Rank #4 of 7 in Startup Legal & Incorporation
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Products
Stripe, product by product →Stripe ships more than one product — each judged line competes in its own arena on the same stories as everyone else.
| Line | Arena | Rank | PA Score | Agent-ready |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payments | Online Payments | #1/10 | 55/100 | 89/100 |
| Terminal | Mobile & In-Person Payments | #1/4 | 32/100 | 59/100 |
| Atlas | Startup Legal & Incorporation | #6/7 | 11/100 | 32/100 |
| Clerkythis pageacquired | Startup Legal & Incorporation | #4/7 | 14/100 | 37/100 |
| Billing | Billing & Subscriptions | #3/7 | 28/100 | 65/100 |
| Metronomeacquired | Billing & Subscriptions | #5/7 | 21/100 | 28/100 |
| Connect | Marketplace & Platform Payments | #2/6 | 31/100 | 65/100 |
| Radar | Payment Fraud Prevention | #2/5 | 22/100 | 50/100 |
| Tax | Sales Tax Automation | #1/6 | 22/100 | 43/100 |
| TaxJaracquired | Sales Tax Automation | #6/6 | 13/100 | 26/100 |
| Issuing | Card Issuing Platforms | #1/5 | 33/100 | 65/100 |
| Treasury | Banking as a Service | #4/6 | 17/100 | 44/100 |
| Identity | Identity Verification & KYC | #3/6 | 24/100 | 47/100 |
| Financial Connections | Banking Data APIs | #4/7 | 22/100 | 54/100 |
| Crypto & Stablecoins | Stablecoin Payments | #6/6 | 19/100 | 39/100 |
| Agentic Commerce | Agentic Commerce | #1/7 | 37/100 | 80/100 |
Not yet judged (10 — no arena where they compete): Invoicing · Capital · Revenue Recognition · Sigma · Data Pipeline · Managed Payments · Lemon Squeezy · Directory · Projects · Climate
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See what an agent can do with Clerky before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; commands tagged live-capable can re-run against the real endpoint from our edge, right now (▶ run live — the exact same request, live and recorded lines always labeled); the live MCP handshake runs real requests from our edge, right now — including, where the server allows it, one real read-only tool call (bring your own key for auth-gated servers); sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).
$curl -sL https://developers.clerky.com/llms.txt | head -6recorded session — replayed, not liveVerified integrations
Connections to other tracked products — hover a chip for the verbatim evidence quote behind it.
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
Audit trust — stories about audit trust in this arenaAudit trustevidence →
Stories about audit trust in this arena
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →
How much of the product can run unattended
Compliance registered agent — stories about compliance registered agent in this arenaCompliance registered agentevidence →
Stories about compliance registered agent in this arena
Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycleevidence →
Stories about contract lifecycle in this arena
Document automation — stories about document automation in this arenaDocument automationevidence →
Stories about document automation in this arena
Equity fundraising — stories about equity fundraising in this arenaEquity fundraisingevidence →
Stories about equity fundraising in this arena
Esignature flows — stories about esignature flows in this arenaEsignature flowsevidence →
Stories about esignature flows in this arena
Incorporation — stories about incorporation in this arenaIncorporationevidence →
Stories about incorporation in this arena
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →
Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →
Data-handling and privacy stories
Templates library — stories about templates library in this arenaTemplates libraryevidence →
Stories about templates library in this arena
Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts
Follow the green: where the map greys out is where Clerky stops today. ✓ full · ~ partial · ! disputed · — none · n/a not applicable.
