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AI writescode. Critique reviews what ships.

A press-ready view of the GitHub-native review layer for teams shipping with coding agents, fast humans, and production systems that still need evidence before merge.

GitHub-native reviewScout triageSpecialist lanesRemedy repairRepo-grounded ChatMulti-model routingCheckpoint gateEvidence-first verdicts
GitHub-native reviewScout triageSpecialist lanesRemedy repairRepo-grounded ChatMulti-model routingCheckpoint gateEvidence-first verdicts

The press angle is the product architecture.

Critique is not a chatbot commenting on diffs. It is a review system with a visible chain from triage to specialist analysis to repair.

The news hook

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AI has made code cheaper to produce, but not cheaper to trust. Critique is the verification layer for teams shipping with agents.

What it is

A GitHub App that maps pull request risk, routes specialist review lanes, and returns an evidence-backed merge verdict.

Why now

Teams are adopting coding agents faster than they are upgrading review systems. That gap is becoming an engineering risk.

Proof point

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The first serious beta month crossed roughly a billion tokens processed across review, Chat, Builder, and Remedy surfaces.

Founder contact

Ray is available for short product demos, founder quotes, screenshots, and technical background.

TheusefulstoryisnotthatanotherAItoolexists.Theusefulstoryisthatsoftwareteamsnowneedindependentreview,evidence,andrepairloopsaroundthecodethatagentsgenerate.

Four stories, one clean pitch.

Pick the angle that matches the outlet. The architecture stays the same; the lead changes.

Scout maps the blast radius

The first pass decides what changed, which files matter, and which risks deserve deeper review before specialist agents spend tokens.

Specialists inspect in lanes

Security, test coverage, architecture, and performance checks are treated as different jobs instead of one generic model response.

Lead synthesis writes the verdict

The final response prioritizes findings with severity, evidence, affected paths, and a recommendation the maintainer can act on.

Remedy handles narrow repairs

When the issue is localized and testable, Remedy can attempt a bounded patch in an isolated environment and hand back validation context.

Match the pitch to the newsroom.

Irish technology story

An Ireland-built developer tool working on the verification side of the AI coding wave.

Founder/operator story

A hands-on build story with public beta volume, fast product expansion, and a clear thesis about trust.

Engineering buyer story

How teams should separate coding agents, review agents, and fix agents before requiring AI checks on protected branches.

AI infrastructure story

Multi-model routing, credit accounting, and evidence preservation as the operating system around generated code.

Want the story? Talk to the builder.

Founder interviews, technical background, screenshots, and quote checks go through Ray. Product support still goes through the support mailbox.

Search paths

Need the product pages behind the media angle?

These are the public pages that explain the category, compare Critique with known competitors, and give reporters or buyers the clearest product context.

Harness

Critique Code

Agentic coding harness, same class as Codex. TTY or critique-code web on 127.0.0.1. Binary critique-code from @critiquedotsh/harness. Trial on Verify.

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Install

Install Critique CLI

npm install --global @critiquedotsh/cli — local working-tree finish pass for coding agents.

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Author

CritiqueCode harness

npm install --global @critiquedotsh/harness — author agent (critique-code). Same org as the sidecar CLI, not a rename of it.

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Author

What's new in CritiqueCode

0.1.3 vs 0.1.0: login, critique/auto, voice, skills, workers, and critique-code web. Forced review did not move.

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Author

CritiqueCode web UI

critique-code web: local browser on 127.0.0.1, same forced-review author kernel.

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Docs

Critique CLI documentation

finish.v1 contract, repair modes, integrate for Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, and Cursor.

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Alternatives

Best CodeRabbit alternatives (2026)

Ranked shortlist: Critique CLI finish pass vs PR comment bots and implementation agents.

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Compare

Critique CLI vs competitors

Head-to-heads vs CodeRabbit, Greptile, Copilot review, Bugbot, Codex, Claude Code, Devin.

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vs CodeRabbit

Critique CLI vs CodeRabbit

Pre-commit finish.v1 evidence vs seat-priced PR comments — different moment in the loop.

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vs Claude Code

Independent finish pass for Claude Code

Claude Code writes the change; Critique checks it with structured exit codes.

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vs Codex

Critique CLI vs OpenAI Codex

Complementary: Codex implements, Critique finishes — not same-family self-grade.

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Pricing

Critique CLI pricing

Shared credits (Solo $19 · Pro $49 · Team $149), student/OSS lane, BYOK harness.

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Agents

Machine-readable pricing.md

Parseable plan table for AI shopping agents — no JavaScript wall.

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Category

Best coding agent verification tools 2026

Category guide for independent finish passes vs CI and PR bots.

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Essay

Critique vs built-in agent checks

Why an independent finish pass differs from an agent grading its own homework.

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Essay

Your coding agent is lying to you

“Looks complete” is not verified — when to call a second opinion.

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llms.txt

AI context file

Canonical product description, install workflow, and citation URLs for answer engines.

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Essays

Blog and ship log

Product notes, buyer guides, and release updates.

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