1.Applications
Apps report what users actually do.
Who should connect?
Experience leaves a trail. Applications, software, and hardware can contribute evidence of their users' interactions to KnocScore. Each interaction becomes part of a portable profile they control.
01 · Who should connect
Anyone that conveys
capability, skill, and knowledge.
1 . Applications
Provided by someone other than the platform owner.
Software that may be provided from an app store or elsewhere, where the operator is not the platform owner.
2 . Software
Operated by the platform owner.
Software where the operator is the platform owner.
3. Hardware
Instrumented devices.
Performance data contributes to an observed user's metrics within the domain, profession, or skill. Analysis provides the understanding and analytics.
- Simulators
- Instrumented tools — for example, a baseball bat and baseball
- Farm machinery — a tractor fitted with sensors
- Camera-enabled environments — a camera on a helmet
- Glasses with an integrated camera
- Trade work — an electrician on a wind farm
Measured effort, shown in a table
| Metric | Measures |
|---|---|
| Time | Effort over time |
| Strength | Force applied |
| Specialized | Field-specific metric |
4. Camera-enabled environments
A trade worker on a wind farm.
An electrician wearing camera-integrated glasses works the turbine's electrical panel. The work is recorded as it happens, and analysis provides the understanding and analytics.
5. Instrumented machines
A farmer driving a tractor.
Sensors on the machine record the work over time. Effort, duration, and field-specific metrics contribute to the operator's metrics within the domain.
Examples
6. Augmented Reality Systems
Skills and Analysis
A camera integrated into the frame; analysis provides the understanding and analytics.
7. Games
Strategy combat game
Decisions and tactics in play convey strategic skill.
8. Learning
Chemistry flashcards
Study and recall convey knowledge of the field.
Real-world simulation games
Games that recreate a real activity and report what happened. The play is the practice, so the session becomes evidence of the skill being worked on.
9. Hand to Hand Combat
Hand-to-hand combat simulation.
Gloves, headgear, and tracking sensors capture strikes, blocks, and reaction time across rounds.
10. Baseball
Baseball simulation.
A batter, a pitching machine, and a record of pitch speed, release point, swing path, and exit velocity.
11. Cycling
Cycling on rollers.
An ordinary road bike on rollers — three drums in a low frame, the wheels resting freely on top. The rider has to balance while pedaling, a device professional cyclists train on.
How evidence flows
From work, to the person who did it.
Providers send
2.Software
Platform-run tools send completed work.
3.Hardware
Instrumented devices capture real tasks.
4.Games & learning
Simulations and study record skill.
KnocScore
Each interaction becomes a piece of evidence.
The observed user
5.Has access
The observed user sees all of their evidence.
6.Controls who sees it
They decide who can view it, and when.
02 · Providers
Provider categories
fall into three types.
1. Content-Focused
Users produce content that requires analysis to understand fields and domains of knowledge.
The content is the focus of the interaction. Example: Text Editor
- Writing
- Code
- Forum answers
- Course exercises
- Support responses
2. Practice-focused
Users perform tasks tied to a profession with little variation in the field or domain of knowledge.
There may be no content to analyze — proper, consistent use is itself practicing the art of the field. Example: Calculator, Game-Simulator
- Field-specific tools
- Professional software
- Instrumented systems
3. Hybrid
The practice is the activity and the content.
Fields where the work is measured by how it is practiced rather than any single piece of content. Example: Software Editing Tools
- Law
- News reporting
Research and experimental integrations are reviewed individually. Every provider earns its connection — approval reflects real users, genuine interactions, and reliable evidence.
03 · What providers send
A short record
of each interaction.
Each interaction is an evidence particle. Providers send interactions their users have authorized, from their own server — users' data never goes to KnocScore straight from the browser.
Interactions fall into four kinds: discussion, creation, practice, and study. Study is further split into free recall and prompted interactions.
Who
The end user the interaction belongs to, so it reaches the right profile.
Duration
How long the session lasted.
Participants
How many people took part, and who else was involved.
Corpus
The session's text or activity — the material KnocScore analyzes.
04 · What users see
Results your users
can see right away.
Fields of knowledge
The distinct domains detected in the session.
Skills
The distinct skills the work demonstrated.
Competence & complexity
Average competence and complexity for the session.
Time & volume
Session minutes and the amount of work analyzed.
Example session result
- Fields
- Mathematics, Computer Science
- Skills
- Algebra, Debugging
- Competence
- 76
- Complexity
- 61
- Words analyzed
- 842
- Time
- 30 min
Providers show this in their own app — for example behind a "View results" button.
The Contributor Symbol
Connected providers can display the Contributor Symbol, telling users their contributions count toward a future they've built. Approved providers also get a public connection page confirming they are accepted and connected.
05 · Source trust
Not every source
is trusted equally.
Trust is never granted automatically. Each provider's evidence is rated by the probability it is correct — based on independent oversight, transparency, accountability, and the consequences of inaccuracy.
I
Concrete evidence
The interaction and the individual are directly observed and verified — live applications that show the work was done by the person, not AI or someone else.
II
Strong structural guarantee
Independent oversight and real consequences for errors — for example, patents maintained by the USPTO or EPO.
III
Limited transparency
Peer oversight with limited visibility — for example, academic publications.
IV
Third-party reports
Supervisor reports, recommendations, and grades that are hard to verify independently.
V
Weak sources
Social media, résumés, and other self-reported claims.
06 · Connecting
Easy to connect.
Easy to use.
Simple
Connecting, sending, and receiving takes a short, familiar round trip.
User friendly
Results come back in one response, ready to show your users.
AI enabled
Documentation is published for AI coding assistants, so they can help wire it up.