A source-linked comparison across the complete Podium ADE rubric. 2 criteria have sourced findings for both products; 2 were also cross-checked by a second agent for both. 16 rows have at least one sourced finding, including 16 with an agent-cross-checked finding. No score or winner is inferred.
Each finding carries its own verification status, scope and dates. Humans approve the rubric, templates and prototype; they do not review every finding. An agent source cross-check is not a hands-on product test. A missing sourced finding is not evidence that a capability is absent.
Rubric
0.3 · 51 criteria
Last source check
2026-09-23
Next source check due
2026-10-07
Agent cross-checked for both
2 criteria
Factory source checks
2026-09-23
Proliferate source checks
2026-09-23
Access and agent choice
ACC-01
Client access
Judgment rule. List desktop OS and minimum versions, iOS, Android, browser, mobile browser, CLI and editor extensions separately. For each client, record start, steer, approve, review and resume actions, notifications and plan restrictions. Test moving the same task from desktop to phone; distinguish an installable mobile app from a mobile website and from status-only monitoring.
Factory
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Factory documents desktop, terminal and web/mobile browser clients.
Scope
Surfaces: Factory App and Droid CLI · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-07
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
9 atomic answers
Desktop os [supported] macOS Intel/Apple Silicon and Windows x64/ARM64. Sources: factory:welcome.
Mobile apps [unknown] Mobile apps: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Mobile browser [supported] Browser access; dedicated mobile app unverified. Sources: factory:welcome.
Cli [supported] Droid CLI for macOS/Linux/Windows. Sources: factory:welcome.
Editor extensions [unknown] Editor extensions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Task actions [unknown] Task actions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Notifications [unknown] Notifications: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Cross device continuity [unknown] Cross device continuity: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Judgment rule. List supported harnesses and model providers separately, including custom adapters. Record whether the product embeds a harness, controls its sessions through an API, or only launches its terminal command. Verify at least two different harnesses before describing mixed-harness operation as observed.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
ACC-03
Subscriptions, API keys and vendor credits
Judgment rule. Record bring-your-own agent subscription, bring-your-own API account, vendor credits and local models as separate routes. List supported plans, models/modes, multiple-account switching and what works without a vendor account or token purchase. Existing subscription support cannot be inferred from API-key support. Record required extra payments and documented provider restrictions.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Desktop uses existing coding subscriptions.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.
7 atomic answers
Agent subscriptions [supported] Claude Code and Codex. Sources: proliferate:site.
Api accounts [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Vendor credits [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Local models [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Account switching [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Vendor account requirement [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Provider restrictions [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Measure fresh install to first successful task, with manual steps and failures. Test a local directory without Git, a local Git repo without a remote, and a GitHub-backed repo separately. Record whether account, project, host, credential and permission prerequisites are explained before accepting an unusable prompt. Evaluate managed-cloud setup and first-class BYO VPS installer/onboarding independently of hidden settings or a DIY shell recipe.
Factory
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Managed compute setup is available in app settings.
