MeshScore is EntityMesh's 0–100 assessment of recorded retrievability, accuracy, and citation-authority signals. The composite maps to fixed Critical, Limited, Developing, Strong, or Excellent bands. A numeric Excellent score is not automatically “EntityMesh Certified”: certification additionally requires a complete, non-proxy, proof-grade rubric. Lead scans are directional, and any signal the scan could not assess remains disclosed rather than silently counting as proof. The score calculation is deterministic for the same normalized evidence snapshot; live rescans can differ because site content, fetch/render coverage, or evidence availability changed. A before/after comparison is meaningful only when both runs are compatible and complete enough to compare.
For teams reviewing a bounded scan, the score works by applying the product's fixed rubric to the normalized evidence that run actually recorded; it does not fill unavailable checks with assumed proof.
Bands describe the rubric; they are not an industry benchmark
The Strong band begins at 70 and Excellent at 85 by product definition. No claim is made that “strong brands” typically score there or that most sites start below it. Certification requires proof-grade evidence in addition to an Excellent score.
The free diagnostic returns a directional MeshScore when its bounded scan completes
Run the free diagnostic. Completion time and coverage depend on the target and renderer; the result labels its confidence and unassessed evidence.