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness
How well agents can access and operate the product
API surface
Drive the product through a documented public API
~6/10
unlocks → Webhooks · Machine-readable spec · Versioning policy · API sandbox · Official CLI · Full data export · File annual reports and franchise tax on time through the platform · See a compliance calendar of upcoming filing deadlines and get reminders before each one · Use the platform as my registered agent and receive scanned legal mail and service of process digitally
Subscribe to events via webhooks
—0/10
Build against official SDKs
~5/10
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent
~4/10
unlocks → Autonomous automations
Connect an agent via an official MCP server
✓8/10
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)
—0/10
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy
—0/10
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data
—0/10
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples
—0/10
Agentic features
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product
—0/10
Operate the product with natural-language commands
~7/10
unlocks → Autonomous automations
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools
n/an/a
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product
—0/10
Set up automations that run autonomously in the background
—0/10
Audit trust — stories about audit trust in this arenaAudit trust
Stories about audit trust in this arena
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth
How much of the product can run unattended
Compliance registered agent — stories about compliance registered agent in this arenaCompliance registered agent
Stories about compliance registered agent in this arena
Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycle
Stories about contract lifecycle in this arena
Document automation — stories about document automation in this arenaDocument automation
Stories about document automation in this arena
Equity fundraising — stories about equity fundraising in this arenaEquity fundraising
Stories about equity fundraising in this arena
Esignature flows — stories about esignature flows in this arenaEsignature flows
Stories about esignature flows in this arena
Incorporation — stories about incorporation in this arenaIncorporation
Stories about incorporation in this arena
Formation
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness
Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture
Data-handling and privacy stories
Templates library — stories about templates library in this arenaTemplates library
Stories about templates library in this arena
Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 54/54 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence
Connect an agent via an official MCP server G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | full | 8/10 | Tprobed⚿ | |
Drive the product through a documented public API G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | partial | 6/10 | Tprobed | |
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | n/a | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 9/10 | Tprobed | |
Operate the product with natural-language commands G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 7/10 | Tprobed⚿ | |
Build against official SDKs G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Tprobed⚿ | |
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Tprobed⚿ | |
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 3/10 | Cclaimed | |
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Subscribe to events via webhooks G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Use an official CLI G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 1 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Generate and sign SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms without drafting from scratch C Fundraising | founder | Equity fundraising — stories about equity fundraising in this arenaEquity fundraising | 3 | full | 8/10 | Xcommunity | |
Incorporate a Delaware startup end-to-end online, including the filing, bylaws, and initial board approvals C Formation | founder | Incorporation — stories about incorporation in this arenaIncorporation | 3 | full | 8/10 | Xcommunity | |
Generate, populate, and send legal documents programmatically through a documented API C Doc api | developer | Document automation — stories about document automation in this arenaDocument automation | 3 | partial | 5/10 | Tprobed | |
Draft, negotiate, and redline contracts in a controlled workflow instead of email attachments C Clm authoring | legal-ops lead | Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycle | 3 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Send a document for legally binding e-signature to multiple recipients with routing C Esign | founder | Esignature flows — stories about esignature flows in this arenaEsignature flows | 3 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Export all of my data in open formats and leave G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 3 | none | 0/10 | ||
Have an agent draft an NDA and route it for signature end-to-end via the product's API or MCP server C Doc api | ai-native user | Document automation — stories about document automation in this arenaDocument automation | 3 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 3 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 3 | none | untested | none yet | |
Self-host the core product G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 3 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
Obtain a federal EIN for my new company through the platform C Formation | founder | Incorporation — stories about incorporation in this arenaIncorporation | 2 | full | 8/10 | Xcommunity | |
Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platform C Hiring | legal-ops lead | Equity fundraising — stories about equity fundraising in this arenaEquity fundraising | 2 | full | 8/10 | Xcommunity | |
Complete post-incorporation setup — founder stock purchases, IP assignment, and 83(b) elections — with correct standard paperwork C Formation | founder | Incorporation — stories about incorporation in this arenaIncorporation | 2 | partial | 7/10 | Xcommunity | |
Embed the signing experience inside my own app or website C Esign embed | developer | Esignature flows — stories about esignature flows in this arenaEsignature flows | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Cclaimed | |
Prepare board consents and resolutions and collect approvals online C Governance | legal-ops lead | Equity fundraising — stories about equity fundraising in this arenaEquity fundraising | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Xcommunity | |
