How GrowthBook’s scores are calculated

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.growthbook.io/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.growthbook.io/llms.txt # GrowthBook Documentation - [Docs (180 pages)](https://docs.growthbook.io/_llms/docs.md): Documentation for Docs. ##”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“Connect AI tools like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude to GrowthBook using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“Run GrowthBook on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, including MongoDB, the API, and the front-end.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/experiments.md“You can also run server-side experiments by using inline experiments directly with our SDK. This requires no 3rd party requests”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“The SDK Connection Endpoint provides readonly access to a subset of your feature flag data, just enough for the GrowthBook SDKs to assign values to users.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“You can use docker compose to get started quickly... run docker compose up -d to start everything and view the app at http://localhost:3000”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official growthbook/growthbook docker image booted against mongo, the first user and organization were created through the API, a boolean feature `pa-probe-flag` was created, an SDK connection was minted, and the keyless SDK-payload endpoint /api/features/<key> returned {"pa-probe-flag":{"defaultValue":true}} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”

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://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“Connect AI tools like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude to GrowthBook using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“Connect AI tools like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude to GrowthBook using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

Use an official CLIweight 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

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“The SDK Connection Endpoint provides readonly access to a subset of your feature flag data, just enough for the GrowthBook SDKs to assign values to users.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“They are meant to be public and do not require authentication to view.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official growthbook/growthbook docker image booted against mongo, the first user and organization were created through the API, a boolean feature `pa-probe-flag` was created, an SDK connection was minted, and the keyless SDK-payload endpoint /api/features/<key> returned {"pa-probe-flag":{"defaultValue":true}} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/swagger.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/api/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“The SDK Connection Endpoint provides readonly access to a subset of your feature flag data, just enough for the GrowthBook SDKs to assign values to users.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“They are meant to be public and do not require authentication to view.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Pro, plus: Custom environments Ramp schedules Approval workflows Advanced access control SSO & SCIM provisioning Exportable audit logs”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Custom environments * Ramp schedules * Approval workflows * Advanced access control * SSO & SCIM provisioning * Exportable audit logs”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

• [github] https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook“24 SDKs including React, Python, Android, and iOS.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/lib/quickstart.md“Get GrowthBook feature flags and experiments running in your app in a few lines of code, then pick a language-specific SDK.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/lib/quickstart.md“const showNewFeature = useFeatureIsOn("new-feature");”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/lib/quickstart.md“const showNewFeature = useFeatureIsOn("new-feature"); const buttonColor = useFeatureValue("button-color", "blue");”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/experiments.md“You can also run server-side experiments by using inline experiments directly with our SDK. This requires no 3rd party requests”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30515940“Been using GrowthBook for a few weeks now... I was shocked at how much setup time it took to get a simple feature flag into our app with other services like Darkly. We had Growthbook working in roughly 15 minutes with under 10 lines of code changed.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30515940“At Miggos we have implemented Growth book and we got FF and A/B in our Vue frontend in a few hours. Excited to see the progress of the platform.”

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/swagger.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/api/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/.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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/swagger.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/api/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 8.0 of 10 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/environments.md“Use environments such as dev, staging, and production to enable or disable feature flags independently.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“Run GrowthBook on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, including MongoDB, the API, and the front-end.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“You can use docker compose to get started quickly... run docker compose up -d to start everything and view the app at http://localhost:3000”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official growthbook/growthbook docker image booted against mongo, the first user and organization were created through the API, a boolean feature `pa-probe-flag` was created, an SDK connection was minted, and the keyless SDK-payload endpoint /api/features/<key> returned {"pa-probe-flag":{"defaultValue":true}} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”

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://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“The SDK Connection Endpoint provides readonly access to a subset of your feature flag data, just enough for the GrowthBook SDKs to assign values to users.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/swagger.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/api/openapi.json, https://docs.growthbook.io/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official growthbook/growthbook docker image booted against mongo, the first user and organization were created through the API, a boolean feature `pa-probe-flag` was created, an SDK connection was minted, and the keyless SDK-payload endpoint /api/features/<key> returned {"pa-probe-flag":{"defaultValue":true}} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“The SDK Connection Endpoint provides readonly access to a subset of your feature flag data, just enough for the GrowthBook SDKs to assign values to users.”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“Run GrowthBook on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, including MongoDB, the API, and the front-end.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“You can use docker compose to get started quickly... run docker compose up -d to start everything and view the app at http://localhost:3000”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Custom environments * Ramp schedules * Approval workflows * Advanced access control * SSO & SCIM provisioning * Exportable audit logs”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30515940“Re: Eppo - they're similar in setup but Growthbook is open source with an optional cloud SaaS offering. Optimizely is a walled garden, you need to push all your metrics as events; Eppo and GrowthBook both connect to your data warehouse instead.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

