The AgonArena library
Negotiation scenarios to rehearse
Curated scenarios across work, money, family and everyday life. Pick one — and have the conversation with an AI opponent right in Telegram.
How it works
Pick a scenario → see the situation and your role → talk with the AI opponent by text or voice → get a breakdown from three judges. Both sides of the scenario are visible upfront; your opponent's hidden motives come out only in the talk.
💼 Work
An Unrealistic Deadline from the Manager
Employee ↔ Manager
Two Weeks of 'Training' at a Coffee Shop
Teen Barista ↔ Coffee Shop Owner
Remote Work After Relocation
Employee ↔ Manager
Stay, We'll Work It Out
Employee ↔ Manager
What are your salary expectations?
Candidate ↔ Recruiter
It's Not a Firing, It's a Plan
Employee ↔ Manager
Third Sprint in a Row, You're Doing the Work of Two
Employee ↔ Manager
The Promotion Was Promised Six Months Ago
Employee ↔ Manager
I'm not doing this — I have my own tasks
Employee ↔ Manager
A former project member demands a share of the revenue
Former member ↔ Current member
💰 Money
The Client Demands a Big Discount
Sales Manager ↔ Client
Contractor missing deadlines ahead of launch
Client ↔ Contractor
Client Demands a Refund: the Rollout Doesn't Work
Client ↔ Vendor representative
The Client Changes the Scope Midway
Contractor ↔ Client
Third Month of "By Friday"
Author ↔ Client
Supplier Raises Prices
Procurement Manager ↔ Supplier's Manager
We've Agreed on Everything. I Won't Sign
Contractor ↔ Client
We'll Pay When the Client Pays Us
Subcontractor ↔ General Contractor's Manager
That Was a Preliminary Price
Client ↔ Contractor
Rent +40%
Tenant ↔ Landlord
Client asks to lower your quoted price
Freelancer ↔ Client
'I Don't Like the Logo. Give Me My Money Back'
Client ↔ Designer
A Faulty Kettle, No Receipt
Customer ↔ Store manager
The Room Isn't the One You Booked
Guest ↔ Hotel manager
A Bad Review as Leverage
Studio representative ↔ Client
❤️ Relationships
Money for Grades
Teenager ↔ Parent
I'll Be Back by Ten
Teenager ↔ Parent
You Can't Make a Living with Music
High School Graduate ↔ Parent
The Debt from Last Birthday
Lender ↔ Debtor Friend
Phone at Night
Parent ↔ Teenager
You're Always Late, and I'm Done Waiting for You
The Partner Who Waits ↔ The Late Partner
You invited six more people without asking anyone
Original group member ↔ The inviter
Off to Your Parents Again
Partner ↔ Partner
I don't want to lend you money anymore
Friend ↔ Asking friend
The Joint Account: Who Warns Whom About What
Partner ↔ Partner
I'm the One Who Remembers Everything
The 'dispatcher' partner ↔ Partner
Moving for My Career
Partner with the offer ↔ Partner
Your Mom Lets Herself In With Her Own Key
Partner ↔ Partner
👥 Management
The CFO Cuts the Budget
Project Manager ↔ CFO
Team Lead Is Burned Out
Head of Development ↔ Team Lead
The Founder Wants to Hire His Friend
HR Director ↔ Founder
I've Been Asked to Inform You
Manager ↔ Employee
Two Projects, One Specialist
Project A Manager ↔ Project B Manager
He's a great specialist, but nobody wants to work with him
Manager ↔ Strong specialist
Sales Says They Feed Everyone Here
Head of Production ↔ Commercial Director
No Bonuses This Quarter
Manager ↔ Top Performer
Your employee missed our deadline
Contractor's manager ↔ Client's manager
A New Role — Without New Money
Employee ↔ Manager
"We Agreed on 50/50": One Stays Employed, the Other Lives the Startup
Founder in the startup ↔ Founder with a day job
💻 Tech
Refactoring vs Features
Engineer ↔ Product Manager
Who's to Blame for the Incident
Engineer ↔ Manager
Release on Friday Before the Holidays
Engineer ↔ Product Manager
QA Blocks the Release
Release Manager ↔ QA Engineer
InfoSec Blocks the Release
Dev Team Lead ↔ Security Specialist
You're on weekend duty again
Engineer ↔ Manager
There's a Bug in Production. We're Not Rolling Back
Tech Lead ↔ Product Manager
We Can't Do This in Three Months
Head of Development ↔ Client
Your Service Took Down Our System
Vendor Representative ↔ Client's IT Director
🎨 Creative
Play for a Mention
Artist ↔ Venue Manager
Cancellation Two Days Out
Artist ↔ Promoter
I Paid — It's All Mine
Photographer ↔ Client
The Crowd Is Ours — But We Split the Take Evenly
Group Leader ↔ Event Organizer
You Bring Your Own Equipment
Band Manager ↔ Venue Administrator
Let's Do Five More Variants — It's Quick, Right?
Designer ↔ Client
We released the track, we'll sort out the percentages later
Co-author ↔ Release initiator
🏠 Home
Drilling for the Fourth Week Now
Downstairs Neighbor ↔ Renovating Neighbor
This Is My Spot
Neighbor ↔ Neighbor and owner of 'his' spot
You've Been Living With Me for Three Months Now
Apartment Owner ↔ Guest Friend
You Chose the Material Yourself
Client ↔ Workman
We split everything equally, but you've barely done anything
Roommate ↔ The roommate who is 'busy'
More scenarios
Ранбуки против скорости: конфликт Dev и SRE
Команда разработки ↔ Команда SRE
Спор за нейтральную зону: Остров против ООСД
Пророк Санбой ↔ Игорь Вихорьков
A conversation with your child: what's going on
Parent ↔ 14-year-old teenager
Conversation with the Homeroom Teacher
Parent ↔ Homeroom Teacher
Talking to the Bully's Parents
Parent ↔ Bully's Parent
Example scenarios
The Client Demands a Big Discount
Sales Manager ↔ Client
An Unrealistic Deadline from the Manager
Employee ↔ Manager
I've Been Asked to Inform You
Manager ↔ Employee
Who's to Blame for the Incident
Engineer ↔ Manager
Rent +40%
Tenant ↔ Landlord
Quick or classic
⚡ Quick
One round, about 3 minutes.
⚔️ Classic
Two 3-minute rounds with a role swap and a judges' breakdown.
Works with your own scenarios too.
Your own scenario
Describe your situation — tomorrow's talk with a client or your manager — and the AI turns it into a scenario you can rehearse before it happens.
🔗 Share your scenario with a link — a friend or colleague can open it and play the duel in Telegram.
🌐 Submit your scenario to the community library: after review it can appear in “From community” — ready for others to play.