{
  "checker": {
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Reports identify PASS, FAIL or INCOMPLETE outcomes.",
        "command": "<guest-path> <guest-path> --denylist <guest-path> --reports <guest-path> --scrub-plan",
        "evidence": "\"error\":\"audit-incomplete\"}\n",
        "expected": "INCOMPLETE outcome when verification and audit evidence are incomplete",
        "input": "audit the local repository with an empty external denylist",
        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "Real input did not produce the expected result: \"error\":\"audit-incomplete\"",
        "returncode": 2,
        "source": "Every audit report, including the export report, has an `outcome` (`PASS`, `FAIL`\nor `INCOMPLETE`) and sorted machine-readable `reasons`.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "no"
      }
    ],
    "cycle_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Scheduled or looping main behavior",
        "command": "",
        "evidence": "README states the tool starts no services or timers; its documented operation is a one-shot local audit.",
        "expected": "identify the product trigger",
        "input": "source inspection",
        "kind": "cycle",
        "outcome": "README states the tool starts no services or timers; its documented operation is a one-shot local audit.",
        "source": "repository entry points",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "<guest-path>",
        "<guest-path>",
        "--denylist",
        "<guest-path>",
        "--reports",
        "<guest-path>",
        "--scrub-plan"
      ],
      "blocker": "product invocation failed: {\"argv\": [\"<guest-path>\", \"<guest-path>\", \"--denylist\", \"<guest-path>\", \"--reports\", \"<guest-path>\", \"--scrub-plan\"], \"returncode\": 2, \"stdout\": \"\", \"stderr\": \"{\\\"outcome\\\":\\\"INCOMPLETE\\\",\\\"ready\\\":false,\\\"error\\\":\\\"audit-incomplete\\\"}\\n\", \"needs_credentials\": false, \"needs_browser\": false}",
      "kind": "cli",
      "needs_browser": false,
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "returncode": 2,
      "stderr": "{\"outcome\":\"INCOMPLETE\",\"ready\":false,\"error\":\"audit-incomplete\"}",
      "stdout": "",
      "working": false
    },
    "evidence_strength": "partly_checked",
    "example_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Print required files and manifest shape",
        "command": "<guest-path> --requirements",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "nittest\",\n        \"discover\",\n        \"-s\",\n        \"tests\",\n        \"-q\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"dependency_licenses\": {\n    \"example\": {\n      \"version\": \"1.0\",\n      \"spdx\": \"MIT\",\n      \"sha256\": \"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\"\n    }\n  }\n}\nPassing also requires an external denylist, complete local history and attribution, no unresolved personal/secret/path/hostname/email/media/metadata findings, and --verify in a fresh clone/venv/HOME. Install the project and test tools through declared commands. Export rescans a clean one-commit copy; nothing is published.",
        "expected": "prints release requirements",
        "input": "--requirements",
        "kind": "example",
        "outcome": "command completed successfully",
        "returncode": 0,
        "source": "README.md, Quickstart",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "status": "FAIL"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "The initial venv command failed: ensurepip unavailable; installed Ubuntu package python3.12-venv and retried successfully."
  ],
  "fault_owner": "prerequisite",
  "main_blocker": "Observed audit-incomplete; summary outcome INCOMPLETE.",
  "operation": "Run the documented local repository audit with an external empty denylist and private report directory.",
  "operation_scope": "Python 3.12.3 venv and Git; the tool reports incomplete evidence for this workspace.",
  "outcome": "blocked",
  "plain_failure": "The scanner ran but did not confirm release readiness because required evidence is incomplete.",
  "steps": [
    "Installed python3.12-venv with sudo apt-get after the README quickstart venv creation failed due to missing ensurepip.",
    "Created .venv and ran python -m pip install . successfully.",
    "Ran release-check --help and release-check --requirements.",
    "Ran release-check against the workspace with --scrub-plan; observed exit 2 and audit-incomplete."
  ],
  "stuck_step": "The audit cannot report PASS without complete local history, approvals/policy evidence and declared verification.",
  "suggested_fix": "Provide complete repository history, externally reviewed denylist and private report locations, and reviewed manifest verification commands."
}