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ls -la; cat README.md 2>/dev/null | head -200; ls .coldpass 2>/dev/null", "cd && cat llms-install.md 2>/dev/null | head -150; echo ---; echo \"CDP_URL=$CDP_URL\"; which node npm npx python3 uv pip 2>&1; ls 2>&1", "cd && sed -n 200,400p README.md; echo ---; cat package.json; echo ---; cat .github/workflows/*.yml 2>/dev/null | head -80; ls bin; echo; which node npm npx curl sudo; cat 2>/dev/null | head -5", "cd && echo \"DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-unset}\"; curl -fsSL https://auten.ai/install | AUTEN_NO_LAUNCH=1 bash 2>&1 | tail -40; echo \"rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}\"; ls -la ~/.local/bin/auten 2>&1", "export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive; sudo -n apt-get update -qq 2>&1 | tail -3; sudo -n apt-get install -y -qq python3-venv python3-pyatspi python3-gi xdotool wmctrl scrot xclip libglib2.0-bin tesseract-ocr libsecret-tools 2>&1 | tail -5; echo \"rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}\"", "cd && curl -fsSL https://auten.ai/install | AUTEN_NO_LAUNCH=1 bash 2>&1 | grep -v 'LIBARCHIVE' | tail -40; ls -la ~/.local/bin/auten 2>&1", "export PATH=\"$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH\"; cd ; auten status 2>&1 | head -40; echo \"rc=$?\"; echo ---; printf '%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n' '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"initialize\",\"params\":{\"protocolVersion\":\"2024-11-05\",\"capabilities\":{},\"clientInfo\":{\"name\":\"probe\",\"version\":\"0\"}}}' '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"notifications/initialized\"}' '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":2,\"method\":\"tools/list\"}' | timeout 60 auten mcp-bridge 2>&1 | head -c 3000; echo \"rc=${PIPESTATUS[1]}\"", "cd && wc -l bin/auten-mcp.js && grep -nE \"spawn|exec|login|key|tools/list|DISPLAY\" bin/auten-mcp.js | head -40; echo ---; ls ; sed -n 1,40p ", "cd && grep -nE \"checks|def validate|argv|'check'|\\\"check\\\"|expected_text|kind\" | head -80", "sed -n 377,420p ; echo ....; sed -n 480,600p ", "cd && mkdir -p .coldpass && cat > .coldpass/probe.json <<'EOF'\n{\"checks\":[\n {\"check\":\"install\",\"kind\":\"cli\",\"argv\":[\"\",\"--help\"],\"cwd\":\"\"},\n {\"check\":\"credentials_error\",\"kind\":\"cli\",\"argv\":[\"\",\"mcp-bridge\"],\"cwd\":\"\"}\n]}\nEOF\npython3 -I -m json.tool .coldpass/probe.json >/dev/null && echo json-ok; = python3 -I --validate; echo rc=$?", "cd && = timeout 400 python3 -I --probe | head -c 2500; echo; echo rc=$?; pgrep -fa \"auten\" | grep -v pgrep || echo \"no auten processes left\"", "cd && cat > .coldpass/report.json <<'EOF'\n{\n \"outcome\": \"needs_credentials\",\n \"operation\": \"Installed the Auten runner with the README installer, then attempted the documented stdio MCP server (auten mcp-bridge) for initialize/tools/list. The bridge refuses to start without a key, so tools/list was not reached.\",\n \"operation_scope\": \"Partial: install verified (auten --help, version banner). MCP start and tools/list blocked by the missing user key from README Quick start step 2 / llms-install.md Step 2 ('auten login', user-only). Linux desktop: DISPLAY is unset; Auten needs an X11 session, so runtime operations also need a display. 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