from it—fields, validation, relationships and lifecycle events, with no endpoint code to write.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store’s whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/pricing“Access detailed reports that aid in tracking and analyzing your store's performance.”

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/overview“Webhooks can be configured to call a URL when a particular event occurs, enabling outgoing calls to external services.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/webhooks“Webhooks enable real-time communication between the Swell platform and external services, by subscribing to any number of model events.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/functions“Functions are deployed to edge data centers in 200+ locations and have no cold start time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/functions“Functions have no cold boots and do not require extra time to start up before executing your code.”

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

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Drop a JSON file into your app’s models/ directory and Swell generates the REST resource from it—fields, validation, relationships and lifecycle events, with no endpoint code to write.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store’s whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“One call returns a store's whole schema at runtime: every model—standard, merchant custom and app-installed alike—with field types and relationships.”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/ai“Install once and your agent picks up the file contract, the CLI and the validate-deploy-verify loop.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“Swell CLI is a command-line interface that helps you create and work with apps, themes, and storefronts.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app init: initialize an app in the current directory with a default config file and folder structure”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/cli“swell app push: push configuration files to a development store”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/features“Seamlessly import or export products from CSV files, including product categories.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/features“Create unique product variations with unlimited options and attributes. Track inventory of each variant in real-time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/stock“Stock adjustments are used to keep track of inventory changes over time.”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/overview“Webhooks can be configured to call a URL when a particular event occurs, enabling outgoing calls to external services.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/webhooks“Webhooks enable real-time communication between the Swell platform and external services, by subscribing to any number of model events.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/overview“Data models can alter a store's database schema, either by adding fields to existing models (like products and orders) or creating completely new ones.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.swell.is/for-developers“Deploy serverless functions to customize logic and connect to external APIs.”
• [claimed-docs] https://developers.swell.is/apps/functions“Functions are deployed to edge data centers in 200+ locations and have no cold start time.”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 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

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