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dockergit clone git@github.com:Unleash/unleash.git && docker compose up -d
npmnpm install unleash-client
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Try itExperimental

See what an agent can do with Unleash before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$docker run -d postgres:16-alpine && docker run -d -p 14242:4242 -e INIT_ADMIN_API_TOKENS=... -e INIT_CLIENT_API_TOKENS=... unleashorg/unleash-server && POST /api/admin/projects/default/features {pa-probe-flag} && POST .../strategies && POST .../environments/development/on && curl /api/client/features/pa-probe-flagrecorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-05 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted

Verified integrations

No integration evidence found in our corpus for this product yet — that means none was found, never that it doesn’t integrate.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

39.8/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

21.7/100

Deployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self hostevidence →

Stories about deployment self host in this arena

87.5/100

Experimentation — stories about experimentation in this arenaExperimentationevidence →

Stories about experimentation in this arena

15.0/100

Flag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag managementevidence →

Stories about flag management in this arena

59.1/100

Governance audit — stories about governance audit in this arenaGovernance auditevidence →

Stories about governance audit in this arena

47.8/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

50.4/100

Pricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plansevidence →

Plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocks

18.0/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

10.0/100

Rollouts releases — stories about rollouts releases in this arenaRollouts releasesevidence →

Stories about rollouts releases in this arena

81.7/100

Sdk delivery — stories about sdk delivery in this arenaSdk deliveryevidence →

Stories about sdk delivery in this arena

32.2/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 6 free · 2 paid · 2 enterprise · 27 not stated in evidence

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 54/54 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full9/10T

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/a0/10

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2fullfree8/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full7/10T

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10T

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10T

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1fullfree7/10T

Create a feature flag and toggle it live in production within minutes of signing up C

Flags

developerFlag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag management3full9/10T

Roll a flag out progressively by percentage with consistent bucketing, ramping from 1% to 100% without redeploying C

Rollouts

developerRollouts releases — stories about rollouts releases in this arenaRollouts releases3full9/10C

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3fullfree9/10T

Self-host the full flag platform from an open-source distribution, keeping evaluation data on my infrastructure C

Self host

platform engineerDeployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self host3fullfree9/10T

Require approvals or change requests before production flag changes go live C

Approvals

platform engineerGovernance audit — stories about governance audit in this arenaGovernance audit3fullpaid8/10C

Create and toggle flags through documented APIs, CLIs, or MCP — and the platform can force my changes through approval workflows instead of letting me write to production unreviewed C

Agent ops

ai agentGovernance audit — stories about governance audit in this arenaGovernance audit3partialpaid7/10T

Target flags with attribute-based rules and reusable segments so the right users see the right variation C

Targeting

developerFlag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag management3full7/10X

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3partial6/10C

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3partial5/10C

Run A/B and multivariate experiments on flags and see which variation wins on my metrics C

Experiments

product managerExperimentation — stories about experimentation in this arenaExperimentation3partial5/10C

My server SDKs evaluate flags locally from a cached ruleset — microsecond decisions with no network call per flag check C

Evaluation

platform engineerSdk delivery — stories about sdk delivery in this arenaSdk delivery3partial3/10C

Every flag change is recorded in an audit log — who changed what, when, and to which value G

Audit

platform engineerGovernance audit — stories about governance audit in this arenaGovernance audit3noneuntestednone yet

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3n/auntestednone yet

Manage separate environments (dev/staging/prod) with independent flag states and scoped SDK keys C

Environments

developerFlag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag management2full9/10T

Evaluate flags at the edge (CDN workers or an edge/relay layer) close to users C

Edge

platform engineerSdk delivery — stories about sdk delivery in this arenaSdk delivery2fullenterprise8/10C

Restrict who can change which flags with roles, permissions, and scoped API tokens C

Access

platform engineerGovernance audit — stories about governance audit in this arenaGovernance audit2full8/10C

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial7/10T

Guard a rollout with metrics so a regression is detected and the release is rolled back automatically C

Rollouts

platform engineerRollouts releases — stories about rollouts releases in this arenaRollouts releases2full7/10C

Serve multivariate flags and dynamic configuration values (strings, numbers, JSON), not just booleans C

Flags

developerFlag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag management2partial6/10T

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2partialfree5/10T

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partialfree5/10C

Use official SDKs across my whole stack — backend, web, and mobile — with consistent flag behavior C

Sdks

developerSdk delivery — stories about sdk delivery in this arenaSdk delivery2partial5/10C

Flag changes propagate to connected SDKs in seconds via streaming or fast polling — a kill switch actually kills C

Streaming

developerSdk delivery — stories about sdk delivery in this arenaSdk delivery2partial4/10C

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial3/10C

See published pricing and understand what drives cost (seats, MAUs, events, requests) before committing G

Pricing

product managerPricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plans2partial3/10C

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2none0/10

Trust a documented statistics engine (Bayesian or frequentist, with variance-reduction options) behind experiment results C

Analysis

product managerExperimentation — stories about experimentation in this arenaExperimentation2none0/10

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Define experiment metrics from my own data — warehouse tables or ingested events — instead of a black-box metric store C

Metrics

product managerExperimentation — stories about experimentation in this arenaExperimentation2noneuntestednone yet

Find stale flags and code references so temporary flags actually get removed from the codebase C

Lifecycle

platform engineerFlag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag management2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Run a relay/edge proxy so flags stay served when the vendor is unreachable and SDK traffic stays inside my network C

Proxy

platform engineerDeployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self host1fullenterprise8/10C

