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How Kit’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 Score21/100

Agent-ready 38.7 × 0.30 = 11.61

API quality 0.0 × 0.20 = 0.00

Openness 12.0 × 0.20 = 2.40

Built-in AI 27.6 × 0.15 = 4.14

Automation 21.0 × 0.15 = 3.15

(11.61 + 0.00 + 2.40 + 4.14 + 3.15) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 21.30 ÷ 1.00 = 21.3

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-ready38.7/100×0.30 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://developers.kit.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt # Kit Developer Documentation - [Welcome](https://developers.kit.com/welcome.md) - [MCP overview](https://developers.ki”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

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

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

Use an official CLIweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt # Kit Developer Documentation - [Welcome](https://developers.kit.com/welcome.md) - [MCP overview](https://developers.ki”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“Draft or schedule to send a broadcast to all or a subset of your subscribers.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“We currently support targeting your subscribers based on segment or tag ids.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt # Kit Developer Documentation - [Welcome](https://developers.kit.com/welcome.md) - [MCP overview](https://developers.ki”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.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://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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 = 69.6 ÷ 180 × 100 = 38.7

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

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“Draft or schedule to send a broadcast to all or a subset of your subscribers.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/.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.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt # Kit Developer Documentation - [Welcome](https://developers.kit.com/welcome.md) - [MCP overview](https://developers.ki”

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

API quality = 0.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 0.0

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://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“Draft or schedule to send a broadcast to all or a subset of your subscribers.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/overview“If you are a third party developer, you can use the Kit API to link together or build on top of the Kit platform.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developers.kit.com/llms.txt # Kit Developer Documentation - [Welcome](https://developers.kit.com/welcome.md) - [MCP overview](https://developers.ki”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developers.kit.com/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/swagger.json, https://developers.kit.com/api/openapi.json, https://developers.kit.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://kit.com“14-day free trial. No credit card required. Free migrations.”

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 AI27.6/100×0.15 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://kit.com/pricing“Subscriber engagement scoring”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

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://kit.com/pricing“Unlimited Visual Automations”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

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://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

Built-in AI = 24.8 ÷ 90 × 100 = 27.6

Automation21.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend

Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“Draft or schedule to send a broadcast to all or a subset of your subscribers.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“We currently support targeting your subscribers based on segment or tag ids.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“connect the Kit Developer Docs MCP. It queries the live docs so your agent stops working from a cached or hallucinated API surface.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”
  • [probe] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“official MCP server documented at https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://kit.com/pricing“Unlimited Visual Automations”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

2 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/api-reference/broadcasts/create-a-broadcast“Draft or schedule to send a broadcast to all or a subset of your subscribers.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://kit.com/pricing“Unlimited Visual Automations”
  • [claimed-docs] https://kit.com/pricing“RSS campaigns”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developers.kit.com/mcp/overview“Natural-language prompts like “draft a broadcast to my new subscribers from this week” become real account actions.”

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

Automation = 16.8 ÷ 80 × 100 = 21.0