# How to have a different vendor's model judge your agent's behavior with iFixAi

Repo: [ifixai-ai/iFixAi](https://github.com/ifixai-ai/iFixAi) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 45 minutes | Basis: Seen in the wild

Choose an independent judge so the agent is not grading its own homework.

**Who it is for:** Team lead who does not trust a model to score its own output

**The problem:** If the same vendor's model both runs and grades the agent, blind spots can go unnoticed.

**The outcome:** An audit graded by a separate vendor's judge (or a multi-judge ensemble), giving a more independent score.

## Steps

1. Install extras for both the tested and judge providers, e.g. pip install "ifixai[openai]"
2. Run ifixai setup and pick a self, single independent vendor, or ensemble judge
3. Run: ifixai run --dry-run to inspect the call estimate first
4. Run: ifixai run and compare the scorecard to a self-graded run if you have one

## Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
Use ifixai-ai/iFixAi to audit <my agent> with <vendor A> as the tested model and <vendor B> as the judge. Do a --dry-run first, then a full run, and note any category where the independent judge scored lower. Verify the judge vendor in the report matches what I chose.
```

## Caveat

Using a second vendor means a second API key and added model-call cost on top of the tested model.

## Seen in the wild

- X (Oct 2026): https://x.com/i/web/status/2110626308019659207

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