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Answers apply to each recorded setup, revision and operation. Earlier observations remain in Run details.

Tested on Linux
PlatformHaikuLuna
Linuxno

Linux / Haiku 5.5: no · Oct 18, 2026 · 622497afb8be · claude-code / 2.1.300 (Claude Code)
Recorded operation: limited checks

Issue
yes, not fixed yet
Our test was blocked; no repo verdict.

Safety: no observations were recorded for the selected revision. Functional results do not establish a safety result.

Repair history and test corrections
Current diagnosis: unknown · prerequisite

No model backend or API credential configured; headless run exits 1 with 'No API endpoint configured'.

Recorded action: Wait for the documented external prerequisite; keep partial grades.

Repair record fix-9a2146f06fe8cf00c64f · current status JSON. Original run outcomes remain unchanged.

Failed run: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026 · Recorded operation failed.

Repair development: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026 · Repair work (development) · not an initial-trial result.

Run details

Haiku 5.5

Native agent · Recorded operation failed

Operation / attempted scope limited checks

Agent-reported scope: README 'Use' step: microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (single headless prompt). Install verified with microcc-headless --help.

Run details
run
GSequist--microcc-claude-haiku-5-5-1792349501146799615
date
Oct 18, 2026
time to working
not recorded
product hosting / execution
Not recorded
recorded operation scope
limited checks
model
claude-haiku-5-5
agent / version
claude-code / 2.1.300 (Claude Code)
platform
linux
reported cost
$0.008069
Recorded source
https://github.com/GSequist/microcc
Tool transport
mcp-assigned-vm
Test version
readme-abdba4ff808874f9e3a15ab1ae88db85b1509a9d4c47daf5c1553fa8638b6951
revision
622497afb8be81bbda593d1fadb94ab980ade85d
Current diagnosis: unknown · prerequisite

No model backend or API credential configured; headless run exits 1 with 'No API endpoint configured'.

Recorded action: Wait for the documented external prerequisite; keep partial grades.

Repair record fix-9a2146f06fe8cf00c64f · current status JSON. Original run outcomes remain unchanged.

Failed run: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026 · Recorded operation failed.

Repair development: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026 · Repair work (development) · not an initial-trial result.

Fix: fix-9a2146f06fe8cf00c64f.

Recorded blocker / warning

Step: microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section)

No model backend or API credential is configured. The headless run exits 1 with: No API endpoint configured — run `microcc` once and use /login

Install / setup / connection checks
[
  {
    "status": "PASS",
    "details": {
      "working": false,
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>",
        "--help"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "returncode": 0,
      "stdout": "usage: microcc-headless [-h] [-f FILES] [--model MODEL]\n                        [--max-loops MAX_LOOPS] [--output-format {text,json}]\n                        [--verbose] [--foreground]\n                        project_dir [prompt]\n\nRun a single prompt headlessly, no TUI/GUI \u2014 the microcc equivalent of `claude\n-p`. Point it at a project_dir and a prompt; it picks up that dir's existing\nconversation history, runs to completion, prints the outcome, and exits with a\nreal status code. Invoke it from cron whenever, no manifest required. When\nspawned by a micro-cc session's bash_ (a subagent), it instead registers,\ndetaches, and returns at once with STARTED or REFUSED.\n\n[excerpt truncated]",
      "stderr": "",
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "needs_browser": false,
      "scope": "partial: install"
    },
    "check": "install",
    "optional": false
  },
  {
    "status": "FAIL",
    "details": {
      "working": false,
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>",
        "/tmp/microcc-smoke-proj",
        "Reply with the word OK."
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "returncode": 1,
      "stdout": "",
      "stderr": "No API endpoint configured \u2014 run `microcc` once and use /login",
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "needs_browser": false,
      "blocker": "product did not produce a clear credential error: {\"returncode\": 1, \"stdout\": \"\", \"stderr\": \"No API endpoint configured \\u2014 run `microcc` once and use /login\\n\", \"needs_credentials\": false, \"needs_browser\": false}"
    },
    "check": "credentials_error",
    "optional": false
  }
]

Suggested next step (agent-reported): Provide a provider credential in the guest (e.g. ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or run microcc once and /login with a key), then rerun: microcc-headless /path/to/project 'Reply with the word OK.'

