{
  "checker": {
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Brave Search tools perform comprehensive web searches.",
        "command": "",
        "evidence": "Brave Search API key required; no key supplied in guest.",
        "expected": "",
        "input": "",
        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "Brave Search API key required; no key supplied in guest.",
        "source": "Performs comprehensive web searches with rich result types and advanced filtering options.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "blocked"
      }
    ],
    "cycle_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Scheduled or looping main behavior",
        "command": "",
        "evidence": "No product scheduler or recurring cycle; README exposes search tools invoked on demand.",
        "expected": "identify the product trigger",
        "input": "source inspection",
        "kind": "cycle",
        "outcome": "No product scheduler or recurring cycle; README exposes search tools invoked on demand.",
        "source": "repository entry points",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "details": {
      "checks": [
        {
          "check": "credentials_error",
          "details": {
            "argv": [
              "node",
              "dist/index.js"
            ],
            "kind": "cli",
            "needs_browser": false,
            "needs_credentials": true,
            "returncode": 1,
            "scope": "partial: missing credentials",
            "stderr": "Error: A Brave API key is required via --brave-api-key, BRAVE_API_KEY, --brave-api-key-file, or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE. You can get one at https://brave.com/search/api/.\nInvalid configuration",
            "stdout": "",
            "working": false
          },
          "optional": false,
          "status": "PASS"
        }
      ],
      "scope": "partial checks",
      "working": false
    },
    "evidence_strength": "nothing_checked",
    "example_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Local Build",
        "command": "npm run build",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "> @brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.4 build\n> shx rm -rf dist && tsc && shx chmod +x dist/*.js",
        "expected": "TypeScript build completes",
        "input": "npm install; npm run build",
        "kind": "example",
        "outcome": "command completed successfully",
        "returncode": 0,
        "source": "README.md, Build > Local Build",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "Initial Ubuntu Node.js 18 was below README requirement; replaced with Node.js 22.",
    "No API key was available, so search tool invocation was blocked.",
    "Initial probe install check was setup-only and replay rejected it; removed."
  ],
  "fault_owner": "prerequisite",
  "main_blocker": "No Brave Search API key",
  "operation": "Build and invoke Brave Search MCP tool",
  "operation_scope": "README local build and stdio server; requires Brave Search API key",
  "outcome": "needs_credentials",
  "plain_failure": "The server builds, but exits at startup because no Brave API key was supplied.",
  "steps": [
    "sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm",
    "Install Node.js 22 from NodeSource",
    "npm install (runs README prepare: format and build)",
    "node dist/index.js attempted; requires API key at startup"
  ],
  "stuck_step": "Invoke an MCP search tool",
  "suggested_fix": "Set BRAVE_API_KEY or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE and rerun the documented stdio server."
}