Start from a library of vetted standard legal templates (NDAs, agreements, policies) instead of hiring counsel for routine documents C Templates | founder | Templates library — stories about templates library in this arenaTemplates library | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Xcommunity | |
Delegate an annual report or compliance filing to an agent that prepares it through the platform with minimal human input C Compliance agentic | ai-native user | Compliance registered agent — stories about compliance registered agent in this arenaCompliance registered agent | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Tprobed⚿ | |
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Rely on a tamper-evident audit trail and completion certificate for every signed document C Audit | legal-ops lead | Audit trust — stories about audit trust in this arenaAudit trust | 2 | partial | 2/10 | Cclaimed | |
Have an agent monitor contract renewals and deadlines through the product's API and act before they lapse C Clm agentic | ai-native user | Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycle | 2 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Perform bulk operations across many items at once G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 2 | none | 0/10 | ⚿ | |
Read the product's source under an open license G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Route contracts through configurable approval workflows before signature C Clm workflow | legal-ops lead | Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycle | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 2 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
Control data retention and deletion G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
File annual reports and franchise tax on time through the platform C Compliance | founder | Compliance registered agent — stories about compliance registered agent in this arenaCompliance registered agent | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 2 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
See a compliance calendar of upcoming filing deadlines and get reminders before each one C Compliance | legal-ops lead | Compliance registered agent — stories about compliance registered agent in this arenaCompliance registered agent | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Store executed contracts in a searchable repository with key terms and metadata extracted C Clm repository | legal-ops lead | Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycle | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Track contract renewals, expirations, and obligations with automatic alerts C Clm repository | legal-ops lead | Contract lifecycle — stories about contract lifecycle in this arenaContract lifecycle | 2 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
Use the platform as my registered agent and receive scanned legal mail and service of process digitally C Compliance | founder | Compliance registered agent — stories about compliance registered agent in this arenaCompliance registered agent | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Answer guided questionnaires that fill in legal documents correctly and flag choices that need attorney review C Templates | founder | Templates library — stories about templates library in this arenaTemplates library | 1 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Version, review, and roll back my automations G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 1 | n/a | 0/10 | ||
Bulk-send the same document to many recipients at once C Esign scale | legal-ops lead | Esignature flows — stories about esignature flows in this arenaEsignature flows | 1 | none | untested | none yet | |
Require stronger signer identity verification (SMS, ID check, knowledge-based) on sensitive documents C Audit | legal-ops lead | Audit trust — stories about audit trust in this arenaAudit trust | 1 | none | untested | none yet | |
Set signing order, automatic reminders, and expirations on outstanding signature requests C Esign scale | legal-ops lead | Esignature flows — stories about esignature flows in this arenaEsignature flows | 1 | none | untested | none yet |
Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 41 stories with headroom
What would move Clerky’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.
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
Evidence shows Clerky exposes an MCP server so external AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT) can call into Clerky's tools, but this is the reverse of a built-in assistant inside Clerky's own product that a user delegates tasks to.
Document automation — stories about document automation in this arenaHave an agent draft an NDA and route it for signature end-to-end via the product's API or MCP server
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
Clerky's Partner API and MCP server are real and documented, but the API explicitly states it 'currently supports Delaware C-Corporation formations' only, and the MCP server tools are scoped to Clerky's startup-formation document sets (cap tables, safes, stock plans) — there is no evidence of NDA drafting or NDA e-signature routing via either channel.
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
No evidence of any bulk data export in open/standard formats (e.g., document download bundles, JSON/CSV exports of legal data) for users to take their data and leave; the Partner API and MCP server are designed for partner integrations/AI assistants working within Clerky, not full data portability/exit.
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
No evidence in the pack addresses AI training data usage, opt-out settings, or any privacy policy statement about model training; Clerky's materials focus on legal document workflows, MCP/API integration, and formation services with nothing on this axis.
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
Clerky is a legal document/formation platform with an MCP server and partner API for workflow automation, but there is no evidence of AI-generated insights or suggestions surfaced from the user's own data (e.g., analytics, recommendations, anomaly detection) inside the product.
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSet up automations that run autonomously in the background
nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 30
Clerky's MCP server and Partner API let AI assistants or partner products interactively invoke Clerky tools (with team-scoped OAuth access), but nothing in the evidence describes autonomous, unattended background automations (e.g., scheduled triggers, event-driven workflows) running without a live user/assistant session initiating each action.
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productUse an official CLI
nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30
Clerky provides a Partner API and a remote MCP server, but no evidence of an official CLI tool for AI-native workflows; probes for docs/llms.txt found no CLI references.
