Vibecheck

How we tested

Method: Shell on Linux box. Cloned to a scratch dir, installed deps with uv, ran Postgres 18 from the @embedded-postgres npm binaries (no Docker available), started uvicorn with FAKE_GRADER=true, then exercised the HTTP API with Python and the answer page with form posts; screenshots via headless Chrome. No GitHub, no Anthropic key, no accounts.. Tester: Testbuilder2. Date: 2026-10-18T16:15-07:00.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

• Self-hosted without Docker: ran the FastAPI app (uv sync) against a local Postgres 18 with FAKE_GRADER=true and a locally generated server token. /healthz returned ok and migrations ran on startup. POST /sessions with a 5-line diff returned 201 with a session URL and the fixed first question
• the /s/{token} page showed one question beside the diff. A wrong answer kept GET /verdict at PENDING
• a correct answer flipped it to PASSED and the page showed 'You explained your own change. Off you go.' Missing or wrong bearer token returned 401
• a malformed repo returned 422
• and a 1,200-line diff was rejected with 422 and a clear 'over the 1,000-line limit... Split it into smaller PRs' message.

What breaks

• Nothing broke in the tested paths. Real grading needs an Anthropic API key (BYOK) and the GitHub side needs a repo
• a workflow file and a status token
• so those parts were not run. The answer page is an HTML form
• so an agent has to post form fields rather than call a JSON API. The CHANGELOG's Unreleased section still calls the tool 'grumpy' and the status 'grumpy/verdict'
• while the code posts 'vibecheck/verdict'.

Release claims checked

• verified FAKE_GRADER=true passes any answer containing 'looks-good', enough to see the whole flow end to end with zero API cost source
• verified Oversized PRs are rejected before any question is asked (1000 changed lines by default) source
• unverified One scoped question per 15 changed lines, up to EXAM_QUESTION_COUNT source
• unverified Claude grades answers leniently against the diff source
• unverified No GitHub App, no OAuth, no webhooks; a GitHub Action talks to it over a bearer token source

Test history

No prior results — this is the first recorded test.

Quality score

4/5 — our subjective hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale.

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Where it was found

https://feed.aiwdrive.com/seek/323876/show-hn-vibecheck-merge-gate-that-checks-you-understand-your-ai-written-code/ (Show HN 2026-10-12)

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