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

# FAQ

> Common questions about Helix — scoring, data, the two forms, removal, and what ships.

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  <Accordion title="What does a “score” actually look like?">
    Every criterion — derived from your own traces, not invented by us — gets a pass/fail with a
    confidence. Those roll into one verdict on the whole run: a critical failure sinks it. Below a
    threshold of human labels, a judge is marked `unvalidated` rather than trusted, so you always
    know which verdicts to believe.
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  <Accordion title="Is my data uploaded anywhere?">
    No. Traces stay on your machine; Helix reads them locally. When it judges, it reasons on your own
    coding agent's model, so we hold no provider key and add no inference bill. The shipped package
    has no analytics. The hosted Platform is opt-in, through the separate `mutagent` CLI.
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  <Accordion title="What's the difference between the two forms?">
    The [**Plugin**](/helix/install/plugin) installs into the coding agent you already use. The
    [**Standalone**](/helix/install/standalone) binary is proprietary and *is* its own coding agent.
    Both run the same loop.
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  <Accordion title="Do I need traces to start?">
    No. If you're building something new, start at [Spec](/helix/lifecycle/spec) and
    [Build](/helix/lifecycle/build). Evaluate and Diagnose start working once you ship and your
    agent begins logging runs.
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  <Accordion title="How do I remove it?">
    **Plugin:** delete the skill directories under `.claude/` and remove the Helix section from your
    `CLAUDE.md`. **Standalone:** `curl -fsSL https://install.mutagent.io/helix | bash -s -- uninstall`.
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  <Accordion title="Which lifecycle skills ship, and are they published?">
    Helix bundles the full loop — the orchestrator plus AgentSpec, Builder, Evaluator, Diagnostics,
    and Optimize — installed through the [`mutagent` CLI](/cli/overview). Two skills also publish on
    npm and run on their own: [`@mutagent/evaluator`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mutagent/evaluator)
    and [`@mutagent/diagnostics`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mutagent/diagnostics).
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