Scope
Surfaces: Droid Computers · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
7 atomic answers
First task setup [unknown] First task setup: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No git [unknown] No git: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Local git without remote [unknown] Local git without remote: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Hosted git [unknown] Hosted git: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Prerequisite guidance [unknown] Prerequisite guidance: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
ACC-05
Programmable access
Judgment rule. Inventory actual CLI, API, SDK, MCP and webhook operations for create, inspect, steer, stop and review. Record authentication and API stability. Having an MCP client that uses external tools is different from exposing the product to other agents over MCP.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
ACC-06
External tools and extensions
Judgment rule. Record MCP client support, plugins, custom tools, skill/instruction import, integration authentication and permission scope. Name which component provides each connection and whether setup is product-managed or inherited from the underlying harness. Verify one external-tool call and its access boundary where available.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
ACC-07
Client implementation
Judgment rule. For each desktop/mobile client, record native platform UI, Electron, Tauri, React Native, web/PWA or unknown, plus hybrids. Require official technical docs or pinned source/build evidence. Tauri is not synonymous with fully native UI. Keep implementation choice separate from measured responsiveness and usability.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Planning and context
PLAN-01
Intake and external tracker relationship
Judgment rule. Record local creation, prompt intake, issue import and chat/Git triggers. Identify the authoritative tracker, stable issue IDs, one-way or two-way sync, supported edits and operations requiring a trip back to Linear/GitHub/Jira. Importing or attaching a ticket is not native issue management. Answer PLAN-06 and PLAN-07 separately.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-02
Durable task plans
Judgment rule. Record task plans and acceptance criteria, editors, revision history and links to implementation. Test amending a task while work is running, restarting and revisiting it later. A task-specific starting brief, reusable memory and a persistent product specification are different objects; product specs are judged in PLAN-08.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-03
Hierarchy, dependencies and evolving scope
Judgment rule. Record epics, arbitrary parent/child depth, blockers, readiness, dependency enforcement and state propagation. Start with a simple interactive task, grow it into an epic and retain its identity, discussion, history and outputs. Verify blockers actually prevent dispatch. Record whether a rigid preselected workflow is required, and whether changing scope requires recreating work.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-04
Shared context and memory
Judgment rule. List repository instructions, skills, project docs and cross-session/cross-harness memory. Record scope, provenance, citation, correction/deletion and stale-context controls. Test what survives a new session or colleague takeover. A notes page or shared file is not automatically a maintained spec or managed memory.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-05
Architecture and API awareness
Judgment rule. Record code search, repository indexing, external knowledge and multimodal inputs, with source freshness and access scope. Ask an agent to use an existing API under a documented architecture rule, then propose a conflicting change. Check retrieval, citation, conflict detection and review-time enforcement separately. A large context window or an instruction file alone does not prove architectural consistency.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-06
Native issue management and idea backlog
Judgment rule. Enumerate create, edit, discuss, prioritize, label, assign, search, filter, archive, reopen and project/epic views within the product. Save an idea without creating a running agent, refine it with another person, and explicitly mark it ready or dispatch it later. Record separate task/session entities, metadata depth, multiple sessions per task, durable state transitions and whether an external tracker remains necessary.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-07
Agent-native issue operations
Judgment rule. Verify an agent can read/create/update the same durable issue IDs and fields humans use, claim/assign work, change state, create dependencies/children and report blockers/results through documented CLI/API/MCP. Check that human views reflect actual writes with attribution, permissions and conflict handling. Distinguish shared authoritative records, synchronized external records, agent-private metadata and prompt-only conventions.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
PLAN-08
Living product specifications
Judgment rule. Record persistent requirements across tasks/releases, editable by humans and agents with attributable revisions and approval rules. Verify requirement-to-task/implementation links, retrieval during later tasks, drift detection and consideration during review/quality control. Amend a requirement after one task ships, then implement another. A one-time spec-to-plan workflow, per-task brief, memory store or unreferenced document does not establish a living product spec.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Coordination and automation
COORD-01
Parallel work
Judgment rule. Record independently running sessions and tasks, documented quotas and observed concurrency. Describe how a user sees running, waiting, failed and finished work. Several chat tabs are not proof that runs execute concurrently.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Delegated sessions have explicit limits.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.
5 atomic answers
Concurrent sessions [supported] Up to eight active children per parent. Sources: proliferate:children.
Concurrent tasks [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Quotas [supported] Children cannot spawn further children. Sources: proliferate:children.
Observed concurrency [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Status visibility [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Record assignment to humans or agents, claims, queues, routing and duplicate-work prevention. Test two workers attempting the same task. Distinguish a display label, an advisory lock and enforced exclusive ownership.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
COORD-03
Inspectable delegation and communication
Judgment rule. Record parent/child roles, model/harness/effort choice, messages, result return and cross-harness teams. Distinguish product orchestration, provider-native subagents, installed orchestration skills and scripts. Record activation, auth and experimental flags. Verify actual child identity, live progress, retained results and ability to reopen or follow up after completion. A final sentence claiming two reviewers ran is not proof. Test the documented invocation as well as the shared natural-language request.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Product delegation differs from harness-native children.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Eight active children per parent; one level; child starts without parent integrations.
