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How Persona’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 Score23/100

Agent-ready 33.3 × 0.30 = 9.99

API quality 11.4 × 0.20 = 2.28

Openness 30.0 × 0.20 = 6.00

Built-in AI 10.0 × 0.15 = 1.50

Automation 18.0 × 0.15 = 2.70

(9.99 + 2.28 + 6.00 + 1.50 + 2.70) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 22.47 ÷ 1.00 = 22.5

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-ready33.3/100×0.30 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) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

  • [probe] https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txtPROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt # Persona ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL - For section-s
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.mdThe Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.mdthe following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/environments.mdSandbox mode is provided so that you can test your integration without incurring any usage charges. Real verifications are not performed within sandbox mode.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.mdThe Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.

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

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

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

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.mdThe Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.mdWebhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/environments.mdSandbox mode is provided so that you can test your integration without incurring any usage charges. Real verifications are not performed within sandbox mode.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.mdthe following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing
  • [probe] https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txtPROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt # Persona ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL - For section-s

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 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

Build against official SDKsweight 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

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.mdWebhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.

Agent-ready = 60.0 ÷ 180 × 100 = 33.3

API quality11.4/100×0.20 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.withpersona.com/api-reference.mdThe Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.
  • [probe] https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txtPROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.withpersona.com/llms.txt # Persona ## Instructions for AI Agents - For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL - For section-s

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.withpersona.com/environments.mdSandbox mode is provided so that you can test your integration without incurring any usage charges. Real verifications are not performed within sandbox mode.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.mdthe following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 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

API quality = 8.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 11.4

Openness30.0/100×0.20 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://docs.withpersona.com/api-reference.mdThe Persona API is a powerful tool that enables you to integrate identity verification, risk assessment, and compliance solutions into your applications.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/inquiry-templates.mdInquiry templates house the configuration for a single use case by defining the screens, verifications, decisioning, and theming.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/workflows.mdWorkflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/inquiry-templates.mdDynamic Flow Templates allow for greater flexibility in data collection by allowing custom UIs and collection fields along with dynamic friction.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/integration-testing.mdthe following Simulate Actions can be specified to evoke Inquiry and Verification lifecycle behavior, thereby replicating the necessary conditions required for programmatically testing

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 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

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 ÷ 20 × 100 = 30.0

Built-in AI10.0/100×0.15 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

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

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.withpersona.com/workflows.mdWorkflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.mdWebhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the 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

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 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

Built-in AI = 6.0 ÷ 60 × 100 = 10.0

Automation18.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend

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

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

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

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.withpersona.com/workflows.mdWorkflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/webhooks.mdWebhooks can notify your service about events that happen on any Persona resource.

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 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

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/workflows.mdWorkflows are a flexible, intuitive, and powerful way to streamline your identity processes. You can use them to automate repetitive manual decisions and decrease manual review time.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.withpersona.com/inquiry-templates.mdInquiry templates house the configuration for a single use case by defining the screens, verifications, decisioning, and theming.

Automation = 10.8 ÷ 60 × 100 = 18.0