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title: "Check result and credit: definition and formula · Specoria"
description: "Each check ends as passed, partly passed, failed, couldn’t check or not applicable. Credit is the share of the check’s weight it earns, from 0 to 1."
source_url: "https://specoria.com/glossary/check-credit/"
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GLOSSARY Score model v2.6 · last reviewed October 8, 2026

# Check result and credit: definition and formula

Each check ends as passed, partly passed, failed, couldn’t check or not applicable.

## Definition

Credit is the share of the check’s weight it earns.

## Formula

`passed = 1 · partly passed = the check’s own share (0 to 1; 0.5 when none is given) · failed = 0`

## Example

An offer with three of four required fields passes partly with credit 0.75.

## How to read it

A passed check earns its full weight, a failed one nothing, and a partly passed one its share of the weight. Each check sets its own share from what we found, for example the share of required fields present; when a check gives no share, partly passed earns 0.5.

“Couldn’t check” and “not applicable” earn no credit and also leave the denominator, so they neither help nor hurt the score ([Couldn’t check](https://specoria.com/glossary/#not-verifiable), [Not applicable](https://specoria.com/glossary/#not-applicable)).

In the summary of whether an agent can reach, read and buy, one failed check turns its line to no, one we couldn’t check to unknown, and one partly passed check to partly.

## What it does not tell you

- Which missing part matters most to a given assistant: credit shows how much of a check passed, not what an agent does with the rest.
- Other pages of the site: the result is judged on the pages we read, and on a store that is one product page.
- Whether a real assistant gets past a security layer’s challenge page: we score that page as a possible block that passes partly, not as a fail.
- The effect on the score: the same credit is worth more points on a heavy check than on a light one; each [check’s page](https://specoria.com/method/checks/) shows its weight.

## What moves it

- Adding what the check’s result names as missing raises its share; each check’s page lists what a full pass needs ([all checks](https://specoria.com/method/checks/)).
- A partly passed check loses weight × (1 − credit) points, so finishing a heavy check that is half done can be worth more than fixing a light check that failed ([Priority order](https://specoria.com/glossary/priority-order/)).

See also: [Every check and its weight](https://specoria.com/method/checks/)

## Related terms

Readiness score (free test): How 27 checks on your public pages become one number from 0 to 100.

- [Agent readiness score](https://specoria.com/glossary/readiness-score/)
- [Couldn’t check](https://specoria.com/glossary/#not-verifiable)
- [Not applicable](https://specoria.com/glossary/#not-applicable)
- [Insufficient measurement](https://specoria.com/glossary/insufficient-measurement/)
- [Critical blocker](https://specoria.com/glossary/critical-blocker/)
- [Readiness level](https://specoria.com/glossary/readiness-level/)
- [Category score](https://specoria.com/glossary/category-score/)
- [Priority order](https://specoria.com/glossary/priority-order/)
- [Potential score](https://specoria.com/glossary/potential-score/)

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