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    "coverage": "Sum of weights for sourced metrics, divided by the sum of all weights in the category.",
    "composite": "evidence × coverage. A missing metric is not treated as zero inside the evidence average. It lowers coverage instead.",
    "rank": "Tools at or above 50% coverage are ranked by composite, then evidence, then slug A to Z. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled insufficient data, has no numeric rank, and is not eligible for the top 3.",
    "blanks": "If a metric cannot be verified, it is omitted and shown as not available.",
    "coding": "Coding compares products. It does not use Text Arena Elo, the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, or a lab model's SWE-bench row. The only benchmark in Coding is product_swebench, and only when the board names that product's harness.",
    "capabilities": "Sourced capability checks are published on the tool. They are not in the composite until the same check exists for every tool in the category."
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