How Turso’s scores are calculated

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

2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.turso.tech/llms.txt # Turso ## Docs - [Welcome to Turso](https://docs.turso.tech/introduction.md): The small database to power your big dr”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/introduction.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 200 at https://docs.turso.tech/introduction.md > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.turso.tech/llms.txt > Use this file t”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/quickstart“turso db create my-db --tursodb”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/quickstart“Now connect to it with the `shell` command:”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“This will start a local libSQL server and create a database for you.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“Automating branching is useful for creating a new database for each pull request.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/sdk/ts/quickstart“Push local writes to Turso Cloud await db.push(); // Pull remote changes to local database const changed = await db.pull();”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): the official Turso CLI installed via the vendor's get.tur.so installer and `turso --version` printed `turso version v1.0.32` keylessly; the installer also ships the sqld libSQL server binary for local development.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `turso dev --db-file /tmp/pa-turso-probe.db --port 8085` booted a fully keyless local libSQL server (sqld listening on port 8085) and a REAL SQL roundtrip ran over the Hrana HTTP pipeline API — CREATE TABLE, INSERT id 6, SELECT id*7 returned {"type":"integer","value":"42"} — no account, no cloud dependency.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“official CLI documented at https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction”

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

Use an official CLIweight 2

2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“official CLI documented at https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): the official Turso CLI installed via the vendor's get.tur.so installer and `turso --version` printed `turso version v1.0.32` keylessly; the installer also ships the sqld libSQL server binary for local development.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `turso dev --db-file /tmp/pa-turso-probe.db --port 8085` booted a fully keyless local libSQL server (sqld listening on port 8085) and a REAL SQL roundtrip ran over the Hrana HTTP pipeline API — CREATE TABLE, INSERT id 6, SELECT id*7 returned {"type":"integer","value":"42"} — no account, no cloud dependency.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/quickstart“turso db create my-db --tursodb”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/quickstart“Now connect to it with the `shell` command:”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/quickstart“turso db shell my-db”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp”

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.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://turso.tech“Spin up thousands or millions of isolated databases programmatically, each with its own boundary. Not a workaround. The architecture.”
• [claimed-docs] https://turso.tech“SQLite-compatible. SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Go. Self-serve from signup to production.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/swagger.json, https://docs.turso.tech/api/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `turso dev --db-file /tmp/pa-turso-probe.db --port 8085` booted a fully keyless local libSQL server (sqld listening on port 8085) and a REAL SQL roundtrip ran over the Hrana HTTP pipeline API — CREATE TABLE, INSERT id 6, SELECT id*7 returned {"type":"integer","value":"42"} — no account, no cloud dependency.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://turso.tech“SQLite-compatible. SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Go. Self-serve from signup to production.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/sdk/ts/quickstart“push() sends your changes to the cloud. pull() brings remote changes down.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/sdk/ts/quickstart“Push local writes to Turso Cloud await db.push(); // Pull remote changes to local database const changed = await db.pull();”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `turso dev --db-file /tmp/pa-turso-probe.db --port 8085` booted a fully keyless local libSQL server (sqld listening on port 8085) and a REAL SQL roundtrip ran over the Hrana HTTP pipeline API — CREATE TABLE, INSERT id 6, SELECT id*7 returned {"type":"integer","value":"42"} — no account, no cloud dependency.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 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

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.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/swagger.json, https://docs.turso.tech/api/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/.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.turso.tech/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/swagger.json, https://docs.turso.tech/api/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”

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.turso.tech/features/branching“Branches are useful for development and testing, because they allow you to make changes to the database without affecting the original database.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“turso db create my-new-database-branch --from-db my-existing-database”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“A branch is a separate database instance that is created from an existing database.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“A branch is a separate database instance that is created from an existing database... Branches are useful for development and testing, because they allow you to make changes to the database without affecting the original database.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“Automating branching is useful for creating a new database for each pull request.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“You can always dump your production database and use it locally for development”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `turso dev --db-file /tmp/pa-turso-probe.db --port 8085` booted a fully keyless local libSQL server (sqld listening on port 8085) and a REAL SQL roundtrip ran over the Hrana HTTP pipeline API — CREATE TABLE, INSERT id 6, SELECT id*7 returned {"type":"integer","value":"42"} — no account, no cloud dependency.”

