# Education — Smoower Index methodology

> Can a developer get from zero to a working integration without asking anyone?

Weight: ~18% of overall.

Measures the learning surface: docs site quality and structure, quickstarts, tutorials, API references, README quality across repos, and runnable examples.

| Sub-metric | What is read |
| --- | --- |
| Docs site | Presence, structure, depth and freshness of the documentation site |
| Quickstart | Whether a first-run path exists and how fast it is |
| READMEs | Quality of README content across the org's active repos |
| Examples | Sample apps, templates and starter repos |

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HTML version: https://www.smoower.com/docs/education
Machine index: https://www.smoower.com/llms.txt · MCP server: https://www.smoower.com/mcp · REST API: https://www.smoower.com/api/v1
All pillars: https://www.smoower.com/docs.md