How CockroachDB’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.cockroachlabs.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/llms.txt # CockroachDB - [CockroachDB (6364 pages)](https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/_llms/cockroach-db.md): Distributed SQL datab”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 200 at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/.md > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/llms.txt > Use this”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-mac“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach version` printed `Build Tag: v26.3.1` keylessly after `brew install cockroachdb/tap/cockroach` — the full database binary installs with no account.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach demo --no-example-database --insecure=true -e ...` booted a keyless in-memory single-node cluster and ran a REAL SQL roundtrip — CREATE TABLE, INSERT, and a SELECT that returned ROUNDTRIP=1 — entirely offline, no cloud account.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“The `cockroach demo` starts a temporary, in-memory CockroachDB cluster of one or more nodes, with or without a preloaded dataset, and opens an interactive SQL shell to the cluster.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-start-single-node“A single-node cluster is appropriate for quick SQL testing or app development.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-mac“Instruct Homebrew to install CockroachDB: $ brew install cockroachdb/tap/cockroach”

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.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

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.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

Use an official CLIweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/changefeed-messages“CockroachDB changefeeds have an at-least-once delivery guarantee as well as message ordering guarantees.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/ccloud-get-started“The `ccloud` tool is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that allows you to create, manage, and connect to CockroachDB Cloud clusters.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/ccloud-get-started“install `ccloud` and use the `ccloud quickstart` command to interactively log in and create a new CockroachDB Serverless cluster.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“official CLI documented at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-mac“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach version` printed `Build Tag: v26.3.1` keylessly after `brew install cockroachdb/tap/cockroach` — the full database binary installs with no account.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach demo --no-example-database --insecure=true -e ...` booted a keyless in-memory single-node cluster and ran a REAL SQL roundtrip — CREATE TABLE, INSERT, and a SELECT that returned ROUNDTRIP=1 — entirely offline, no cloud account.”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 12.6 of 30 max

• [github] https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach“CockroachDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol, so you can use any available PostgreSQL client drivers to connect from various languages.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/openapi.json, https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/swagger.json, https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-mac“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach version` printed `Build Tag: v26.3.1` keylessly after `brew install cockroachdb/tap/cockroach` — the full database binary installs with no account.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach demo --no-example-database --insecure=true -e ...` booted a keyless in-memory single-node cluster and ran a REAL SQL roundtrip — CREATE TABLE, INSERT, and a SELECT that returned ROUNDTRIP=1 — entirely offline, no cloud account.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

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.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

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

• [github] https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach“CockroachDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol, so you can use any available PostgreSQL client drivers to connect from various languages.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/14308189“The wire protocol is compatible with Postgres, which allows re-using battle-tested Postgres clients. However it's a non-starter for my use case since it lacks array columns, which Postgres supports.”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/changefeed-messages“CockroachDB changefeeds have an at-least-once delivery guarantee as well as message ordering guarantees.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/14308189“It looks like there is still no mechanism for change notification, which in our particular case is the only missing feature that prevents using it as a postgresql replacement.”

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

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

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

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 8.0 of 10 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“The `cockroach demo` starts a temporary, in-memory CockroachDB cluster of one or more nodes, with or without a preloaded dataset, and opens an interactive SQL shell to the cluster.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-start-single-node“A single-node cluster is appropriate for quick SQL testing or app development.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach demo --no-example-database --insecure=true -e ...` booted a keyless in-memory single-node cluster and ran a REAL SQL roundtrip — CREATE TABLE, INSERT, and a SELECT that returned ROUNDTRIP=1 — entirely offline, no cloud account.”

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 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

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://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/ccloud-get-started“The `ccloud` tool is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that allows you to create, manage, and connect to CockroachDB Cloud clusters.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/ccloud-get-started“install `ccloud` and use the `ccloud quickstart` command to interactively log in and create a new CockroachDB Serverless cluster.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/openapi.json, https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/swagger.json, https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/api/openapi.json, https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/basic-cluster-management“The monthly cost estimate is calculated using simple extrapolation that assumes your workload during the selected time frame is an accurate representation of your workload over the month.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/basic-cluster-management“The **Clusters** page provides a high-level view of your clusters.”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

3 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.3 (disputed) = 3.6 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/backup-and-restore-overview“You can create full or incremental backups of a , , or . Taking regular backups of your data is an operational best practice.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/backup-and-restore-overview“A restore from an arbitrary point in time within the revision history of a backup.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/20097077“I love cockroachdb to death, but the key features that prevent me from using it in any real projects I'm doing are the backup/restore feature, which is currently locked behind their enterprise version. I also would love to use CDC and table partitioning.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/14308189“The wire protocol is compatible with Postgres, which allows re-using battle-tested Postgres clients. However it's a non-starter for my use case since it lacks array columns, which Postgres supports.”
• [github] https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach“CockroachDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol, so you can use any available PostgreSQL client drivers to connect from various languages.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.3 (disputed) = 2.4 of 20 max

• [github] https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach“CockroachDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol, so you can use any available PostgreSQL client drivers to connect from various languages.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/41256222“I do love Cockroach, but the old licensing model was pretty brutal if you required any enterprise features (ex: incremental backup).”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/41256222“I don't like the fact that even free users need an annual license key.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/20097077“I love cockroachdb to death, but the key features that prevent me from using it in any real projects I'm doing are the backup/restore feature, which is currently locked behind their enterprise version. I also would love to use CDC and table partitioning.”

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 27.0 of 30 max

• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-mac“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach version` printed `Build Tag: v26.3.1` keylessly after `brew install cockroachdb/tap/cockroach` — the full database binary installs with no account.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `cockroach demo --no-example-database --insecure=true -e ...` booted a keyless in-memory single-node cluster and ran a REAL SQL roundtrip — CREATE TABLE, INSERT, and a SELECT that returned ROUNDTRIP=1 — entirely offline, no cloud account.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-start-single-node“A single-node cluster is appropriate for quick SQL testing or app development.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/install-cockroachdb-mac“Instruct Homebrew to install CockroachDB: $ brew install cockroachdb/tap/cockroach”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/cockroach-demo“The `cockroach demo` starts a temporary, in-memory CockroachDB cluster of one or more nodes, with or without a preloaded dataset, and opens an interactive SQL shell to the cluster.”

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/changefeed-messages“CockroachDB changefeeds have an at-least-once delivery guarantee as well as message ordering guarantees.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/backup-and-restore-overview“You can create full or incremental backups of a , , or . Taking regular backups of your data is an operational best practice.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

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

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“official MCP server documented at https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server”
• [probe] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the managed MCP server https://cockroachlabs.cloud/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer realm="mcp" and resource_metadata=https://cockroachlabs.cloud/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented CockroachDB Cloud MCP endpoint is live and OAuth-gated exactly as documented.”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/connect-to-the-cockroachdb-cloud-mcp-server“A user can interact with their clusters using natural language prompts to perform read and write operations such as listing tables, executing statements, and inserting rows into a table.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/backup-and-restore-overview“You can create full or incremental backups of a , , or . Taking regular backups of your data is an operational best practice.”
• [github] https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach“CockroachDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol, so you can use any available PostgreSQL client drivers to connect from various languages.”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/changefeed-messages“CockroachDB changefeeds have an at-least-once delivery guarantee as well as message ordering guarantees.”

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

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