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How Motion’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 Score18/100

Agent-ready 18.0 × 0.30 = 5.40

API quality 12.0 × 0.20 = 2.40

Openness 4.8 × 0.20 = 0.96

Built-in AI 40.9 × 0.15 = 6.13

Automation 22.5 × 0.15 = 3.38

(5.40 + 2.40 + 0.96 + 6.13 + 3.38) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 18.27 ÷ 1.00 = 18.3

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-ready18.0/100×0.30 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) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“Usemotion’s AI-powered scheduling, automated prioritization, meeting booking, and workflow automation tailored to each industry’s specific processes.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Our cookbooks are a great place to get started for fully fleshed out examples!”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Connect with thousands of the most popular apps using Zapier.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Connect with thousands of the most popular apps using Zapier.”

Use an official CLIweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Our cookbooks are a great place to get started for fully fleshed out examples!”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

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://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/pricing“Permissions & Access Control”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Our cookbooks are a great place to get started for fully fleshed out examples!”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Connect with thousands of the most popular apps using Zapier.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Agent-ready = 37.8 ÷ 210 × 100 = 18.0

API quality12.0/100×0.20 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) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Our cookbooks are a great place to get started for fully fleshed out examples!”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Our cookbooks are a great place to get started for fully fleshed out examples!”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”

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://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

API quality = 8.4 ÷ 70 × 100 = 12.0

Openness4.8/100×0.20 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) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Explore our guides and examples to integrate Motion.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

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://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 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

Self-host the core productweight 3

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

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

Openness = 4.8 ÷ 100 × 100 = 4.8

Built-in AI40.9/100×0.15 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) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-calendar“Motion analyzes all your work and highlights your #1 priority at any moment—so you stop wasting time evaluating what you need to work on next.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“When Motion thinks a task is at-risk of missing deadline, it proactively warns you days, weeks, or months in advance.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“As soon as a project is off-track, Motion alerts you so that you can course-correct before it's too late.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“Motion flags at-risk tasks early, so you can address potential delays before they affect your project.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“we can predict exactly when a project will finish based on your team's capacity, and all the other ongoing projects.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Search Assistant Instantly finds anything - docs, notes, project, task, communication”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Workflow Builder Automatically builds workflows based on SOPs”

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-calendar“Motion reshuffles your entire day (and week) in seconds—protecting your time and mental bandwidth from manual reorganization.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“Create custom time windows for your tasks and watch Motion slot them in perfectly, ensuring you never miss a deadline.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“Create daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly tasks and Motion's AI Task Manager will block time on your calendar regularly so you get them done on time.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“a project will just move forward by itself when team members complete their blocking tasks. Nothing ever gets stuck - and if it does, Motion alerts you instantly.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Forward emails to Motion and we'll automatically schedule them as tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Workflow Builder Automatically builds workflows based on SOPs”

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

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“Create custom time windows for your tasks and watch Motion slot them in perfectly, ensuring you never miss a deadline.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“a project will just move forward by itself when team members complete their blocking tasks. Nothing ever gets stuck - and if it does, Motion alerts you instantly.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“As soon as a project is off-track, Motion alerts you so that you can course-correct before it's too late.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Search Assistant Instantly finds anything - docs, notes, project, task, communication”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Workflow Builder Automatically builds workflows based on SOPs”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“Motion flags at-risk tasks early, so you can address potential delays before they affect your project.”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Quickly create tasks with your voice, and Motion's AI scheduling algorithm will automatically put them on your calendar.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Forward emails to Motion and we'll automatically schedule them as tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“turn Zoom/Meet/Teams meetings or Slack/Teams messages into tasks, or tell Siri to add tasks via voice command.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Workflow Builder Automatically builds workflows based on SOPs”

Built-in AI = 36.8 ÷ 90 × 100 = 40.9

Automation22.5/100×0.15 of the PA blend

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

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com“Our cookbooks are a great place to get started for fully fleshed out examples!”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“a project will just move forward by itself when team members complete their blocking tasks. Nothing ever gets stuck - and if it does, Motion alerts you instantly.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-project-manager“As soon as a project is off-track, Motion alerts you so that you can course-correct before it's too late.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-meeting-assistant“Put a cap on meeting overload. Set daily limits and watch Motion enforce them automatically.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/integrations“Connect with thousands of the most popular apps using Zapier.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Workflow Builder Automatically builds workflows based on SOPs”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

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

  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/features/ai-task-manager“Create daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly tasks and Motion's AI Task Manager will block time on your calendar regularly so you get them done on time.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com/llms.txt“API access for creating, updating, and managing projects and tasks.”
  • [claimed-docs] https://www.usemotion.com“AI Workflow Builder Automatically builds workflows based on SOPs”
  • [claimed-docs] https://docs.usemotion.com/api-reference/“The API reference has a complete guide on all our endpoints.”

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 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

Automation = 18.0 ÷ 80 × 100 = 22.5