A benchmark for AI productivity agents
hwbhatti · x · 2026-07-20
A post highlights a benchmark for AI productivity agents rather than plain models.
Benchmark design
- 36 real-world tasks
- Spanning 12 personas
- Tasks range from simple to moderate to complex
- Agents must produce tangible outputs like docs, spreadsheets, and dashboards
Agents tested
- Lemon Supercomputer
- Perplexity
- Claude Co-work
- Manus
Scoring dimensions
- Output quality
- Task compliance
- Speed
- Integration use
- Polish
Main takeaway
Simple tasks can hide agent weaknesses; harder workflows reveal where the agent harness actually breaks down.
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