sota-scan

Is your project as good as the best out there? Find out.

Point it at your project. It asks one thing:

"What do the best projects have that I don't?"

It checks the top real projects in your space. Compares them to yours. Hands you a scorecard and a to-do list.

Every gap points to a real project that already does it. No vague advice. No fluff.

Why it's good

🪞 An honest mirror. Where you really stand.

🎯 A fair fight. It sorts projects by approach. It compares you to your real peers. Not a random pile. Borrowed ideas from other styles are marked optional, never counted against you.

🧾 Receipts, not opinions. Every gap names a real project.

✅ A real to-do list. Ranked. Worst first. With a next step.

📈 Tracks progress. Run it again. See what improved.

What you get

🧭 SOTA Standing — my-project

   Verdict: Solid core. Behind on testing and security.

   Score:  █████░░░░░  63%      Standing: BEHIND      vs 11 projects

   ▶ Do this next:
     Add injection detection. Everyone serious has it. You don't.
     Copy it from <real project>.

   🏆 The leaders    📊 How you compare    🔧 To-do list

Try it (2 min)

It's an add-on for Claude Code. Copy two files in:

Mac / Linux

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/sota-scan ~/.claude/workflows
cp SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/sota-scan/
cp workflows/sota-scan-fanout.js ~/.claude/workflows/

Windows

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force ~/.claude/skills/sota-scan, ~/.claude/workflows | Out-Null
Copy-Item SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/sota-scan/
Copy-Item workflows/sota-scan-fanout.js ~/.claude/workflows/

Open Claude Code in any project. Say:

/sota-scan

Or just ask:

• "Is my project top-tier?"
• "What am I missing vs the best?"

Done. It does the rest.

How deep?

First time? Start with quick. Cheap, fast taste. Go deeper once you like it.

What it costs

It does real research — reads a dozen competitor projects, not just summaries. So it's not instant or free:

Use it now and then — before a launch, a pitch, or when you're curious — not on every commit. On a Claude plan it's bundled. Paying per token? Lean on quick.

Share the result

Every scan is saved to .sota/ so you can re-run it and track progress. Want a copy you can drop in a PR, an issue, or a doc? Export a standalone Markdown report:

node scripts/sota-report.mjs --report   # writes .sota/report.<domain>.md

You get a clean, self-contained file: summary + tier, the capability matrix, the high-confidence gaps, and a cited sources/disclosures trail. It's deterministic — the same scan always produces the same report — so --check flags a stale one, and no flag previews it to your terminal. See a real one: .sota/report.sota-benchmark-agent.md.

Good to know

• Needs Claude Code with internet.
• It won't tell you to pivot. Just how to win at what you already do.
• It scanned itself and came out top-tier — proof (and a shareable report) in .sota/.

MIT licensed. Free to use and build on. See LICENSE.