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.turso.tech/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/swagger.json, https://docs.turso.tech/api/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/.well-known/openapi.json)”

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.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/quickstart“turso db create my-db --tursodb”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“turso db create my-new-database-branch --from-db my-existing-database”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.turso.tech/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/swagger.json, https://docs.turso.tech/api/openapi.json, https://docs.turso.tech/.well-known/openapi.json)”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

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.turso.tech/local-development“turso db shell your-database .dump > dump.sql”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“You can always dump your production database and use it locally for development”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/introduction“Fully backwards compatible with SQLite, but built for the next generation”
• [claimed-docs] https://turso.tech“SQLite-compatible. SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Go. Self-serve from signup to production.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/46677583“You're only file format compatible if you don't use any of the Turso extensions. As soon as you use an unsupported feature in your schema... the SQLite CLI no longer works, Litestream doesn't work, sqlite_rsync doesn't work, recovery tools don't work, SQLite UIs don't work.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/46677583“I don't trust an open-source project once it's backed by a VC firm... At this point 'compatible with SQLite' has become a marketing term IMO, we all know how easy it is to break compatibility here.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

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

• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/43535943“disclosure: I work at Turso. libSQL is our fork of SQLite. It adds new features on top of SQLite, such as vector search, replication, server mode, and more. libSQL is open source (MIT license).”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“official CLI documented at https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): the official Turso CLI installed via the vendor's get.tur.so installer and `turso --version` printed `turso version v1.0.32` keylessly; the installer also ships the sqld libSQL server binary for local development.”

Self-host the core productweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“Local Turso database — local database file, no server needed (recommended)”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“This will start a local libSQL server and create a database for you.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“They are fully SQLite-compatible — they open existing SQLite files — and run entirely in your process, no server needed”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/43535943“disclosure: I work at Turso. libSQL is our fork of SQLite. It adds new features on top of SQLite, such as vector search, replication, server mode, and more. libSQL is open source (MIT license).”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/cli/introduction“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): the official Turso CLI installed via the vendor's get.tur.so installer and `turso --version` printed `turso version v1.0.32` keylessly; the installer also ships the sqld libSQL server binary for local development.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/local-development“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): `turso dev --db-file /tmp/pa-turso-probe.db --port 8085` booted a fully keyless local libSQL server (sqld listening on port 8085) and a REAL SQL roundtrip ran over the Hrana HTTP pipeline API — CREATE TABLE, INSERT id 6, SELECT id*7 returned {"type":"integer","value":"42"} — no account, no cloud dependency.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/46677583“You're only file format compatible if you don't use any of the Turso extensions. As soon as you use an unsupported feature in your schema... the SQLite CLI no longer works, Litestream doesn't work, sqlite_rsync doesn't work, recovery tools don't work, SQLite UIs don't work.”
• [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/46677583“Looks like it's still missing some important features like savepoints (!!!), windows and attach database.”

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

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“Automating branching is useful for creating a new database for each pull request.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the 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

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/api-reference/introduction“Provision a dedicated database per user or per AI agent. Each entity gets its own isolated SQLite database that you create, token-scope, and tear down via the API.”
• [claimed-docs] https://turso.tech“Spin up thousands or millions of isolated databases programmatically, each with its own boundary. Not a workaround. The architecture.”
• [claimed-docs] https://turso.tech“SQLite-compatible. SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Go. Self-serve from signup to production.”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

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

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“Automating branching is useful for creating a new database for each pull request.”

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) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.0 of 10 max

• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“Branches are useful for development and testing, because they allow you to make changes to the database without affecting the original database.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“Automating branching is useful for creating a new database for each pull request.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/branching“turso db create my-new-database-branch --from-db my-existing-database”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/point-in-time-recovery“PITR allows you to restore a database to a specific point in time. This is useful for recovering from user errors, such as dropping a table by mistake.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/point-in-time-recovery“Turso supports point-in-time recovery (PITR) for databases. PITR allows you to restore a database to a specific point in time.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/features/point-in-time-recovery“Turso supports point-in-time recovery (PITR) for databases. PITR allows you to restore a database to a specific point in time. This is useful for recovering from user errors, such as dropping a table by mistake.”
• [claimed-docs] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“Connect any MCP-capable AI agent and it can manage your Turso Cloud account — organizations, databases, groups — and run SQL, on your behalf... There’s no API token to copy or paste.”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp”
• [probe] https://docs.turso.tech/integrations/mcp“PROBE runtime (recorded 2026-09-06): keyless JSON-RPC initialize POST to the hosted MCP server https://mcp.turso.ai/mcp returned HTTP 401 with WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://mcp.turso.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp — the documented OAuth-based agent endpoint (manage databases, branch, run SQL) is live.”