What is critique/auto?
A session coding selector over a fixed coding portfolio. New sessions start on the efficient rung (Kimi K2.7 Code, MiniMax M3, KAT-Coder Pro, GLM-5.3 Flash, Mercury 2.5, Hy4, GPT-5.6 Luna, Laguna, Gemini Flash, Seed, DeepSeek Flash). Later turns reuse the same specialist. Repeated tool failures escalate once onto the frontier rung (GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Kimi K3, Muse Spark 1.3, Grok 4.6, Fugu Ultra, GLM-5.3, Qwen 2.4T). It does not pick from the full catalog. Token rates follow the routed model.
What is CritiqueCode vs the Critique CLI?
CritiqueCode is the author agent, package @critiquedotsh/harness, binary critique-code. It implements, then the controller forces review and verified repair. Run critique-code login and approve on the website to connect Critique Inference with no pasted key. /voice transcribes speech with qwen/qwen3-asr-0.6b so you can talk to the author and reviewer. The Critique CLI is the sidecar reviewer, package @critiquedotsh/cli, binary critique. Same npm org, different products.
Why use Critique as my inference layer?
Same crt_ keys as finish checks and the CLI, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, Western-region routing, and list rates in $/1M input and output for agents that burn tokens all day. Point Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, VS Code, and JetBrains, your harness, or any OpenAI client at https://critique.sh/api/v1 — no separate provider account on managed billing.
Do you store or train on my prompts?
Private tier (default): no log retention for model training — requests are metered for billing only. Log retention tier (optional, 75% off on eligible models): you opt in explicitly; retained prompts and completions help improve models, routing, and the Critique platform. Toggle in Settings → Connections or per request with X-Critique-DeepSeek-Training-Opt-In.
What is log retention pricing (75% off)?
On DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Qwen3.8 Flash, Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B, Qwen3.8 27B, Seed 2.0 Code, Muse Glimmer 30B, Muse Spark 1.3, Laguna S 2.1, Ling 3.0 Flash, Hy3, Nemotron 3 Ultra, MiniMax M3, KAT-Coder Pro, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K2.6, GLM-5.3, and Trinity Large Thinking you can opt into short-term log retention and pay 25% of list price (75% off). Grok 4.6, Kimi K3, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and Fugu Ultra stay at list rates. Accept the conditions, enable account-wide in Settings, or send X-Critique-DeepSeek-Training-Opt-In: true per request.