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How Unleash’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 Score37/100

Agent-ready 60.1 × 0.30 = 18.03

API quality 10.0 × 0.20 = 2.00

Openness 50.4 × 0.20 = 10.08

Built-in AI 22.2 × 0.15 = 3.33

Automation 21.7 × 0.15 = 3.25

(18.03 + 2.00 + 10.08 + 3.33 + 3.25) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 36.70 ÷ 1.00 = 36.7

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-ready60.1/100×0.30 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.getunleash.io/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.getunleash.io/llms.txt # Unleash Documentation ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL -”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”

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.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“This guide helps you set up Unleash Open Source or Unleash Enterprise in your own environment using Docker.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Unleash uses API keys to facilitate communication between consuming clients such as SDKs, Unleash Edge, or other tools and automation.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Backend tokens are scoped to one or more projects and a single environment.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official unleashorg/unleash-server docker image booted against postgres with INIT admin/client tokens, a release flag `pa-probe-flag` was created via the Admin API, a default strategy was attached and the flag enabled in development, and the Client API returned {"name":"pa-probe-flag","type":"release","enabled":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.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”

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.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Backend tokens are scoped to one or more projects and a single environment.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Unleash uses API keys to facilitate communication between consuming clients such as SDKs, Unleash Edge, or other tools and automation.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official unleashorg/unleash-server docker image booted against postgres with INIT admin/client tokens, a release flag `pa-probe-flag` was created via the Admin API, a default strategy was attached and the flag enabled in development, and the Client API returned {"name":"pa-probe-flag","type":"release","enabled":true,...} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”

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

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Backend tokens are scoped to one or more projects and a single environment.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Unleash uses API keys to facilitate communication between consuming clients such as SDKs, Unleash Edge, or other tools and automation.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Frontend tokens are not considered secret and are safe to expose client-side.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/rbac.md“Unleash implements role-based access control on two levels”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/get-started/quickstart.md“Create your first feature flag** using the Unleash Admin UI. **Connect Unleash to your application** by integrating an SDK into your codebase.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/get-started/quickstart.md“use one of the client or backend SDKs to connect Unleash with your application”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/get-started/quickstart.md“Create your first feature flag using the Unleash Admin UI. Connect Unleash to your application by integrating an SDK into your codebase.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Backend tokens are scoped to one or more projects and a single environment.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Unleash uses API keys to facilitate communication between consuming clients such as SDKs, Unleash Edge, or other tools and automation.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Frontend tokens are not considered secret and are safe to expose client-side.”

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 = 108.2 ÷ 180 × 100 = 60.1

API quality10.0/100×0.20 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

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

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.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 7.0 of 10 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/environments.md“This allows you to enable a flag in development or test without enabling it in production.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/environments.md“Environments represent different stages in your development lifecycle. They allow you to manage your product releases from local development to production.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“This guide helps you set up Unleash Open Source or Unleash Enterprise in your own environment using Docker.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official unleashorg/unleash-server docker image booted against postgres with INIT admin/client tokens, a release flag `pa-probe-flag` was created via the Admin API, a default strategy was attached and the flag enabled in development, and the Client API returned {"name":"pa-probe-flag","type":"release","enabled":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.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Backend tokens are scoped to one or more projects and a single environment.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/api-tokens-and-client-keys.md“Unleash uses API keys to facilitate communication between consuming clients such as SDKs, Unleash Edge, or other tools and automation.”

API quality = 7.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 10.0

Openness50.4/100×0.20 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) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 8.4 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official unleashorg/unleash-server docker image booted against postgres with INIT admin/client tokens, a release flag `pa-probe-flag` was created via the Admin API, a default strategy was attached and the flag enabled in development, and the Client API returned {"name":"pa-probe-flag","type":"release","enabled":true,...} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/change-requests.md“Change requests allow you to require an additional approval step before any changes can be made in an environment.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/rbac.md“Unleash implements role-based access control on two levels”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Automate milestone progression or trigger safeguards that pause rollouts or disable environments when metrics cross a threshold.”