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks
nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30
The Partner API docs explicitly describe a poll-based lifecycle model (create, submit, poll for state) rather than any webhook/event-subscription mechanism, and no evidence anywhere mentions webhooks or push notifications.
Showing the top 8 of 41 — 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 map9 surfaces · 22 covered stories
Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.
Getting started docs12 stories
- Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs
- Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation
- Connect an agent via an official MCP server
- Drive the product through a documented public API
- Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent
- Build against official SDKs
- Delegate an annual report or compliance filing to an agent that prepares it through the platform with minimal human input
- Generate, populate, and send legal documents programmatically through a documented API
- Send a document for legally binding e-signature to multiple recipients with routing
- Embed the signing experience inside my own app or website
- Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI
- Answer guided questionnaires that fill in legal documents correctly and flag choices that need attorney review
Hacker News7 stories
- Generate and sign SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms without drafting from scratch
- Prepare board consents and resolutions and collect approvals online
- Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platform
- Obtain a federal EIN for my new company through the platform
- Incorporate a Delaware startup end-to-end online, including the filing, bylaws, and initial board approvals
- Complete post-incorporation setup — founder stock purchases, IP assignment, and 83(b) elections — with correct standard paperwork
- Start from a library of vetted standard legal templates (NDAs, agreements, policies) instead of hiring counsel for routine documents
Attorneys docs7 stories
- Rely on a tamper-evident audit trail and completion certificate for every signed document
- Draft, negotiate, and redline contracts in a controlled workflow instead of email attachments
- Generate and sign SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms without drafting from scratch
- Prepare board consents and resolutions and collect approvals online
- Send a document for legally binding e-signature to multiple recipients with routing
- Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI
- Answer guided questionnaires that fill in legal documents correctly and flag choices that need attorney review
clerky.com7 stories
- Draft, negotiate, and redline contracts in a controlled workflow instead of email attachments
- Generate and sign SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms without drafting from scratch
- Prepare board consents and resolutions and collect approvals online
- Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platform
- Incorporate a Delaware startup end-to-end online, including the filing, bylaws, and initial board approvals
- Answer guided questionnaires that fill in legal documents correctly and flag choices that need attorney review
- Start from a library of vetted standard legal templates (NDAs, agreements, policies) instead of hiring counsel for routine documents
Pricing docs7 stories
- Delegate an annual report or compliance filing to an agent that prepares it through the platform with minimal human input
- Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platform
- Obtain a federal EIN for my new company through the platform
- Incorporate a Delaware startup end-to-end online, including the filing, bylaws, and initial board approvals
- Complete post-incorporation setup — founder stock purchases, IP assignment, and 83(b) elections — with correct standard paperwork
- Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI
- Start from a library of vetted standard legal templates (NDAs, agreements, policies) instead of hiring counsel for routine documents
Startups docs7 stories
- Generate and sign SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms without drafting from scratch
- Prepare board consents and resolutions and collect approvals online
- Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platform
- Incorporate a Delaware startup end-to-end online, including the filing, bylaws, and initial board approvals
- Complete post-incorporation setup — founder stock purchases, IP assignment, and 83(b) elections — with correct standard paperwork
- Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI
- Start from a library of vetted standard legal templates (NDAs, agreements, policies) instead of hiring counsel for routine documents
llms.txt5 stories
MCP docs5 stories
MCP server docs5 stories
Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs
Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.
$curl -sL https://developers.clerky.com/llms.txt | head -6reproduced$ curl -sL https://developers.clerky.com/llms.txt | head -6 - [Lifecycle](https://developers.clerky.com/getting-started/lifecycle/index.md): How a partner creates, fills, and tracks a document set. - [Introduction](https://developers.clerky.com/getting-started/introduction/index.md): Overview of the Clerky Partner API. - [Authentication](https://developers.clerky.com/getting-started/authentication/index.md): How partner applications authenticate to the Clerky Partner API. - [MCP Server](https://developers.clerky.com/mcp-server/index.md): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible AI assistants to Clerky.
$curl -s -X POST https://mcp.clerky.com/mcp -d <initialize> (no token)reproduced$ curl -s -X POST https://mcp.clerky.com/mcp -d <initialize> (no [redacted])
{"error": "invalid_[redacted]", "error_description": "Authentication required"}
HTTP 401
Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence
8 of 10 testable claims verified · 0 contradicted → integrity 80/100
21 distinct capability claims found in Clerky’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.
