How to bring a case
before The Vibe Court
Five AI judges. One binding ruling. Here is everything you need to know to submit a case, read the verdict, and make the most of your time before the bench.
⚖ Submit Your Case NowDescribe your situation
Type any everyday social situation into the submission field. Food choices, relationship decisions, workplace dilemmas, personal habits, recurring arguments, things you did that felt fine but your friend said were a crime — the court accepts all of it.
The quality of the verdict scales with the specificity of the submission. "I ate cereal at midnight standing over the sink" produces a sharper, funnier, more quotable ruling than "I did something weird at night." Give the court something to work with. Valentina especially will want the details.
Activate Judge My Friend mode
By default, the court treats you as the petitioner — the person who did the thing. Toggle Judge My Friend mode to submit a case on someone else's behalf. The court is then told the situation was brought by another party, which changes the framing of every judge's deliberation.
Use this when you want the court to rule on something your friend did. Or your partner. Or your coworker who microwaves fish in the shared kitchen. The court will deliberate the same way — it just knows you are not the one who did it.
Watch the judges deliberate
Hit Bring This Before The Court and the five judges begin deliberating in parallel. Each delivers a 2–3 sentence speech in their own voice, then casts a vote: VIBE, CRIME, or CONTESTED. The speeches are revealed one at a time, with a stagger between each judge. The pacing is intentional.
The four permanent judges — Riley, Valentina, Thaddeus, and Ozzy — sit on every panel. Seat 5 is occupied by the current rotating guest judge, who changes every three days. The guest's personality can shift the outcome. The same case deliberated in a different week may produce a different ruling.
Receive the official verdict
The majority vote determines the ruling. Three or more VIBE votes produces Certified Vibe. Three or more CRIME votes produces Vibe Crime. Any split or tie produces The Court Is Divided. The ruling — one punchy, quotable sentence from the bench — drops immediately after the last judge speaks.
If the vote is not unanimous, the minority files a dissenting opinion. These are short, formal, and often the most memorable part of any ruling. Ozzy has filed 90. They are all earnest. Several of them are correct in hindsight.
Appeal, retry, or share
The ruling is not necessarily the end. Three advanced moves are available after any verdict:
Appeal — Submit a counter-argument, new evidence, or an emotional plea. The court will reconsider. Chief Justice Riley writes all appeal decisions personally. The court may uphold, modify, or overturn the original ruling. It is under no obligation to agree with you.
New Judges — Swap the guest in Seat 5 for any of the 25 guest judges and re-deliberate the same case. Different personality, potentially different outcome. Use this to explore how the ruling changes with different perspectives on the bench.
Share — Download a parchment-style verdict certificate, copy a permanent verdict URL at thevibecourt.com/v/[id], or use the video format to screen-record and post directly to TikTok or Reels — the layout is portrait-mode by design.
The court's official verdict that your situation is approved. The majority ruled in your favour. The ruling is binding, final, and also made up. Use it as validation freely and without shame.
The court's verdict that your situation violates acceptable vibe standards. The majority voted against you. You may appeal, but the court has a long memory and Ozzy keeps a personal archive.
A 3-2 split or closer. No clean verdict. The court acknowledges your situation contains genuine complexity. The minority files a formal dissenting opinion. Both sides are on the record.
Use New Judges to find the guest judge most sympathetic to your situation. The Socialite will likely Vibe what the Reddit Mod calls a Crime. The Boomer and the Gen Z Judge rarely agree. Build the bench you need.
Every verdict comes with a downloadable parchment certificate — case number, ruling, all five judge signatures. It looks official enough to hang. Several people have framed them. Several more have sent them as roasts.
Every ruling gets a permanent link at thevibecourt.com/v/[id]. Send it to the person the ruling is about. Let them open it and read the court's position. The court delivers the message so you do not have to.
The video format renders the verdict in portrait mode with automatic judge reveals timed at 1.2 seconds each. Screen-record and post directly. No editing, no captions to add, no further work required.
Not sure what to submit? Use one of the example chips below the input field. They are real cases the court has ruled on. Good for understanding the format before bringing your own situation.
The Vibe Record tab keeps your full case history. See your Certified Vibe rate, your Vibe Crime rate, and which cases produced a split. The court remembers. So should you.
Common questions
What makes a good case?
Specificity and social tension. The best cases have a clear question underneath them — "was this okay?" — and enough detail for the judges to actually deliberate. Situations with genuine ambiguity tend to produce the most interesting rulings. If the answer seems obvious, the court will say so. But sometimes the court surprises you.
Why might the same case get a different verdict twice?
The Vibe Court uses an AI temperature of 1.05, which introduces genuine variation in how the judges respond. The same case submitted twice may produce different speeches, different vote counts, and occasionally a different ruling. This is a feature. The court is intentionally human — as inconsistent as one.
Are the rulings legally binding?
No. The Vibe Court is an entertainment tool. Its rulings carry no legal weight in any jurisdiction on Earth or otherwise. All rulings are final and also made up. You may, however, use a Certified Vibe ruling as validation in an argument with a friend. That is specifically what it is for.
Can I submit a case about something that already happened?
Yes. The court rules on past situations, present dilemmas, and hypothetical scenarios equally. It does not ask for timestamps. Frame it in present tense for the cleanest deliberation: "Is it a vibe crime that I ate my roommate's leftovers" rather than "I ate my roommate's leftovers last Tuesday."
What is the guest judge in Seat 5?
Seat 5 is occupied by a rotating guest judge — one of 25 archetypes that cycles every three days in a perpetual loop. The Boomer, The Gen Z Judge, The Wellness Influencer, The AI, The Old Money, The Housemaid — each brings a completely different lens to the same facts. The current guest judge is shown in the bench bar at the top of every page.
The court is ready for your case.
Submit any situation. The judges have been briefed. The deliberation takes seconds.
⚖ Bring Your Case