12 atomic answers
Roles [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Model harness effort [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Messages [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Results return [supported] Completion report to parent. Sources: proliferate:children.
Cross harness [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Record schedules, event triggers, recurring tasks and completion conditions. Name where the scheduler runs, overlap handling, retries and whether closing the client stops it. A desktop cron recipe is a manual integration unless the product owns it.
Surfaces: Software Factory · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
private-preview
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
8 atomic answers
Schedules [unknown] Schedules: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Events [unknown] Events: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Completion conditions [unknown] Completion conditions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Scheduler location [unknown] Scheduler location: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Overlaps [unknown] Overlaps: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Retries [unknown] Retries: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Client independence [unknown] Client independence: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
COORD-05
Intervention and attention
Judgment rule. Record pause, stop, resume, steering, notifications, pending decisions and escalation. Test an in-run amendment and a harmless approval prompt in both chat and terminal modes. Record silent waits, hidden CLI-only questions and whether stop terminates execution while preserving history. Require discoverable errors rather than inferring success from silence.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
COORD-06
Fleet and epic management UI
Judgment rule. Use a disclosed fixture of 12 task/agent states across several epics, including blocked, failed, awaiting input, reviewing and completed work. Locate parent/child relationships, dependencies, attention needs, history and workload without reading every transcript. Record navigation steps and errors. Boards, graphs, waterfalls, timelines or another interface can qualify; no required visual form. State whether the fixture was simulated or used live agents.
Surfaces: Software Factory · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
private-preview
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
8 atomic answers
Fleet fixture [unknown] Fleet fixture: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Parent child [unknown] Parent child: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Dependencies [unknown] Dependencies: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Attention [supported] Setup gaps and stage health. Sources: factory:factory.
History [supported] Time-range impact metrics. Sources: factory:factory.
Workload [supported] Stage health and repository coverage. Sources: factory:factory.
Navigation errors [unknown] Navigation errors: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Fixture mode [unknown] Fixture mode: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
COORD-07
Workflow flexibility and orchestration visibility
Judgment rule. Compare a quick interactive change with a growing epic. Record mandatory workflow/preset selection, natural-language configuration, per-agent model/effort control, changes during execution and whether the UI exposes what actually ran. Test a coordinator with two reviewer children; capture roles, relationships and results during work and after completion. Document discoverability and auth friction without judging an unsupported magic prompt as proof of missing capability.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Saved workflows support agent and approval steps.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.
10 atomic answers
Quick task [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Growing epic [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Presets [supported] Linear reusable steps. Sources: proliferate:flows.
Natural language [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Agent configuration [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
In run changes [supported] Pause, chat or redo steps. Sources: proliferate:flows.
Live roles [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Retained relationships [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Discoverability [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Auth friction [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. List local, user-owned VPS/remote host, self-hosted service, vendor cloud and hybrid modes. Record provisioning, payer, compute resources, region, idle/max lifetime and disconnection rules. Close/disconnect the originating client and continue from another device. A hosted UI or keep-awake setting is not evidence of remote execution. Record managed-cloud convenience separately from BYO setup effort in ACC-04.
Factory
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Droid Computers support managed and user-owned hosts.
Scope
Surfaces: Droid Computers · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
12 atomic answers
Local [unknown] Local: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Hybrid [unknown] Hybrid: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Provisioning [unknown] Provisioning: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Payer [unknown] Payer: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Region [unknown] Region: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Expiry [unknown] Expiry: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Client disconnect [unknown] Client disconnect: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Other device continuation [unknown] Other device continuation: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Judgment rule. Record shared checkout, branch, worktree, container, VM and OS sandbox separately. Name filesystem, process, network and secret boundaries. Validate code separation with two changes; do not claim hostile-code containment without separate security evidence.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Delegated sessions share their parent checkout.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Do not assume child filesystem isolation.
12 atomic answers
Checkout [partial] Same workspace; use ordinary workspace for separate checkout. Sources: proliferate:children.
