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How Ironclad’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 Score22/100

Agent-ready 36.9 × 0.30 = 11.07

API quality 0.0 × 0.20 = 0.00

Openness 30.0 × 0.20 = 6.00

Built-in AI 14.7 × 0.15 = 2.20

Automation 21.0 × 0.15 = 3.15

(11.07 + 0.00 + 6.00 + 2.20 + 3.15) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 22.42 ÷ 1.00 = 22.4

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-ready36.9/100×0.30 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://developer.ironcladapp.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://developer.ironcladapp.com/llms.txt # Ironclad CLM API Documentation | Ironclad Developer Hub Documentation > Get comprehensive guides and documentation to”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 200 at https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started.md --- updatedAt: 2026-08-11T20:11:21.000Z --- Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.ironcladapp.co”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/authentication-api.md“Ironclad primarily uses the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to generate API bearer tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/webhooks.md“Webhooks allow you to specify that we should POST to your URL when certain events happen.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Technical audiences will learn how to use Ironclad's API to launch workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/data-exports-getting-started.md“Client submits an API request via Public API with request body payload to trigger an export job”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Published workflow design and Workflow Designer access: See your internal company admin for access to Workflow Designer.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”

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://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“integrations can read and write structured data from Ironclad, leaving the specifics around updating contract language and following approval and signature policies to the Ironclad platform”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Integrations can also directly control the contract process, automatically blocking or pushing forward approvals.”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/authentication-api.md“Ironclad primarily uses the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to generate API bearer tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Use an official CLIweight 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

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 21.0 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/authentication-api.md“Ironclad primarily uses the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to generate API bearer tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/webhooks.md“Webhooks allow you to specify that we should POST to your URL when certain events happen.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Integrations can also directly control the contract process, automatically blocking or pushing forward approvals.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“integrations can interface directly with underlying contract documents, reading contract text or updating new versions of the document”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/authentication-api.md“Ironclad primarily uses the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to generate API bearer tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/authentication-api.md“Ironclad primarily uses the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to generate API bearer tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/webhooks.md“Webhooks allow you to specify that we should POST to your URL when certain events happen.”

Agent-ready = 59.0 ÷ 160 × 100 = 36.9

API quality0.0/100×0.20 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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/authentication-api.md“Ironclad primarily uses the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to generate API bearer tokens that can be used to authenticate API requests.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/webhooks.md“Webhooks allow you to specify that we should POST to your URL when certain events happen.”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.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

  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

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

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

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://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

API quality = 0.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 0.0

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://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Published workflow design and Workflow Designer access: See your internal company admin for access to Workflow Designer.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“In Workflow Designer, publish the workflow you wish to launch if it has not been published already.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/create-contracts“Create Contracts in No-Code Builder”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/data-exports-getting-started.md“Client submits an API request via Public API with request body payload to trigger an export job”
  • [probe] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://developer.ironcladapp.com/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/swagger.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/api/openapi.json, https://developer.ironcladapp.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/data-exports-getting-started.md“Client submits an API request via Public API with request body payload to trigger an export job”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“integrations can read and write structured data from Ironclad, leaving the specifics around updating contract language and following approval and signature policies to the Ironclad platform”

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 = 15.0 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30.0

Built-in AI14.7/100×0.15 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) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/ironclad-ai“Built on how contracts really move.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/ironclad-ai“A New Era of Contract Intelligence | Ironclad”

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://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/webhooks.md“Webhooks allow you to specify that we should POST to your URL when certain events happen.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Technical audiences will learn how to use Ironclad's API to launch workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Integrations can also directly control the contract process, automatically blocking or pushing forward approvals.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“integrations can read and write structured data from Ironclad, leaving the specifics around updating contract language and following approval and signature policies to the Ironclad platform”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Published workflow design and Workflow Designer access: See your internal company admin for access to Workflow Designer.”

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3

3 (weight) × 2 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 30 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/ironclad-ai“Built on how contracts really move.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/ironclad-ai“A New Era of Contract Intelligence | Ironclad”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/ironclad-ai“Built on how contracts really move.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://ironcladapp.com/product/ironclad-ai“A New Era of Contract Intelligence | Ironclad”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Ironclad's rich API can be used to connect your contract data and contracting process to your applications and internal platforms.”

Built-in AI = 13.2 ÷ 90 × 100 = 14.7

Automation21.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend

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

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Records API allows you to retrieve, update, and create records.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/data-exports-getting-started.md“Client submits an API request via Public API with request body payload to trigger an export job”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“Template IDs can be obtained in-app or via API”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/webhooks.md“Webhooks allow you to specify that we should POST to your URL when certain events happen.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/reference/getting-started-api.md“The corresponding Workflows API allows you to retrieve, create, and interact with active and completed workflows.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/getting-started“Integrations can also directly control the contract process, automatically blocking or pushing forward approvals.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Technical audiences will learn how to use Ironclad's API to launch workflows.”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 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

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“Published workflow design and Workflow Designer access: See your internal company admin for access to Workflow Designer.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://developer.ironcladapp.com/docs/launch-a-workflow.md“In Workflow Designer, publish the workflow you wish to launch if it has not been published already.”

Automation = 16.8 ÷ 80 × 100 = 21.0