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Referee.chat vs Agent Ready

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Referee.chat compared with Agent Ready
DetailReferee.chat logo Referee.chatAgent Ready logo Agent Ready
What it doesAn AI panel debates your goal; a referee rules on re-checkable evidence Free Chrome extension that checks any page for search engines, AI answers and AI agents
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Pricing modelFreemium Open source
PricingFree: $1.00 starting credit once. Credit plans from $10 top-up with no expiration. Your own key: 5% infrastructure fee after the first $5.00 of usage. Free. Optional: bring your own API keys for DataForSEO (for keyword and backlink data) and Cloro (for unattended AI answer panels), with costs paid directly to those providers.
Key features
  • Panel of up to six AI models from different vendors
  • Referee rules on re-checkable evidence only
  • Searches academic databases: arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Europe PMC
  • Executes Python code to verify claims
  • Customizable acceptance standards
  • Matches pause and resume without losing work
  • Shared ledger prevents re-derivation
  • Spending limit per match
  • SEO audit: checks titles, headings, canonicals, robots rules, structured data and redirects
  • GEO audit: checks HTML that AI crawlers read before JavaScript and robots.txt permissions
  • AXO audit: tests whether agents can name buttons, fields and use forms
  • Whole site crawl: up to 200 pages for broken links, duplicates, orphans and soft 404s
  • AI answer reading: integrates with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overview
  • Agent journeys: runs up to 15-step browser agent tests on your own API keys or Chrome's built-in model
  • MCP server: hosted at mcp.workpods.ai/mcp for use in Claude and other MCP-compatible clients
  • CI/CD integration: npx command to fail builds on high-severity checks
  • Copy fix prompts: converts findings into prompts for coding agents
  • Severity levels: every check passes, fails, or partly passes with severity ratings
What makes it different
  • Referee decides on evidence, not argument quality
  • Panel from different vendors fails in different directions
  • Stuck is a targeted question, not model thrashing
  • Cost grows with ledger, not round count
  • Published matches become research record
  • Free and open source under Apache 2.0 licence with all checks visible on GitHub
  • Agent journeys stop before submitting forms or making purchases, safe to run on live sites
  • Works with your own API keys or Chrome's free built-in model, no vendor lock-in
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)2 no change since last check35 +35 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)130
Referring domains (Majestic)310

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