Branch [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Worktree [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Container [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Vm [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Os sandbox [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Filesystem [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Process [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Network [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Secrets [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Code separation [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Security boundary [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Test client disconnect, worker crash, service restart and documented sandbox expiry safely. Separate transcript reload, process reconnection, task resumption and state reconstruction. Record lost context, duplicated actions, manual repair and ability to continue a multi-day epic after compute replacement. Short sandbox lifetimes are reported with their continuity behavior, not automatically treated as failure.
Factory
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Droid Computers document persistence across sessions.
Scope
Surfaces: Droid Computers · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
12 atomic answers
Client disconnect [unknown] Client disconnect: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Worker crash [unknown] Worker crash: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Service restart [unknown] Service restart: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Expiry [unknown] Expiry: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Transcript reload [unknown] Transcript reload: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Process reconnect [unknown] Process reconnect: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
State reconstruction [unknown] State reconstruction: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Context loss [unknown] Context loss: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Duplicate actions [unknown] Duplicate actions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Manual repair [unknown] Manual repair: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Multi day continuity [unknown] Multi day continuity: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
RUN-04
Development environment reliability
Judgment rule. Record dependency setup, node_modules/cache handling, snapshots, services, port allocation and secret injection. Start two workspaces with the same service requirements; note installation duplication, port collisions and repair steps. Repeat on a clean remote host. Record which problems the product handles automatically and which the user must diagnose.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
RUN-05
Limits and failure handling
Judgment rule. Record time, turn, token and spend limits; timeout, retry and provider-failure behavior. Test one controlled failure and a small safe budget. Record whether limits are warnings, enforced stops, or external billing controls.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
RUN-06
Truthful status and operational statistics
Judgment rule. Record logs, traces, failure reasons, usage exports and statistics by task, agent, project and time. Induce a worker failure and an approval wait: check agent, task and board state agree and remain correct after reconnect. Distinguish working, blocked, failed, idle, ready for review and delivered. For speed/success claims disclose fixture, model, hardware, attempts and failures. UI responsiveness needs observed interaction timings; never infer a framework from lag.
Factory
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Managed computers expose live resources and connection state.
Scope
Surfaces: Droid Computers · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
13 atomic answers
Logs [unknown] Logs: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Traces [unknown] Traces: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Failure reasons [unknown] Failure reasons: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Usage export [unknown] Usage export: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Task stats [unknown] Task stats: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Project stats [unknown] Project stats: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Time stats [unknown] Time stats: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Failure status [supported] Provisioning, Active or Error status. Sources: factory:computers.
Approval status [unknown] Approval status: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Reconnect consistency [unknown] Reconnect consistency: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Performance method [unknown] Performance method: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Responsiveness [unknown] Responsiveness: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
RUN-07
Per-task API and compute cost
Judgment rule. Record visible model/API spend per task, session, child and epic, including aggregation across harness changes. Distinguish billed charges, estimates, tokens, subscription allowance and unavailable amounts; never render unknown subscription marginal cost as zero. Reconcile totals with provider evidence where available. Record compute fees separately, refresh delay, budget alerts, export and drill-down from summary statistics.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
RUN-08
Compute-aware scheduling and verification
Judgment rule. Record concurrency limits, queues, CPU/RAM limits, backpressure, per-host resource awareness and reuse/deduplication of checks. Queue multiple browser end-to-end tests under a declared safe capacity; verify excess work queues or throttles rather than overloading the host. Inspect cancellation, fairness, recovery and whether overlapping epics share limits. Do not run an uncontrolled load test.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Human collaboration and control
TEAM-01
Live human collaboration
