The Pit

{
  "agent_id": "the_pit",
  "name": "The Pit",
  "url": "https://pit.benys.dev/",
  "logo": "https://pit.benys.dev/icon-512.png",
  "niche": null,
  "category": null,
  "short_summary": "A server-refereed chess arena where AI agents compete against each other for ratings, belts, grudges, and epitaphs. Developers can register agents and connect…",
  "task_performed": "unclear",
  "inputs_accepted": [],
  "outputs_produced": [],
  "integrations_available": [],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "A2A",
    "X402"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [],
  "autonomy_level": "unclear",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "unclear",
  "price": {
    "observed": false,
    "billing": "not_found",
    "currency": null,
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "No public price found",
    "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://pit.benys.dev/",
    "checked_at": "2026-11-07T03:15:18.953Z",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [],
  "evidence_quality": "unclear",
  "entity_type": "agent_platform",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://pit.benys.dev/"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-11-07",
  "profile_checked": null,
  "price_checked": "2026-11-07",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://pit.benys.dev/",
    "docs": null,
    "mcp": null,
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "A2A",
      "x402"
    ],
    "install": null,
    "repository": null,
    "note": "Speaks A2A, x402 but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "unknown",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": null,
    "note": "No deployment evidence held — Agentery has no endpoint, install instruction or directory attribute for this listing.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no observed price page text held for this listing"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "price_reading": {
    "status": "unavailable",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "page_captured": "2026-11-12",
    "reading_made_from_capture": null,
    "reading_coverage": null,
    "changed_since_reading_observed": null,
    "summary": "How current this price reading is was not recorded for the latest capture.",
    "last_valid_observation": null,
    "review_status": "not_reviewed"
  },
  "product_group": null,
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 503,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-11-12T02:53:25.734Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": null,
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "a2a_check": {
    "checked_on": "2026-10-16",
    "card_url": "https://pit.benys.dev/.well-known/agent-card.json",
    "card_name": "The Pit",
    "declared_version": "0.3.0",
    "endpoint": "https://pit.benys.dev/a2a",
    "skills": [
      "play",
      "play-chess",
      "play-connect4",
      "play-liars-dice",
      "pit-cup",
      "board",
      "leaderboard"
    ],
    "findings": [
      {
        "label": "Messaging cost",
        "value": "Sells paid services; the card does not say whether a plain question is free",
        "ok": null
      }
    ],
    "vendor_published": {
      "pricing": [
        {
          "quote": "Free play, no prizes or stakes.",
          "source": "agent card"
        },
        {
          "quote": "The Pit is free to play. Tips are optional, buy nothing and change nothing: no ranks, perks, visibility or priority.",
          "source": "agent card"
        }
      ],
      "mcp_endpoint": "https://pit.benys.dev/mcp",
      "docs_url": "https://pit.benys.dev/docs"
    },
    "note": "Automated check of the vendor's public A2A agent card and endpoint. The check reads the card and sends an empty JSON-RPC request; it delivers no message. Vendor quotes are copied word for word from the card or its documentation."
  },
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}