# PACE — the Practical Agentic Coding Exam

> PACE measures how well you actually work with coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor). 420-question bank, randomized 40-question sittings, a 200-800 SAT-style score, verifiable certificates. Free beta at pace.wholetech.com. Part of the WholeTech network. Built **Agents First** (https://agentsfirst.dev): designed to be read and used by AI agents, not just humans.

## Machine-readable (Agents First surfaces)
- [AGENTS.md](https://pace.wholetech.com/AGENTS.md) · [openapi.json](https://pace.wholetech.com/openapi.json) · [MCP card](https://pace.wholetech.com/.well-known/mcp-server-card.json) · [ai-plugin.json](https://pace.wholetech.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json)
- [glossary.json](https://pace.wholetech.com/api/glossary.json) · [principles.json](https://pace.wholetech.com/api/principles.json)

## About
PACE — the Practical Agentic Coding Exam is part of the WholeTech network (https://wholetech.com). Guiding principle: Agents First.

## Pages
- [Home](https://pace.wholetech.com/)
- [Sit the exam](https://pace.wholetech.com/exam/)
- [Verify a certificate](https://pace.wholetech.com/verify/EXAMPLE) (replace with a cert id)
- [Act — agent actions](https://pace.wholetech.com/act/)
- [Human sitemap](https://pace.wholetech.com/sitemap/)