// for builders shipping anything

Real humans in your loop. On demand.

A reciprocal work-exchange marketplace for builders who ship. Your evals pass, your demo works — or maybe it's a Shopify storefront and a booking flow that's missing an empty state. Either way, Hitlooper drops a vetted builder into your loop for $25–$100, on video, with their voice on the line — usually within hours.

// templates · choose what you need

Six templates. $25 to $100.

Four cover AI / agent / LLM testing — the wedge use case. Two cover general product feedback. Each template scopes the work, sets the deposit, and configures the deliverable form. No custom briefs in V1 — speed beats flexibility while the market is being built.

Reputation rewards scale. Every accepted task earns ≥ +1 rep. The ceiling shown on each card (e.g. +10) is what a HITLooper earns at a top AI score; a just-passing score earns less. The curve is payout × AI quality — see /for-hitloopers for the full formula.

// ai · agent smoke$40
Agent smoke test
"Does your agent do the obvious thing?" A HITLooper runs your sample prompts, checks tool calls, flags hallucinations and silent failures.
45 min · ai_agent · earns up to +8 rep
// ai · agent stress$75
Agent stress test
Adversarial inputs, prompt-injection, long contexts, nested tool calls. Gated to rep 20+ Hitloopers who know what they're poking at.
75 min · gated rep 20+ · earns up to +15 rep
// usability · deep dive$100
Deep dive
A 90-minute expert pass — heuristic violations, journey map with severity ratings, prioritised recommendations. The "I need a real audit" template.
90 min · gated rep 20+ · earns up to +20 rep
// usability · quick$25
Quick task
"Can a stranger complete this one flow in under 5 minutes?" One task, no deep questions. Works for AI features or any UI surface.
30 min · 1 task · earns up to +5 rep
// usability · standard$50
Standard usability test
Three tasks, structured friction tags, end-of-session impressions. The workhorse template — covers most "is this confusing?" questions.
60 min · 3 tasks · earns up to +10 rep
// landing · critique$30
Landing page critique
30 minutes of first impressions: what they think you do, who it's for, would they sign up. Brutal, fast, useful.
30 min · 1 page · earns up to +6 rep
// what you get back

A video. A structured form. A transcript.

Every submission is a recorded session plus a deliverable scoped to the template. Ratings, friction tags, plain-language findings — formatted the same way every time so you can scan five sessions in ten minutes.

// recording · 28:42
jane / @halfshell · screen + audio · whisper transcript ready

Standard usability test · sample deliverable

overall · how confusing was this product? 3/5 · "moderately"
friction tagsunclear-ctajargonno-empty-stateslow-load
where they got stuck"The second sign-in screen had a button labeled 'Continue' and another 'Skip'. I clicked Skip because I wasn't sure I needed to fill in the field above it. Lost me for 90 seconds."
what worked"The post-project view is clean — I knew immediately my deposit was held in escrow, not spent. The 30-day window countdown is a nice anchor."
ai score88 · engagement 91 · substance 85 · originality 86 · coverage 89
// a typical project · 4 days

What it looks like, end-to-end.

From "I need feedback" to "deposit refunded." The median project closes in three to four days. Half of that is your review window.

t = 0tuesday

You post a $50 standard usability test.

Stripe Checkout takes the deposit. Project goes live. Four matching HITLoopers are notified within ~30 seconds.

+ 11 mintuesday

@halfshell claims it.

SLA clock starts. You get an email — name, profile, rep score, time zone. Their 72h window begins.

+ 18 hrswednesday morning

They record & submit.

28-minute session. Whisper transcribes in ~90 seconds. AI scoring lands within 5 minutes. You get a "ready to review" email.

+ 22 hrswednesday

You review & accept.

Watch the video at 1.5× while reading the transcript. Accept with rating, friction tags, optional comment. The settlement workflow fires immediately.

+ 22 hrswednesday

Payout to @halfshell · $42.50.

Stripe Connect transfer. 15% retained. Your 30-day reciprocity window opens — you have until late June to claim $50+ for someone else.

+ 19d3 weeks later

You claim a $75 agent test.

You spend an afternoon poking at @forge's agent. Submit. They accept. Your window closes → $42.50 refunded to your card. (And a new $75 window opens.)

Your first project goes live in ~90 seconds.

Magic-link sign-in, six templates to choose from, Stripe Checkout, then matching Hitloopers see it inside a minute. No setup, no scoping calls, no sales team to talk to.