How Autumn’s scores are calculated

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.useautumn.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.useautumn.com/llms.txt # Autumn - [Welcome to Autumn](https://docs.useautumn.com/welcome.md): Drop-in, open-source control layer for AI and Sa”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp.md“Autumn MCP connects AI assistants to Autumn's billing, customer, plan, balance, and log tools.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp”

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.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“The `atmn` CLI lets you define your pricing plans in code via an `autumn.config.ts` file, and sync them to Autumn with a single command.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“You can preview your plans without pushing anything: bunx atmn preview”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/setup.md“If you already have products created in the dashboard, run `atmn pull` to pull them into your local config.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started“official CLI documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started”

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://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp.md“Autumn MCP connects AI assistants to Autumn's billing, customer, plan, balance, and log tools.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp.md“Autumn MCP connects AI assistants to Autumn's billing, customer, plan, balance, and log tools.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp”

Use an official CLIweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“The `atmn` CLI lets you define your pricing plans in code via an `autumn.config.ts` file, and sync them to Autumn with a single command.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“You can preview your plans without pushing anything: bunx atmn preview”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/setup.md“If you already have products created in the dashboard, run `atmn pull` to pull them into your local config.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started“official CLI documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started”

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.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“You can also [check and reserve] balance in a single, atomic API call for concurrent events.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/api-reference/billing/attach.md“Attaches a plan to a customer. Handles new subscriptions, upgrades and downgrades.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/webhooks.md“Fired whenever a customer's plans change — new subscriptions, upgrades, downgrades, etc.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/swagger.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.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://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp.md“Autumn MCP connects AI assistants to Autumn's billing, customer, plan, balance, and log tools.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/43995122“Commenters criticized Autumn's 'backendless billing' approach as reinventing JWTs poorly: "Your encrypted customer ID has the exact same semantics as the original customer ID for an attacker, and is insecure."”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/43995122“Security concern raised: Autumn's server actions were public, unauthenticated routes, meaning "a simple curl request with a different customer_id would let you upgrade/downgrade other accounts" - a textbook IDOR vulnerability.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“The `atmn` CLI lets you define your pricing plans in code via an `autumn.config.ts` file, and sync them to Autumn with a single command.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/api-reference/billing/attach.md“Attaches a plan to a customer. Handles new subscriptions, upgrades and downgrades.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started“official CLI documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/webhooks.md“Fired whenever a customer's plans change — new subscriptions, upgrades, downgrades, etc.”

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/api-reference/billing/attach.md“Attaches a plan to a customer. Handles new subscriptions, upgrades and downgrades.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/swagger.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.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://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/swagger.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“You can preview your plans without pushing anything: bunx atmn preview”

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

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

• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.useautumn.com/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/swagger.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.useautumn.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/changelog/changelog“Usage alerts gain a `basis` field that defines what 100% means: the full `balance` (the default, unchanged), the plan’s `included` grants, `recurring` grants, or a `usage_limit` window”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/changelog/changelog“Catalog plans now accept a `processors` object so Autumn can reuse your existing Stripe catalog instead of minting new objects.”

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/modelling-pricing/credit-systems.md“Credit systems let you track actions with different credit costs from a single balance pool.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“The `atmn` CLI lets you define your pricing plans in code via an `autumn.config.ts` file, and sync them to Autumn with a single command.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“You can preview your plans without pushing anything: bunx atmn preview”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp.md“Autumn MCP connects AI assistants to Autumn's billing, customer, plan, balance, and log tools.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/setup.md“If you already have products created in the dashboard, run `atmn pull` to pull them into your local config.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started“official CLI documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started”

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.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“The `atmn` CLI lets you define your pricing plans in code via an `autumn.config.ts` file, and sync them to Autumn with a single command.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/setup.md“If you already have products created in the dashboard, run `atmn pull` to pull them into your local config.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/webhooks.md“Fired whenever a customer's plans change — new subscriptions, upgrades, downgrades, etc.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max

• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.useautumn.com/llms.txt # Autumn - [Welcome to Autumn](https://docs.useautumn.com/welcome.md): Drop-in, open-source control layer for AI and Sa”

Self-host the core productweight 3

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

• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.useautumn.com/llms.txt # Autumn - [Welcome to Autumn](https://docs.useautumn.com/welcome.md): Drop-in, open-source control layer for AI and Sa”

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

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp.md“Autumn MCP connects AI assistants to Autumn's billing, customer, plan, balance, and log tools.”
• [probe] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/mcp”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/customers/check.md“const response = await autumn.check({ customerId: "user_123", featureId: "messages" });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/api-reference/billing/attach.md“Attaches a plan to a customer. Handles new subscriptions, upgrades and downgrades.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/cli/getting-started.md“The `atmn` CLI lets you define your pricing plans in code via an `autumn.config.ts` file, and sync them to Autumn with a single command.”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/webhooks.md“Fired whenever a customer's plans change — new subscriptions, upgrades, downgrades, etc.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/changelog/changelog“Usage alerts gain a `basis` field that defines what 100% means: the full `balance` (the default, unchanged), the plan’s `included` grants, `recurring` grants, or a `usage_limit` window”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“await autumn.track({ customerId: "user_or_org_id_from_auth", featureId: "messages", value: 1, });”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.useautumn.com/documentation/getting-started/gating.md“You can also [check and reserve] balance in a single, atomic API call for concurrent events.”

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