Judgment rule. Record shared visibility, issue discussion, comments, presence and simultaneous co-prompting as independent capabilities. Use two named accounts to steer the same agent and record input ordering/conflict handling, attribution and permission controls. Read-only links and shared issues do not establish co-steering. Record team/free-tier restrictions and whether the original owner must stay online.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
TEAM-02
Roles and access boundaries
Judgment rule. Record organization/project/task roles, membership lifecycle, SSO and provisioning where offered. Test unauthorized access and revocation with consenting test accounts. Describe documented versus observed enforcement, including which plan provides it.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
TEAM-03
Approvals and temporary access
Judgment rule. Record command, tool, network, secret and delivery approvals, approver identity and scope lifetime. Demonstrate allow, deny and revocation, including temporary tunnels or shared access after its thread/session ends. Separate default full access, available safer modes and product-enforced policy from instructions the model is expected to follow.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
TEAM-04
Decision and activity history
Judgment rule. Record attributed actions, approvals, edits, discussion and decision links. Check whether history persists across users and sessions, can be exported, and can be altered. Use the word audit only with a defined retention and integrity model.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
TEAM-05
Review experience and guidance
Judgment rule. Evaluate locating pending reviews, understanding a change, navigating evidence, commenting, requesting changes and finding the next shipping action. Measure steps/time and missed evidence on a shared fixture. Record keyboard/narrow-screen usability, context switching, clarity of agent roles and preservation of review context. Generic diff/PR access and a guided review workflow are different capabilities. Link high-volume review findings to SHIP-06.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
TEAM-06
Colleague takeover and continuity
Judgment rule. Have a second authorized person take over ongoing work with the same task, session history, decisions, artifacts, permissions and runtime context. Test after the first person disconnects. Record ownership transfer, attribution and lost context. Separately record transferring to another model/harness; a forked transcript or shared link alone is not full human takeover.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Verification and delivery
SHIP-01
Retained artifacts and outputs
Judgment rule. Record diffs, documents, screenshots, recordings, previews and test/reviewer outputs. Check for a searchable/browsable artifact gallery or equivalent retrieval, linked to task and exact revision, usable after sessions end. Reopen a completed child reviewer and retrieve its full findings. Check whether internal prompts or tool metadata unintentionally appear in the produced application or other user-facing output. In-chat attachments, persistent review evidence and a cross-task gallery get distinct answers.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
SHIP-02
Verification and spec gates
Judgment rule. Record tests, lint, types, CI, independent review and persistent-spec conformance checks as required versus optional. Cause a failed test and a conflict with an existing product requirement. Verify review catches the conflict and delivery blocks where claimed. An agent saying checks passed is not a passing gate; record configured and enforced policy separately.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
SHIP-03
Git and pull request workflow
Judgment rule. Record branches/worktrees, commits, PR creation, review comments, CI response, rebase and conflict handling. Complete one fixture change through a draft PR. Distinguish an integrated workflow from the agent running Git commands without product state.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
SHIP-04
Merge and deployment authority
Judgment rule. Record who can approve, merge, release and deploy, plus checks against the exact revision. Verify the documented authority boundary without publishing real changes. PR creation, merge and production deployment are separate capabilities.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
SHIP-05
Completion evidence and rollback
Judgment rule. Record task-to-commit/PR/build/deployment links, delivery status, retained evidence and rollback or revert support. Change the candidate revision after review and examine whether approval/evidence is invalidated. Agent exit alone does not prove delivery.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
SHIP-06
Batch review and high-volume shipping
Judgment rule. Return to a queue of at least six completed fixture tasks and review a subset. Record summaries, grouping, risk/size filters, retained reviewer findings, artifact navigation, request-changes flow, approval of exact revisions, dependency-aware merge/release queues and clear next actions. Check stale approvals invalidate after edits and duplicate checks respect RUN-08. Distinguish basic diff/PR actions from a coordinated review-and-delivery queue; do not require Podium terminology.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Ownership, privacy and economics
OWN-01
Source and license
Judgment rule. Record license and revision per component, including client, server and hosted extensions. Distinguish open source, source-available and closed components. Repository visibility is not a license classification or proof of hosted parity.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
OWN-02
Hosting and exit
Judgment rule. Record self-hosting scope, required vendor services, data export/import, standard formats and account cancellation behavior. Verify what remains usable without the vendor account. Exported code alone does not mean tasks, context and history are portable.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Deployment recipes cover Docker Compose and AWS.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.
8 atomic answers
Self hosting [supported] Server behind public URL; migrations and TLS configured. Sources: proliferate:host.
Vendor dependencies [supported] Desktop required for local execution. Sources: proliferate:host.
