57
/100
prowl
Benchmarked Apr 08, 2026

National Grid ESO

Open data from Great Britain’s Electricity System Operator

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Score Breakdown

Parseability 9/10
Auth Simplicity 8/10
Token Efficiency 8/10
Error Clarity 5/10
Documentation 3/10
First-Try Success 3/10
Latency 2/10
Consistency 1/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
Based on the service information provided, I can analyze National Grid ESO as a data platform. Here's my assessment:

```json
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://data.nationalgrideso.com",
  "auth_method": "none",
  "auth_config": {},
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "free",
    "details": {
      "description": "Open data platform providing free access to electricity system data",
      "access_level": "public"
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {},
  "capabilities": [
    "electricity_demand_data",
    "generation_mix_data",
    "grid_frequency_monitoring",
    "renewable_energy_statistics",
    "transmission_system_data",
    "market_data_access",
    "historical_data_archive",
    "real_time_system_data",
    "data_visualization_dashboards",
    "csv_data_downloads",
    "api_data_access",
    "energy_forecasting_data",
    "carbon_intensity_data",
    "interconnector_flows"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "National Grid ESO (Electricity System Operator) operates Great Britain's electricity transmission system and provides this open data platform for transparency and public access to electricity system information. This is a mature, government-operated data platform serving energy researchers, data scientists, academic institutions, energy companies, and policy makers. The platform typically offers comprehensive electricity system data including real-time and historical demand/supply data, generation mix breakdowns, grid frequency measurements, renewable energy statistics, carbon intensity data, and interconnector flows with neighboring countries. As an open data initiative from a major utility operator, it likely provides free access to most datasets with potential APIs for programmatic access, data visualization tools, and downloadable datasets in various formats. The service supports Great Britain's energy transition transparency goals and enables data-driven energy research and application development. Target users include energy analysts, researchers building energy models, developers creating energy applications, and organizations needing authoritative UK electricity system data."
}
```
Execute

0/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /None68ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txtNone22ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txtNone22ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 47,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 8.5,
    "first_try_success": 3.0,
    "response_parseability": 9.0,
    "error_clarity": 5.0,
    "doc_quality": 3.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 8.0,
    "latency": 2.0,
    "consistency": 1.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier": true,
    "cost_per_1000_requests": 0,
    "description": "Open data platform with free public access"
  },
  "issues": [
    "Website completely inaccessible - DNS resolution failure across all endpoints",
    "Cannot verify documentation quality or API availability",
    "Critical reliability concerns - platform appears down",
    "No security headers detected (though may be due to accessibility issues)"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Immediately fix DNS/hosting infrastructure to restore platform accessibility",
    "Implement proper uptime monitoring and alerting systems", 
    "Verify API endpoints are functional and accessible to agents",
    "Provide clear API documentation with examples for electricity data access",
    "Consider implementing status page to communicate outages",
    "Add proper security headers once platform is restored"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

x402 Payments
Not supported
Streaming
No
Sandbox
None
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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