How we count.

Every fact on the store is counted or checked by ahel. A publisher cannot edit them, nothing is estimated, and a fact with nothing to show is left out.

Tested by ahel

Where it comes from: A real account connected the app and ran its actions through ahel. The date is the first time we did.
When it shows: One successful run with a real account.
How fresh it is: Updated when ahel runs the app again. A badge whose last pass is older than 14 days is dropped once the weekly run is live.
How to earn it: Apps listed by ahel earn it when we run them. For Studio apps the weekly run is being built; until then no Studio app carries it.
What we never show: A badge for an app nobody at ahel has run.

Verified in Claude

Not shown on ahel yet.

Where it comes from: A person at ahel sees the app's card render in Claude and records the date.
When it shows: The card renders as the app describes it.
How fresh it is: Checked by hand, with the date shown.
How to earn it: Nothing to apply for: we check listed apps.
What we never show: A claim about a host we have not checked ourselves.

Ready for Anthropic

Where it comes from: The readiness checks for the Anthropic directory, the same list the Studio Publish page shows.
When it shows: Every required check passes.
How fresh it is: Rechecked when the page is read, at most once a minute, and on every publish. The date shown is the date of the check.
How to earn it: Fix every check marked Fail on your Publish page.
What we never show: A store's own decision. Ready means our checks pass, not that the store has listed the app.

Ready for OpenAI

Where it comes from: The readiness checks for OpenAI apps, the same list the Studio Publish page shows.
When it shows: Every required check passes.
How fresh it is: Rechecked when the page is read, at most once a minute, and on every publish. The date shown is the date of the check.
How to earn it: Fix every check marked Fail on your Publish page.
What we never show: A store's own decision. Ready means our checks pass, not that the store has listed the app.

Verified publisher

Where it comes from: The app's own domain, on the same site as the website on its listing.
When it shows: The domain passed its DNS check.
How fresh it is: Shown with the date it was verified.
How to earn it: Add your domain on the Publish page and pass its DNS check.
What we never show: A company name we have not checked against a domain.

Calls this month

Where it comes from: Calls to a Studio app from outside the publishing workspace, counted by ahel as each call is served.
When it shows: Nothing at 0, “in use” from 1 to 99, the number from 100. When the count cannot be read, it says “unavailable”.
How fresh it is: Live, for the current month in UTC, at most a minute old.
How to earn it: People outside your workspace using your app.
What we never show: Calls from your own workspace, estimated traffic, or a 0. Apps listed by ahel show no calls yet.

Serving

Where it comes from: The same count as Calls this month.
When it shows: 1 or more counted calls this month.
How fresh it is: Live, at most a minute old.
How to earn it: People outside your workspace using your app this month.
What we never show: Serving for an app with no counted calls this month.

Workspaces using it

Not shown on ahel yet.

Where it comes from: Workspaces other than the publisher's with a counted call this month.
When it shows: Shown from 5.
How fresh it is: Once a day.
How to earn it: More teams using your app.
What we never show: Which workspaces they are.

Featured

Where it comes from: One app a month, picked by a person at ahel and named on the card.
When it shows: The picked app is still listed on the day it shows.
How fresh it is: Monthly, in UTC.
How to earn it: Nothing to apply for: we pick from listed apps. With no pick, the Tested app with the most shown calls stands in, and says so.
What we never show: A paid placement.

The leaderboard

Where it comes from: Every listed Studio app. Apps listed by ahel are not on it.
When it shows: Rank numbers appear once 3 apps are listed.
How fresh it is: On every page load, from facts at most a minute old.
How to earn it: Sorted by calls this month, then stores passed, then a verified domain, then Tested by ahel, then the listed date.
What we never show: A position anyone can buy or edit.

Useful

Where it comes from: One press per workspace per app, from signed-in members.
When it shows: The Useful sort appears once one app has 10 counted votes.
How fresh it is: Live, on every press.
How to earn it: A vote counts when the workspace is 7 or more days old, has made at least one successful call, is not the app's publisher, and has not had its votes voided. A workspace can press 50 times a day.
What we never show: A vote number, on any page or in any response.

Calls, last 6 months

Not shown on ahel yet.

Where it comes from: The monthly counts behind Calls this month.
When it shows: Two or more months of data and one month at 100 or more.
How fresh it is: Once a month, in UTC.
How to earn it: Steady use of your app.
What we never show: A chart for an app whose publisher hides its calls.

Search engines

Where it comes from: Each Studio app page and each publisher page.
When it shows: Indexed when the app is listed and has a verified publisher domain or the Tested badge. The list of publishers is indexed from 3 publishers.
How fresh it is: The sitemap refreshes every hour.
How to earn it: Verify your domain on the Publish page.
What we never show: Nothing is hidden: a page that does not meet the rule is public and asks not to be indexed.

The Studio contest

Not shown on ahel yet.

Where it comes from: One 30-day Studio build window, announced on the store.
When it shows: Verified calls from at least 5 other workspaces, at most 100 counted per workspace.
How fresh it is: Standings during the window.
How to earn it: Publish a new app during the window.
What we never show: A prize without the numbers behind it.

What we never show.

No ratings, reviews, vote counts or estimated traffic.

A workspace that buys or trades votes has its votes voided.