Export [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Import [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Formats [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Cancellation [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Account independence [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
History portability [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Record where code, prompts, credentials, logs and artifacts go, retention/deletion, training use, residency and subprocessors. Separately record telemetry disclosure, collection defaults, opt-in/opt-out controls and observed first-run prompts. No consent dialog is an observation, not proof of no telemetry, secret telemetry or unlawful processing. Separate orchestration-vendor and model-provider policies.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Self-host telemetry has opt-out controls.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop, self-hosted, roadmap · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-23
Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.
15 atomic answers
Code data [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Prompts [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Credentials [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Logs [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Artifacts [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Retention [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Deletion [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Training [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Residency [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Subprocessors [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Record currency, billing interval, seats/seat minimums, workspace charges, included usage, credits, trial conditions, overages, taxes treatment and separate model/compute costs. Map billing routes to ACC-03. Cite public prices or dated quotes. Per-seat versus pooled billing is a fact, not a universal quality judgment.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
OWN-05
Scenario cost and controls
Judgment rule. Price stated workloads for one, two and five developers, with fixed tasks, concurrency, tokens and compute-hours. The two-person scenario models Till and Michael collaborating. Include subscription, platform, model and compute charges; separate fixed, variable, included and unknown costs. No invented average task cost. Link cost visibility and reconciliation to RUN-07.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
OWN-06
Availability and support
Judgment rule. Record GA/beta/access restrictions, support channels, documented response commitments, release activity, status history and deprecation/export options. Funding, stars and popularity can be context but are not reliability scores. An archived repository does not prove the hosted service is discontinued.
Factory
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Software Factory is explicitly Private Preview.
Scope
Surfaces: Software Factory · Version: Public documentation checked 2026-09-23 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
private-preview
Delivery
native
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-07
This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.
Access restrictions [supported] Request access from Factory. Sources: factory:factory.
Support [unknown] Support: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Response commitments [unknown] Response commitments: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Release activity [unknown] Release activity: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Status history [unknown] Status history: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Deprecation [unknown] Deprecation: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
Export options [unknown] Export options: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
OWN-07
Enterprise assurance
Judgment rule. Record each claimed assurance separately: ISO standard/certificate scope, issuer and validity; SOC 2 report type, covered service and audit period; report/certificate access and verification date. Distinguish public documentation, vendor assertion, independently accessible evidence and unavailable evidence. A logo, enterprise pricing tier, SSO or a provider certification does not prove this product is certified or audited. Report controls in TEAM-02 separately; no legal-compliance verdict.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
OWN-08
Useful free tier and evaluation access
Judgment rule. Distinguish an ongoing free tier, time-limited trial, credits-only trial, open-source self-hosting costs, paid-only access and gated early access. Map which shared scenarios work for free, especially two-person collaboration, BYO subscriptions, remote compute, mobile, issue management and review. Record card requirement, usage caps and whether meaningful evaluation needs payment or sales approval.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
Agent cross-checkedpartial
Team access is private beta; current official pages do not establish whether the Mac desktop app is free.
Scope
Surfaces: desktop · Version: Official sources retrieved 2026-09-16 · Plan: Not specified · OS: Not specified · Execution modes: Not specified · Region: Not specified · Harness: Not specified
Availability
unknown
Delivery
unknown
Checked
2026-09-23
Agent cross-check
2026-09-23
Check again by
2026-10-07
Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.
Current homepage no longer states that the desktop app is free.
10 atomic answers
Ongoing free [unknown] Current official homepage and docs show a Mac download but no ongoing-free price statement.
Trial [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Credits trial [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Self host cost [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Paid only [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Early access [supported] Team private beta. Sources: proliferate:site.
Free scenarios [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Card required [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Usage caps [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Paid evaluation [unknown] Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
Judgment rule. Record publicly stated units, included limits, overage rates, compute/model pass-through or markup, minimum commitment, cancellation and sales-only unknowns. Use transparent, partially specified, quote-only or unknown, with named missing fields. A quote-only enterprise price is a disclosed procurement constraint, not proof of dishonesty.
Factory
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
Proliferate
No sourced public findingnot-published
No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.