Schedule flag changes and releases to happen at a specific future time C

Scheduling

developerRollouts releases — stories about rollouts releases in this arenaRollouts releases1full8/10C

Target or exclude specific individual users for a flag (allowlists, beta testers, internal accounts) C

Targeting

developerFlag management — stories about flag management in this arenaFlag management1partial6/10C

Read experiment configurations and results programmatically to summarize outcomes and recommend ship/rollback decisions C

Agent ops

ai agentExperimentation — stories about experimentation in this arenaExperimentation1partial5/10T

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1partial5/10C

Use the vendor through OpenFeature providers so my flag code isn't locked to one vendor's SDK API C

Standards

platform engineerSdk delivery — stories about sdk delivery in this arenaSdk delivery1none0/10

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 33 stories with headroom

What would move Unleash’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDelegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product

    nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 45

    Unleash exposes an MCP server so external LLM coding assistants can manage flags (unleash-docs-7, unleash-probe-2, unleash-probe-rt-2), but this is the reverse of the story — it makes Unleash a tool for outside agents, not a built-in assistant living inside the Unleash product that users delegate tasks to.

  2. Governance audit — stories about governance audit in this arenaEvery flag change is recorded in an audit log — who changed what, when, and to which value

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    The evidence pack covers RBAC, change requests, environments, and API tokens, but contains no mention of an audit log recording who changed what flag, when, or to what value — the specific capability the story asks about is unevidenced.

  3. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productGet AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product

    nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 30

    Unleash's evidence covers feature flag management, impact metrics thresholds, and an MCP server that lets external LLM coding assistants create/manage flags — but nothing shows Unleash itself generating AI insights or suggestions from data inside the product (e.g., AI-driven rollout recommendations, anomaly analysis, or narrative summaries).

  4. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productUse an official CLI

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    The evidence pack details SDKs, Admin API, MCP server, and Docker deployment, but no official CLI tool for Unleash is mentioned anywhere in the docs or GitHub materials.

  5. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    The evidence pack contains no mention of webhooks, event subscriptions, or push-based notification mechanisms anywhere in Unleash's docs, API overview, or integrations list — only SDKs, Admin/Client APIs, Edge caching, and MCP flag-management tools are documented.

  6. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productExplore an interactive API reference with runnable examples

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    The evidence pack shows Admin API docs and an MCP server for AI agents to manage flags, but nothing describes an interactive API reference (e.g., Swagger/OpenAPI explorer) with runnable/try-it-out examples.

  7. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDownload a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    Missing: explicit mention of an OpenAPI/Swagger document, a spec download endpoint, or documentation confirming machine-readable API schema availability.

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    Missing: any documentation of API version numbers, changelogs, or deprecation/sunset policy for endpoints or SDKs.

Showing the top 8 of 33 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map11 surfaces · 37 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

Concepts docs27 stories

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$docker run -d postgres:16-alpine && docker run -d -p 14242:4242 -e INIT_ADMIN_API_TOKENS=... -e INIT_CLIENT_API_TOKENS=... unleashorg/unleash-server && POST /api/admin/projects/default/features {pa-probe-flag} && POST .../strategies && POST .../environments/development/on && curl /api/client/features/pa-probe-flagreproduced
$ docker run -d postgres:16-alpine && docker run -d -p 14242:4242 -e INIT_ADMIN_API_[redacted]S=... -e INIT_CLIENT_API_[redacted]S=... unleashorg/unleash-server && POST /api/admin/projects/default/features {pa-probe-flag} && POST .../strategies && POST .../environments/development/on && curl /api/client/features/pa-probe-flag
{"health":"GOOD"}
{"name":"pa-probe-flag","description":null,"type":"release","project":"default","stale":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-05T05:01:31.884Z","impressionData":false,"archived":fal
{"id":"01M1QZ2YWWHYJW7PKV4W3BPE7H","name":"default","constraints":[],"parameters":{},"variants":[],"segments":[],"title"
enable -> HTTP 200
{"name":"pa-probe-flag","type":"release","enabled":true,"project":"default","stale":false,"strategies":[{"name":"default","constraints":[],"parameters":{},"variants":[]}],"variants":[],"description":null,"impressionData":false}
$curl -s -X POST https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '<jsonrpc initialize>'reproduced
$ curl -s -X POST https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '<jsonrpc initialize>'
event: message
data: {"result":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{"tools":{"listChanged":true}},"serverInfo":{"name":"fern-docs-mcp-server","version":"1.0.0"}},"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1}

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

9 of 18 testable claims verified · 0 contradictedintegrity 50/100

29 distinct capability claims found in Unleash’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

9

Verified

9

Unverified

0

Contradicted

19

Undersold

Verified (14)
Unverified (15)
Undersold (19)
Claims outside our story set (3)

Real capability claims found in Unleash’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Feature flags let you test code changes with real production data, reducing user impact risk

    source ↗
  • Feature flags let teams work on multiple features simultaneously without separate feature branches

    source ↗
  • Single Sign-On supported via SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect (Azure AD, Okta)

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Business model

open-sourcesubscription-per-seatenterprise-custom

Apache-2.0 open-source server you can self-host free; paid Pro and Enterprise (hosted or self-hosted) add change requests, RBAC depth, and per-seat pricing.

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Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Scoretracked since Sep 5 '26 — no movement recorded yet
Agent-readytracked since Sep 5 '26 — no movement recorded yet

Try Experimental

Run it in the microterminal →

Recorded agent sessions — and a live MCP handshake where the vendor ships one.

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Data

Agent surface uptime MCP 100% · llms.txt 100% (30d, checked every 6h since Sep 8 '26)