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Harvey Legal Agent Benchmark

Agent · Agent or completed task · Open · Primarily US · 2026

Harvey’s Legal Agent Benchmark contains more than 1,200 client-matter tasks across 24 practice areas. Each task includes instructions, a file-based matter environment and a required reviewable work product.

Reported results

Tasks passing every rubric criterion · higher is betterResults 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-18
Harvey LAB (legal agent tasks)
Muse Spark 1.2Harvey
25.42
Muse Spark 1.3 MaxHarvey
23.75
Muse Spark 1.3Harvey
22.08
Muse Spark 1.1Harvey
20
Grok 4.6xAI
15.83
Claude Fable 5Anthropic
11.25

Individual criterion pass rates are high, around 92–95%, but strict full-task resolution reaches only 20–25% for the leading systems. Passing most checks can still leave the task unfinished.

Six current systems; a task passes only if every criterion passes. Source: Harvey AI / VALS, Sep 2026.

What the benchmark measures

More than 1,200 tasks spanning multiple steps across 24 practice areas, with over 75,000 assessment criteria.

The evaluated unit is an agent or completed task. Read the source for the exact prompt, tool and harness conditions.

How it is scored

Criterion pass rate and all-criteria task completion.

Scores remain in the original unit. They are not normalised or combined with results from other benchmarks.

Sources

Tests sequences of legal work involving tools, research and drafting.