{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>"
      ],
      "kind": "mcp",
      "scope": "product operation",
      "serverInfo": {
        "name": "mcp-advanced-excel",
        "version": "1.30.0"
      },
      "tools": [
        "excel_list_sheets",
        "excel_overview",
        "excel_inspect_layout",
        "excel_read_table",
        "excel_read_range",
        "excel_write_csv"
      ],
      "working": true
    },
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "README Install documents 'pip install -e \".[dev]\"' from a checkout; used a non-editable install of the package without the [dev] extras, since test/lint tooling is out of scope for this smoke run.",
    "README 'python -m venv' failed on the guest because python3.12-venv was not installed; installed it with apt-get, as the error message instructed.",
    "pip install from the source directory created a build/ directory in the workspace; removed it."
  ],
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "Started the stdio MCP server (mcp-advanced-excel 1.30.0) and called tools/list; it returned excel_list_sheets, excel_overview, excel_inspect_layout, excel_read_table, excel_read_range, excel_write_csv.",
  "operation_scope": "MCP start and tools/list only. No workbook was read: no sample .xlsx/.csv is in the repo, and reads need EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS, which is set to the workspace. Write tool is disabled (EXCEL_ALLOW_WRITE unset). Unit/lint suites not run per task instructions.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "steps": [
    "Read README.md (Install, Configure, Tools sections)",
    "python3 -m venv <host-path> (failed: ensurepip missing), then apt-get install python3.12-venv",
    "python3 -m venv <host-path> && pip install <host-path> (installed non-editable to avoid writing into the source tree)",
    "Ran mcp-advanced-excel over stdio with initialize, notifications/initialized, tools/list (EXCEL_ALLOWED_ROOTS=<host-path>)"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": null
}