Anthropic Cookbook Engineering Benchmarks

Anthropic · GitHub · Updated October 26, 2026

Anthropic Cookbook delivery benchmarks are based on 5 merged pull requests in the last 30 days (114 all-time), with 0.5 hours median cycle time, 0.1 hours median review time, and 3 active contributors. AI-related signals appear on 40.0% of recent work. PR volume is down -38% compared to the prior period.

Median Cycle Time
0.5h
PR open to merge
Median Review Time
0.1h
first review to approval
AI-Related Signals
40.0%
directional signal across recent PRs
Best Signal Fast Delivery
31m
Median cycle time of 31m
Watch Out Declining Cadence
-38%
PR volume down 38% vs prior period

Repo vs Anthropic Average

+22.2pp
AI Signals
-0.7h
Cycle Time
0.0h
Review Time

Delivery Trend and AI Signals

PR Backlog (Humans)

Excludes AI agents and automation accounts.

PR Backlog (AI Agents)

AI coding agents only.

AI Signals vs Cycle Time

Correlation

strong positive
r = 0.98 (9 weeks)

Cycle Time by AI-Related Signals

159.0h
with signals
0.4h
baseline
44069.4%
difference

PR Breakdown

2 with signals / 5 total PRs

Top AI Tools

claude 2

PR Type Breakdown

unknown 4
docs 1

Methodology

Metrics are computed from merged pull request data synced daily from GitHub. AI-related metrics are directional signals inferred from pull request activity patterns and heuristics. Summary metrics use a 30-day rolling window; trends use a 90-day window. Last updated 20 hours, 39 minutes ago.

Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests.

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