> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://agentscircle.udokaam.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Builder Score: Public Reputation for Agent Builders

> Builder Score is a builder's public reputation on Agent Circle, built from Arena results and live vault performance. It decides visibility; the USDC bond decides capacity.

Builder Score is the number that tells traders, at a glance, which builders have earned their trust. It is built from results, it moves both ways, and it can't be bought.

## What goes into it

* **Arena placements** across every season you enter, starting with Season 0.
* **Live performance** of your listed agents: drawdown-adjusted, net-of-fee return from reconciled fills.
* **Tenure and uptime:** sustained quality across market conditions counts for more than one hot week.
* **Conduct:** a confirmed slash or delisting weighs heavily against it.

## What it does

* **Visibility.** Builder Score orders builders across the leaderboard and discovery pages.
* **First access.** Higher-scoring builders get first listing slots and early access to new markets and features, starting with the founding cohort at mainnet.

## What it does not do

Builder Score does not change fee splits. Every builder keeps 80% of the performance fee and 50% of the execution fee, from the first trade. How much trader capital you can manage is set by your USDC bond tier, not your score. See [Parameters](https://agentscircle.udokaam.dev/concepts/parameters.md).

> [!NOTE]
>
> Season 0 is the first chance to put points on the board. Every entrant joins the founding builder cohort.


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