8
Verified
2
Unverified
0
Contradicted
12
Undersold
Verified (10)
“Completes and submits IRS forms (e.g. for EIN) fully online without faxing”
Obtain a federal EIN for my new company through the platformfullproof ↗
“Can issue SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms”
Generate and sign SAFEs or convertible notes on standard terms without drafting from scratchfullproof ↗
“Supports hiring employees/consultants/advisors and issuing equity compensation paperwork”
Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platformfullproof ↗
“Can form a startup as a Delaware public benefit corporation”
Incorporate a Delaware startup end-to-end online, including the filing, bylaws, and initial board approvalsfullproof ↗
“Can adopt a stock plan to issue restricted stock or stock options to employees, consultants, and advisors”
Run hiring and equity paperwork — offer letters, confidentiality/IP agreements, and option grants — through the platformfullproof ↗
“Offers a Partner API that lets partners embed a Clerky-powered Delaware C-Corp formation workflow into their own product”
Generate, populate, and send legal documents programmatically through a documented APIpartialproof ↗
“Offers a Partner API that lets partners embed a Clerky-powered Delaware C-Corp formation workflow into their own product”
Drive the product through a documented public APIpartialproof ↗
“Partner API defines a document-set lifecycle: create, collect form values, submit, and poll for state”
Drive the product through a documented public APIpartialproof ↗
“Partner API will use OAuth 2.0 with tokens limited/scoped by an access model”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentpartialproof ↗
“Provides an official remote MCP server so AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT can use Clerky tools”
Unverified (3)
“Can swap out underlying document forms to customize beyond the standard fields”
Answer guided questionnaires that fill in legal documents correctly and flag choices that need attorney reviewpartialproof ↗
“Logs every change made to a document set or workspace for accountability”
Rely on a tamper-evident audit trail and completion certificate for every signed documentpartialproof ↗
“Lets users customize key terms of legal paperwork through guided software”
Answer guided questionnaires that fill in legal documents correctly and flag choices that need attorney reviewpartialproof ↗
Undersold (12)
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsfullproof ↗
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationpartialproof ↗
Operate the product with natural-language commandspartialproof ↗
Delegate an annual report or compliance filing to an agent that prepares it through the platform with minimal human inputpartialproof ↗
Draft, negotiate, and redline contracts in a controlled workflow instead of email attachmentspartialproof ↗
Prepare board consents and resolutions and collect approvals onlinepartialproof ↗
Send a document for legally binding e-signature to multiple recipients with routingpartialproof ↗
Embed the signing experience inside my own app or websitepartialproof ↗
Complete post-incorporation setup — founder stock purchases, IP assignment, and 83(b) elections — with correct standard paperworkpartialproof ↗
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIpartialproof ↗
Start from a library of vetted standard legal templates (NDAs, agreements, policies) instead of hiring counsel for routine documentspartialproof ↗
Claims outside our story set (9)
Real capability claims found in Clerky’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.
“Can fix or clean up formations that were originally done through other online services”
source ↗“Attorneys get access to 40+ advanced products not available to the public”
source ↗“Lets founders apply to startup-friendly banks with pre-filled applications”
source ↗“Lets founders assign tasks to co-founders and collaborate on everything together”
source ↗“Provides a legal dashboard after incorporation for handling additional legal paperwork”
source ↗“Lets founders loop in their attorney to review and comment on information entered”
source ↗“Allows real-time collaboration with others on a document set”
source ↗“Attorneys can control whether they're a reviewer/observer on client work or added only when needed”
source ↗“Attorneys can see and control exactly which products their clients have access to”
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Business model
Pay-per-document ($427 incorporation, $9-$29 per SAFE/consent/hire) or an $819 Company Lifetime Package with unlimited standard startup paperwork; small monthly hiring/fundraising subscriptions.
pricing ↗Score trend
How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.
Try Experimental
Run it in the microterminal →Recorded agent sessions — and a live MCP handshake where the vendor ships one.
Flag
⚑ Flag a verdictThink a verdict is wrong? Opens a prefilled GitHub issue — or use the ⚑ next to any verdict above.
For agents