How Homebrew’s scores are calculated

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2

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

• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/swagger.json, https://docs.brew.sh/api/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Installation“prepend `NONINTERACTIVE=1` to the installation command”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“Adding a `Brewfile` to a project's repository (like you might a `package.json`, `Gemfile` or `requirements.txt`) is a nicer way of encoding project dependencies for developer environments.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“Adding a `Brewfile` to a project’s repository (like you might a `package.json`, `Gemfile` or `requirements.txt`) is a nicer way of encoding project dependencies for developer environments.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“Adding a `Brewfile` to a project's repository (like you might a `package.json`, `Gemfile` or `requirements.txt`) is a nicer way of encoding project dependencies”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“brew bundle check || brew bundle install”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“Run your shell in a `brew bundle exec` environment.”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“official CLI documented at https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage”

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

• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/swagger.json, https://docs.brew.sh/api/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Use an official CLIweight 2

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

• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“official CLI documented at https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Installation“prepend `NONINTERACTIVE=1` to the installation command”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 5.4 of 30 max

• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/swagger.json, https://docs.brew.sh/api/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“official CLI documented at https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“Bundler for non-Ruby dependencies from Homebrew formulae, Homebrew casks, Mac App Store dependencies, VSCode (and forks/variants) extensions, Go packages, Cargo packages, uv tools, Flatpak packages, WinGet packages, Krew plugins and npm packages.”

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

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.brew.sh/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://docs.brew.sh/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.brew.sh/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/swagger.json, https://docs.brew.sh/api/openapi.json, https://docs.brew.sh/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 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

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“`brew bundle dump` is Homebrew's installed-state snapshot command: it records supported installed formulae, casks, taps and other package types as a `Brewfile`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“`brew bundle dump` is Homebrew's installed-state snapshot command: it records supported installed formulae, casks, taps and other package types as a `Brewfile`”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“Adding a `Brewfile` to a project’s repository (like you might a `package.json`, `Gemfile` or `requirements.txt`) is a nicer way of encoding project dependencies for developer environments.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“Bundler for non-Ruby dependencies from Homebrew formulae, Homebrew casks, Mac App Store dependencies, VSCode (and forks/variants) extensions, Go packages, Cargo packages, uv tools, Flatpak packages, WinGet packages, Krew plugins and npm packages.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“You can check if a `brew bundle install` will do anything by running: $ brew bundle check”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

• [github] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew“perform a strict audit on a package you use e.g. `brew audit --strict ffmpeg` for FFmpeg”

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Taps“The `brew tap` command adds repositories that Homebrew can use for formulae, casks and external commands.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Taps“`brew tap <user>/<repository>` clones `https://github.com/<user>/homebrew-<repository>` into Homebrew’s tap directory.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Taps“`brew tap <user>/<repository>` clones `https://github.com/<user>/homebrew-<repository>` into Homebrew's tap directory”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490024“User who tried hosting a Homebrew tap found it much harder than hosting apt/yum repos, since it requires running a git server rather than just a static file host with a CDN.”

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 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

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

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“`brew bundle dump` is Homebrew's installed-state snapshot command: it records supported installed formulae, casks, taps and other package types as a `Brewfile`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage“Bundler for non-Ruby dependencies from Homebrew formulae, Homebrew casks, Mac App Store dependencies, VSCode (and forks/variants) extensions, Go packages, Cargo packages, uv tools, Flatpak packages, WinGet packages, Krew plugins and npm packages.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“You can check if a `brew bundle install` will do anything by running: $ brew bundle check”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“brew bundle check || brew bundle install”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“this will take instructions from the Brewfile to run brew install ruby and install Ruby if needed”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Installation“prepend `NONINTERACTIVE=1` to the installation command”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490024“User reports that 'brew upgrade' started updating ALL casks, even ones marked 'auto_updates: true' in the Cask JSON API, calling it new default behavior that didn't used to happen.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490024“User asks: "Does homebrew still do that insane thing when you want to upgrade a single package it tells you 'hold my beer' and starts installing postgres and some obscure python version?"”

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

1 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 1.8 of 10 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“Adding a `Brewfile` to a project's repository (like you might a `package.json`, `Gemfile` or `requirements.txt`) is a nicer way of encoding project dependencies for developer environments.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“`brew bundle dump` is Homebrew's installed-state snapshot command: it records supported installed formulae, casks, taps and other package types as a `Brewfile`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-and-Brewfile“You can check if a `brew bundle install` will do anything by running: $ brew bundle check”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490024“User requests a better rollback mechanism, having broken their home server multiple times with bad InfluxDB/Grafana updates via Homebrew; now disables cleanup to keep old versions as a workaround.”