What the agent did

README 'Use' step: microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (single headless prompt). Install verified with microcc-headless --help.

cd <host-path> && ls -la && cat README* 2>/dev/null | head -200
cd <host-path> && cat <host-path> 2>/dev/null | head -50; ls -la <host-path> 2>/dev/null; ls .coldpass 2>/dev/null
cd <host-path> && cat install.sh; echo ---; ls .github/workflows && cat .github/workflows/*.yml | head -120; echo ---; grep -n -A3 "scripts" pyproject.toml; cat .env.example
export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1; curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GSequist/microcc/main/install.sh | sh 2>&1 | tail -20; echo "rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}"; export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; command -v microcc microcc-headless; microcc-headless --help 2>&1 | head -40
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; ls -la ~/.micro-cc 2>&1; env | grep -iE 'api_key|anthropic|openai|openrouter' | sed 's/=.*/=<set>/'; mkdir -p /tmp/microcc-smoke-proj && cd /tmp/microcc-smoke-proj && timeout 120 microcc-headless /tmp/microcc-smoke-proj "Reply with the word OK." ; echo "rc=$?"
cd <host-path> && grep -n -E "def |checks|'check'|\"check\"|validate|outcome|output|kind" check.py | head -150
cd <host-path> && sed -n 377,410p check.py; sed -n 486,560p check.py
cd <host-path> && mkdir -p .coldpass && cat > .coldpass/probe.json <<'EOF'
{"checks":[
 {"check":"install","kind":"cli","argv":["<host-path>"},
 {"check":"credentials_error","kind":"cli","argv":["<host-path>","Reply with the word OK."],"cwd":"/tmp/microcc-smoke-proj"}
]}
EOF
cat > .coldpass/report.json <<'EOF'
{"outcome":"needs_credentials",
 "operation":"README 'Use' step: microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (single headless prompt). Install verified with microcc-headless --help.",
 "operation_scope":"Install and CLI startup work. The headless prompt cannot run because no model backend is configured (no ~/.micro-cc/settings.json and no provider API key in the environment). The README says to type /login on first run; that is interactive and needs a provider credential, which was not available in this guest.",
 "steps":["curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GSequist/microcc/main/install.sh | sh (installed uv, then micro-cc; exposes microcc and microcc-headless in ~/.local/bin)",
          "microcc-headless --help (usage printed, exit 0)",
          "microcc-headless /tmp/microcc-smoke-proj 'Reply with the word OK.' (exit 1: 'No API endpoint configured — run `microcc` once and use /login')"],
 "deviations":["Used the README curl|sh installer with PATH set to ~/.local/bin afterwards; no other deviation.",
               "Did not run the interactive microcc TUI or /login (needs a provider credential that is not available in this guest).",
               "Did not run the full test suite or lint, as instructed."],
 "stuck_step":"microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section)",
 "main_blocker":"No model backend or API credential is configured. The headless run exits 1 with: No API endpoint configured — run `microcc` once and use /login",
 "suggested_fix":"Provide a provider credential in the guest (e.g. ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or run microcc once and /login with a key), then rerun: microcc-headless /path/to/project 'Reply with the word OK.'"}
EOF
<env-var>=<host-path> python3 -I <host-path> --validate; echo "rc=$?"; python3 -I -m json.tool .coldpass/report.json >/dev/null && echo report-json-ok; pgrep -af microcc || echo "no leftover microcc processes"
Repair work and diagnoses (1)

Haiku 5.5

Native agent · Repair work (development) · not an initial-trial result

Operation / attempted scope limited checks

Agent-reported scope: microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section) - single non-interactive prompt; not runnable without a model backend login

Run details
run
GSequist--microcc-claude-haiku-5-5-1792349613935229331
date
Oct 18, 2026
time to working
not recorded
product hosting / execution
Not recorded
recorded operation scope
limited checks
model
claude-haiku-5-5
agent / version
claude-code / 2.1.300 (Claude Code)
platform
linux
reported cost
$0.004581
Recorded source
https://github.com/GSequist/microcc
Tool transport
mcp-assigned-vm
Test version
readme-0f1761a42b39dea53df094e4d7669fd69254833abda71bf5e3362f8887dc37cc
revision
622497afb8be81bbda593d1fadb94ab980ade85d
Current diagnosis: unknown · prerequisite

No model backend or API credential configured; headless run exits 1 with 'No API endpoint configured'.

Recorded action: Wait for the documented external prerequisite; keep partial grades.

Repair record fix-9a2146f06fe8cf00c64f · current status JSON. Original run outcomes remain unchanged.

Failed run: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026 · Recorded operation failed.

Repair development: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026 · Repair work (development) · not an initial-trial result.

Double-checks failed run: GSequist/microcc · Oct 18, 2026.

Fix: fix-9a2146f06fe8cf00c64f.

Recorded blocker / warning

Step: microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section)

No model backend or API credential configured; headless run exits 1 with 'No API endpoint configured'.

