{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "/usr/bin/node",
        "<host-path>"
      ],
      "kind": "mcp",
      "scope": "product operation",
      "serverInfo": {
        "name": "dimensions",
        "version": "1.4.8"
      },
      "tools": [
        "search_publications",
        "search_grants",
        "search_researchers",
        "search_patents",
        "search_clinical_trials",
        "search_datasets",
        "search_policy_documents",
        "search_organizations",
        "search_reports",
        "search_source_titles",
        "search_funder_groups",
        "search_research_org_groups",
        "fetch_search_pages",
        "get_by_doi",
        "get_by_pmid",
        "get_by_id",
        "construct_profile_url",
        "execute_dsl",
        "extract_affiliations",
        "extract_grants",
        "similar_documents",
        "facet_query",
        "aggregate_query",
        "citation_trend",
        "funding_trend",
        "describe_schema",
        "refresh_schema"
      ],
      "working": true
    },
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "pnpm install --frozen-lockfile failed in the prepare script (lefthook install: 'not a git repository'); reran with --ignore-scripts. Lefthook git hooks are not installed, which is harmless here.",
    "Server refuses to start without DIMENSIONS_API_KEY ('Failed to start MCP server: Dimensions API key required'); used placeholder value 'placeholder-local-test' for startup/tools listing only. Did not search for or create real credentials."
  ],
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "Build the monorepo (pnpm run build) and start the local stdio MCP server (apps/mcp/bin/dimensions-analytics-mcp.js), then call MCP initialize and tools/list; 27 tools returned (search_publications, execute_dsl, describe_schema, ...).",
  "operation_scope": "Startup and tool discovery only. Real Dimensions API calls (searches, DSL queries) were not exercised because no Dimensions API key is available in the guest; the server was started with a placeholder DIMENSIONS_API_KEY, which it accepts at startup.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "steps": [
    "Read README.md, docs/INSTALLATION.md, apps/mcp/README.md, package.json, justfile, .github/workflows/ci.yml",
    "Installed Node.js 22 (NodeSource setup_22.x, apt nodejs) -> v22.23.3",
    "sudo npm install -g pnpm@9.15.9 -> 9.15.9",
    "pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts",
    "pnpm run build (tsc in apps/mcp, produces apps/mcp/dist)",
    "node apps/mcp/bin/dimensions-analytics-mcp.js with DIMENSIONS_API_KEY set: initialize + tools/list over stdio"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": null
}