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

• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30515940“Re: Eppo - they're similar in setup but Growthbook is open source with an optional cloud SaaS offering. Optimizely is a walled garden, you need to push all your metrics as events; Eppo and GrowthBook both connect to your data warehouse instead.”
• [github] https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook“24 SDKs including React, Python, Android, and iOS.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“Run GrowthBook on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, including MongoDB, the API, and the front-end.”

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 10 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 30.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“Run GrowthBook on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, including MongoDB, the API, and the front-end.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“You can use docker compose to get started quickly... run docker compose up -d to start everything and view the app at http://localhost:3000”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official growthbook/growthbook docker image booted against mongo, the first user and organization were created through the API, a boolean feature `pa-probe-flag` was created, an SDK connection was minted, and the keyless SDK-payload endpoint /api/features/<key> returned {"pa-probe-flag":{"defaultValue":true}} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30515940“Growthbook is awesome! We have used the self-hosted version a few months in my company now, and are very happy about it. Talented people behind it, and issues are resolved quickly.”

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.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“Connect AI tools like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude to GrowthBook using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/experiment-results.md“Chance to Win" tells you the probability that the variation is better. Anything above 95%”

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://docs.growthbook.io/features/stale-detection.md“GrowthBook can automatically detect these flags so you can clean them up.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/rules.md“How rules override a feature's default value — targeting users, rolling out gradually, experimenting — and how to scope, ramp, and schedule them.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Pro, plus: Custom environments Ramp schedules Approval workflows Advanced access control SSO & SCIM provisioning Exportable audit logs”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Custom environments * Ramp schedules * Approval workflows * Advanced access control * SSO & SCIM provisioning * Exportable audit logs”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Starter, plus: Visual editor Multi-arm bandits Safe rollouts Customizable dashboards Advanced permissioning Power calculator Premium support”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

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://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“Connect AI tools like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude to GrowthBook using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“Connect AI tools like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude to GrowthBook using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/app/api.md“GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“The official GrowthBook MCP server is a thin bridge: it loads GrowthBook Agent Skills (workflows and guardrails) and makes authenticated calls to the GrowthBook REST API.”
• [probe] https://docs.growthbook.io/integrations/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the official npm MCP server (`npx -y @growthbook/mcp`) completed a FULL keyless stdio initialize handshake, answering serverInfo {"name":"GrowthBook MCP Thin","version":"2.1.0"} with instructions describing skill-discovery plus authenticated REST read/write meta-tools covering the whole GrowthBook API.”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/rules.md“How rules override a feature's default value — targeting users, rolling out gradually, experimenting — and how to scope, ramp, and schedule them.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/targeting.md“Add targeting conditions to a rule to control which values a user sees.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/stale-detection.md“GrowthBook can automatically detect these flags so you can clean them up.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/targeting.md“Add targeting conditions to a rule to control which values a user sees. Conditions are evaluated against attributes you pass into the SDK”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/rules.md“How rules override a feature's default value — targeting users, rolling out gradually, experimenting — and how to scope, ramp, and schedule them.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Custom environments * Ramp schedules * Approval workflows * Advanced access control * SSO & SCIM provisioning * Exportable audit logs”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Pro, plus: Custom environments Ramp schedules Approval workflows Advanced access control SSO & SCIM provisioning Exportable audit logs”

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/publishing-and-approval-flows.md“Draft feature revisions, request review, resolve merge conflicts, and require approval before publishing.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.growthbook.io/features/rules.md“How rules override a feature's default value — targeting users, rolling out gradually, experimenting — and how to scope, ramp, and schedule them.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.growthbook.io/pricing“Custom environments * Ramp schedules * Approval workflows * Advanced access control * SSO & SCIM provisioning * Exportable audit logs”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28088882“From the looks of it, it doesn't look like the configuration can be stored in the code repository itself. This is one of the key things to do - treating configuration as code and properly versioning it.”