Install / setup / connection checks
[
  {
    "status": "PASS",
    "details": {
      "working": false,
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>",
        "--help"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "returncode": 0,
      "stdout": "usage: microcc-headless [-h] [-f FILES] [--model MODEL]\n                        [--max-loops MAX_LOOPS] [--output-format {text,json}]\n                        [--verbose] [--foreground]\n                        project_dir [prompt]\n\nRun a single prompt headlessly, no TUI/GUI \u2014 the microcc equivalent of `claude\n-p`. Point it at a project_dir and a prompt; it picks up that dir's existing\nconversation history, runs to completion, prints the outcome, and exits with a\nreal status code. Invoke it from cron whenever, no manifest required. When\nspawned by a micro-cc session's bash_ (a subagent), it instead registers,\ndetaches, and returns at once with STARTED or REFUSED.\n\n[excerpt truncated]",
      "stderr": "",
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "needs_browser": false,
      "scope": "partial: install"
    },
    "check": "install",
    "optional": false
  },
  {
    "status": "FAIL",
    "details": {
      "working": false,
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>",
        "/tmp/microcc-proj",
        "List the files in this directory"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "returncode": 1,
      "stdout": "",
      "stderr": "No API endpoint configured \u2014 run `microcc` once and use /login",
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "needs_browser": false,
      "blocker": "product did not produce a clear credential error: {\"returncode\": 1, \"stdout\": \"\", \"stderr\": \"No API endpoint configured \\u2014 run `microcc` once and use /login\\n\", \"needs_credentials\": false, \"needs_browser\": false}"
    },
    "check": "credentials_error",
    "optional": false
  }
]

Suggested next step (agent-reported): Provide a model credential (e.g. ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or LiteLLM base URL/key per .env.example) or run `microcc` interactively once with /login, then rerun microcc-headless /path/to/project 'prompt'.

What the agent did

microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section) - single non-interactive prompt; not runnable without a model backend login

cd <host-path> && ls -la && cat README.md 2>/dev/null | head -300
cd <host-path> && git log -1 --format=%H 2>&1; ls .coldpass 2>&1; echo "CDP=$CDP_URL $<env-var>"; ls <host-path> 2>&1
cd <host-path> && cat install.sh; echo ---; cat .env.example; echo ---; ls .github/workflows 2>/dev/null; echo ---; which python3 pip3 pipx uv 2>&1; python3 --version
cd /tmp && export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 && (curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GSequist/microcc/622497afb8be81bbda593d1fadb94ab980ade85d/install.sh | sh) 2>&1 | tail -30; echo "rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
B=$(uv tool dir --bin 2>/dev/null || echo $HOME/.local/bin); echo $B; ls -la $B/microcc-headless; mkdir -p /tmp/microcc-proj && cd /tmp/microcc-proj && env | grep -iE 'api_key|anthropic|openai|litellm' | sed 's/=.*/=<set>/'; timeout 120 $B/microcc-headless /tmp/microcc-proj "List the files in this directory" ; echo "rc=$?"
cd <host-path> && wc -l checker/check.py && grep -nE 'credentials_error|"checks"|check"|expected_text|stays_running|--validate' checker/check.py | head -60
cd <host-path> && sed -n 395,420p checker/check.py; sed -n 440,470p checker/check.py
cd <host-path> && mkdir -p .coldpass && cat > .coldpass/probe.json <<'EOF'
{"checks":[
 {"check":"install","kind":"cli","argv":["<host-path>"},
 {"check":"credentials_error","kind":"cli","argv":["<host-path>","List the files in this directory"],"cwd":"<host-path>","expected_returncode":1,"expected_text":"No API endpoint configured"}
]}
EOF
cat > .coldpass/report.json <<'EOF'
{"outcome":"needs_credentials",
 "operation":"microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section) - single non-interactive prompt; not runnable without a model backend login",
 "operation_scope":"Install verified via README installer and microcc-headless --help. The headless operation needs a model API endpoint/credential (/login or API key env vars). None is configured in this guest and none was obtained. The credentials_error check runs the documented command and shows the missing-credential message.",
 "steps":["curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GSequist/microcc/622497afb8be81bbda593d1fadb94ab980ade85d/install.sh | sh  (installed micro-cc via uv tool; executables microcc, microcc-headless)","microcc-headless /tmp/microcc-proj 'List the files in this directory' (README Use section)"],
 "deviations":["Installer fetched the pinned install.sh but installs the latest micro-cc from PyPI via uv, not necessarily the source at the pinned commit 622497a.","README 'Use' command microcc-headless failed: 'No API endpoint configured — run `microcc` once and use /login' (exit 1). Requires interactive /login or an API key, which is a prerequisite not available here; not a repo defect."],
 "stuck_step":"microcc-headless <project_dir> <prompt> (README 'Use' section)",
 "main_blocker":"No model backend or API credential configured; headless run exits 1 with 'No API endpoint configured'.",
 "suggested_fix":"Provide a model credential (e.g. ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or LiteLLM base URL/key per .env.example) or run `microcc` interactively once with /login, then rerun microcc-headless /path/to/project 'prompt'.",
 "fault_owner":"prerequisite"}
EOF
python3 -I -m json.tool .coldpass/probe.json >/dev/null && python3 -I -m json.tool .coldpass/report.json >/dev/null && echo json-ok; <env-var>=<host-path> python3 -I <host-path> --validate 2>&1 | tail -20