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://www.getunleash.io/pricing“Export/import feature flags for easy migration”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“This guide helps you set up Unleash Open Source or Unleash Enterprise in your own environment using Docker.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

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

  • [github] https://github.com/Unleash/unleash“Feature flags in Unleash let you test your code with real production data, reducing the risk of negatively impacting your users' experience.”
  • [github] https://github.com/Unleash/unleash“It also enables your team to work on multiple features simultaneously without the need for separate feature branches.”
  • [github] https://github.com/Unleash/unleash“This gives you access to a hosted instance with unlimited projects and environments and features such as role-based access control, change requests, single sign-on, and SCIM”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“This guide helps you set up Unleash Open Source or Unleash Enterprise in your own environment using Docker.”

Self-host the core productweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“This guide helps you set up Unleash Open Source or Unleash Enterprise in your own environment using Docker.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/deploy/getting-started.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): full KEYLESS self-host roundtrip on this machine — the official unleashorg/unleash-server docker image booted against postgres with INIT admin/client tokens, a release flag `pa-probe-flag` was created via the Admin API, a default strategy was attached and the flag enabled in development, and the Client API returned {"name":"pa-probe-flag","type":"release","enabled":true,...} — a real flag create-and-evaluate loop with no account or license.”
  • [github] https://github.com/Unleash/unleash“Feature flags in Unleash let you test your code with real production data, reducing the risk of negatively impacting your users' experience.”

Openness = 50.4 ÷ 100 × 100 = 50.4

Built-in AI22.2/100×0.15 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) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Progress from 25% to 50% only if error rates stay below a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Automate milestone progression or trigger safeguards that pause rollouts or disable environments when metrics cross a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Pause automatically when request latency increases during a rollout.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”

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://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/release-management-overview.md“Release management in Unleash helps you standardize, automate and safeguard your feature rollouts.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Progress from 25% to 50% only if error rates stay below a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Automate milestone progression or trigger safeguards that pause rollouts or disable environments when metrics cross a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Pause automatically when request latency increases during a rollout.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”

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.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“This server enables LLM-powered coding assistants to create and manage feature flags following Unleash best practices.”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp”
  • [probe] https://docs.getunleash.io/integrate/mcp.md“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-05): the docs MCP endpoint https://docs.getunleash.io/_mcp/server completed a FULL keyless initialize handshake (serverInfo fern-docs-mcp-server) — Unleash's documentation is directly agent-reachable over MCP; the flag-management MCP server (npm @unleash/mcp) is a separate local server that requires an Unleash base URL and PAT at startup.”

Built-in AI = 20.0 ÷ 90 × 100 = 22.2

Automation21.7/100×0.15 of the PA blend

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

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/api/admin-api-overview.md“The Admin API provides comprehensive programmatic access to all Unleash resources.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.getunleash.io/pricing“Export/import feature flags for easy migration”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 10.8 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Progress from 25% to 50% only if error rates stay below a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Automate milestone progression or trigger safeguards that pause rollouts or disable environments when metrics cross a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Pause automatically when request latency increases during a rollout.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/release-management-overview.md“Release management in Unleash helps you standardize, automate and safeguard your feature rollouts.”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/guides/how-to-schedule-feature-releases.md“to release a feature at a specific date and time** (for a product launch, for instance)”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/guides/how-to-schedule-feature-releases.md“to release a feature at a specific date and time (for a product launch, for instance)”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Automate milestone progression or trigger safeguards that pause rollouts or disable environments when metrics cross a threshold.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/impact-metrics.md“Pause automatically when request latency increases during a rollout.”

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

1 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.0 of 10 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/change-requests.md“Change requests allow you to require an additional approval step before any changes can be made in an environment.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/activation-strategies.md“They allow you to enable and disable features for certain users without having to redeploy your application.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/rbac.md“Unleash implements role-based access control on two levels”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/release-management-overview.md“Release management in Unleash helps you standardize, automate and safeguard your feature rollouts.”

Automation = 17.4 ÷ 80 × 100 = 21.7