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How Stripe Atlas’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 Score11/100

Agent-ready 32.0 × 0.30 = 9.60

API quality 0.0 × 0.20 = 0.00

Openness 0.0 × 0.20 = 0.00

Built-in AI 0.0 × 0.15 = 0.00

Automation n/a — excluded, its ×0.15 weight renormalized away

(9.60 + 0.00 + 0.00 + 0.00) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15) = 9.60 ÷ 0.85 = 11.3 — weights renormalized over the scored components

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-ready32.0/100×0.30 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.stripe.com/llms.txtPROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.stripe.com/llms.txt # Stripe Documentation When installing Stripe packages, always check the npm registry for the latest version rather tha
  • [probe] https://docs.stripe.com/atlas.mdPROBE docs-md: HTTP 200 at https://docs.stripe.com/atlas.md # Stripe Atlas Start a US company from anywhere in the world. Stripe Atlas incorporates your startup and gives you eve
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.stripe.com/atlas.mdIt also gives you access to legal documents developed with Cooley (a law firm for startups), 50,000 USD in partner perks, and 2,500 USD in Stripe credits.

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 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

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

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

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

  • [probe] https://docs.stripe.com/openapi.jsonPROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.stripe.com/openapi.json, https://docs.stripe.com/swagger.json, https://docs.stripe.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.stripe.com/.well-known/openapi.json)
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.stripe.com/atlasStripe Atlas incorporates your startup and gives you everything you need to open a bank account, accept payments, and fundraise in two business days.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.stripe.com/atlasLearn how you can fundraise for your startup by creating, sending, and tracking Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) from your Dashboard.

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 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

Build against official SDKsweight 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

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 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

Agent-ready = 16.0 ÷ 50 × 100 = 32.0

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

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

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://docs.stripe.com/openapi.jsonPROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.stripe.com/openapi.json, https://docs.stripe.com/swagger.json, https://docs.stripe.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.stripe.com/.well-known/openapi.json)
  • [probe] https://docs.stripe.com/llms.txtPROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.stripe.com/llms.txt # Stripe Documentation When installing Stripe packages, always check the npm registry for the latest version rather tha
  • [probe] https://docs.stripe.com/atlas.mdPROBE docs-md: HTTP 200 at https://docs.stripe.com/atlas.md # Stripe Atlas Start a US company from anywhere in the world. Stripe Atlas incorporates your startup and gives you eve

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

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

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 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

API quality = 0.0 ÷ 20 × 100 = 0.0

Openness0.0/100×0.20 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) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.stripe.com/atlasLearn how you can fundraise for your startup by creating, sending, and tracking Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) from your Dashboard.
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.stripe.com/atlas/incorporation-documents.mdAfter you form your company, you can view your incorporation documents in the Documents tab of your Atlas Dashboard.
  • [probe] https://docs.stripe.com/openapi.jsonPROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.stripe.com/openapi.json, https://docs.stripe.com/swagger.json, https://docs.stripe.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.stripe.com/.well-known/openapi.json)

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.stripe.com/atlas/incorporation-documents.mdAfter you form your company, you can view your incorporation documents in the Documents tab of your Atlas Dashboard.

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 = 0.0 ÷ 50 × 100 = 0.0

Built-in AI0.0/100×0.15 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

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

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

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

Built-in AI = 0.0 ÷ 20 × 100 = 0.0

Automationn/a×0.15 of the PA blend

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

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 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

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 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

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

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

every cell n/a — unscored (not zero), excluded from the blend