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Chrome extension · by DebateIt
Still in development

Find the weak link. Before it counts.

Every draft has one load-bearing claim that won't survive contact. Find it before they do. Highlight your essay, thesis, case, or pitch, and Counter attacks the weak link the way an admissions officer, editor, or opposing counsel will. Read the takedown, or defend it out loud.

In beta. Sideload the dev build to test it: drop the .zip into chrome://extensions with Developer mode on. Step-by-step below. Or try the voice round in the browser without installing anything.
What it does

The AI you couldn't sit across from in school.

Counter has one job: go after the weakest thing you wrote, before the people who matter do. It doesn't flatter and it doesn't fix your prose. It finds the crack and pushes. Two ways to take the hit: on the page, or out loud.

1
Read the takedown.

Highlight a paragraph anywhere: the web, a PDF, Google Docs. Counter names the weakest load-bearing claim, stacks three rebuttals under it, and hands you the question your reader asks first.

2
Then say it out loud.

Same passage, voice mode. Dr. Iyer asks one precise question and waits. No pile-on, no five-at-once, no rambling. The way a real viva or panel actually runs.

3
Pick who's across the table.

Admissions officer, op-ed editor, thesis committee, opposing counsel, VC, or a plain skeptic. Each one presses exactly where that reader presses.

The flow

Five seconds to start. One question you weren't ready for.

01
Highlight or paste

Highlight a paragraph in your draft, or paste it straight into the side panel.

02
Pick your pushback

Counter it in writing, or hit Quiz me out loud. One tap unlocks the mic and the examiner opens the round.

03
Take the hits

In writing: the weakest claim, three rebuttals, the first question. Out loud: precise probes you answer by voice, one at a time.

04
Fix the gap

What was sharp, what to tighten, and the question you weren't ready for. Then run it again before it counts.

Built for

Anyone whose argument has to survive a tougher reader.

If you've ever written something that someone else gets to poke holes in, you know the gap between "I wrote this" and "this holds up." Counter closes that gap, on the page or out loud.

Admissions essaysYour personal statement, supplementals, and portfolio, read the way an admissions officer actually reads them.
Debate cases & op-edsRun a contention or an argument past an opposing counsel or a skeptical editor before they get to.
CBSE / ICSE vivaClass 10 + 12 practical and project orals across Bio, Physics, Chemistry, CS, History.
State board oralsMaharashtra HSC, Karnataka PUC, Tamil Nadu state board, English and regional medium.
JEE / NEET interviewsCounselling-round questioning, document interviews, viva-voce screening.
College admission interviewsIIT, IIM, NMIMS, NLU, school admissions. Defending your essay, your portfolio, your story.
University seminarsInternal assessment vivas, paper presentations, seminar Q&A, internship defenses.
Dissertation + thesis defensesYour committee will ask the question you don't want to answer. Practice it first.
Common questions

Read this before you install.

How is this different from chatting with an AI tutor?

Counter has one job, two ways to do it: counter your draft in writing, or quiz you on it out loud. Either way the AI is set up as the reader you'll actually face, an examiner or editor that presses on the weak link instead of flattering you. The point is pressure on the load-bearing claim, not a pat on the head.

Does it actually edit my Google Doc?

The current version reads your active Doc and uses it as the source for a viva. The next version (in development) lets you ask the AI to sharpen specific paragraphs and apply the change to your real Doc with one tap. Tracked changes are coming. You always confirm before anything writes.

Will it speak Hindi for a Hindi-medium viva?

Yes. The AI speaks any of the supported languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, and Arabic. Toggle the language inside the side panel.

What does it cost?

Free tier: 5 drills, plus 5 more when you sign in (10 total). Individual: $5/year for 250 drills/month, six AI brains, and HD voice. Lifetime: $14.99 once for 250 drills/month forever, no recurring charge. Bring-your-own-key (Anthropic Claude only): $1/month for unlimited. Everything is free while Counter is in beta.

What data does Counter collect?

Only the text you explicitly select or paste. The extension doesn't read pages you haven't acted on, doesn't track browsing history, doesn't sell data. Voice audio streams directly from your browser to the AI provider via WebRTC; our servers are not in the audio path. Full privacy policy here.

Does it work on Google Docs?

Yes. Docs uses canvas rendering, so the standard right-click is intercepted. Counter handles this with a floating "Quiz me" pill that surfaces after you copy any selection (Ctrl/Cmd+C). The keyboard shortcut also works.

Who built this?

Counter is built by DebateIt. The same engine that powers debateai.com's voice round and six-brain panel. The founder is a national APDA debate champion. The AI cross-examination logic comes from somebody who actually won at the top of the format.

Beta · Sideload

Install the dev build to test it.

Counter isn't on the Chrome Web Store yet. The build below works exactly the way the listed version will once we ship to the store; sideloading just skips the review queue.

  1. Download the build. Grab the latest dev build (.zip). Unzip it somewhere stable on your machine. Don't delete the folder after install; Chrome loads from it live.
  2. Open Chrome's extensions page. Paste chrome://extensions into the address bar (Chrome won't let you click a link to it). Flip Developer mode on (top-right toggle).
  3. Load unpacked. Click Load unpacked (top-left, only visible with Developer mode on). Point it at the folder you unzipped. Counter shows up in your toolbar with the red icon.
  4. Try a drill on any page. Pin Counter to the toolbar, then either click the icon to open the side panel, or right-click any highlighted text on a webpage (Wikipedia article, news story, anywhere) and pick Counter this argument. The side panel opens with your selection loaded, ready to counter in writing or quiz you out loud.
  5. Or try it inside Google Docs. Open any Google Doc. A red Counter button appears in the bottom-right corner, Docs-native, always visible. Highlight your paragraph, press ⌘C (or Ctrl+C), then click the button. The side panel opens with your paragraph pre-loaded, ready to counter in writing or defend out loud.

Google Docs integration is partial. Right-click + context-menu drills work everywhere. The "open the active doc via the Docs API" path needs an OAuth client ID that isn't shipped in the public build (security). You'll see a "Connect Docs" button in the side panel that surfaces a setup hint instead of opening the consent screen. Everything else works.

Found a bug? Drop it in Discord or use the in-page feedback form on the main site. This is the active testing window.