{ "checker": { "claims": [ { "claim": "Smitline exposes call tools to MCP-capable agents such as Claude Desktop", "command": "sudo -n docker exec -i smitline smitline mcp tools/call {\"tool\": \"list_voices\", \"arguments\": {}}", "evidence": "marin\\\",\\\"voices\\\":[\\\"marin\\\",\\\"vesper\\\",\\\"quartz\\\",\\\"ripple\\\",\\\"willow\\\",\\\"stone\\\",\\\"gleam\\\",\\\"meridian\\\",\\\"bossa\\\",\\\"tempo\\\",\\\"beacon\\\",\\\"delta\\\",\\\"cinder\\\"]}\"}], \"structuredContent\": {\"default\": \"marin\", \"voices\": [\"marin\", \"vesper\", \"quartz\", \"ripple\", \"willow\", \"stone\", \"gleam\", \"meridian\", \"bossa\", \"tempo\", \"beacon\", \"delta\", \"cinder\"]}, \"isError\": false}", "expected": "the GPT-Live voice list, default marin", "input": "{\"tool\": \"list_voices\", \"arguments\": {}}", "kind": "claim", "outcome": "Real input produced the expected result: marin", "source": "**Works with your agent.** Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Claude Desktop, OpenClaw, Hermes, and anything that can use MCP, a CLI or a REST API.", "source_checked": true, "source_file": "README.md", "verdict": "yes" }, { "claim": "Calls need your own OpenAI key; without it the brief check reports the missing key", "command": "sudo -n docker exec -i smitline smitline mcp tools/call {\"tool\": \"check_call_brief\", \"arguments\": {\"channel\": \"phone\", \"to\": \"+14155550142\", \"objective\": \"Book a table for 4 at 7pm\", \"onBehalfOf\": \"Sam\"}}", "evidence": "openai is not configured: set OPENAI_API_KEY\\\"],\\\"carried\\\":0}\"}], \"structuredContent\": {\"ok\": false, \"brief\": {\"channel\": \"phone\", \"to\": \"+14155550142\", \"onBehalfOf\": \"Sam\", \"objective\": \"Book a table for 4 at 7pm\", \"mayAgreeTo\": [], \"mustNotShare\": [], \"maxMinutes\": 10, \"rehearsal\": false}, \"problems\": [\"Smitline calls people between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM their time. It is 9:10 PM for +14155550142 (America/Los_Angeles). Try again later, or set afterHours to true if the user confirms this person expects a call now.\", \"openai is not configured: set OPENAI_API_KEY\"], \"carried\": 0}, \"isError\": fal", "expected": "ok false with problem 'openai is not configured'", "input": "{\"tool\": \"check_call_brief\", \"arguments\": {\"channel\": \"phone\", \"to\": \"+14155550142\", \"objective\": \"Book a table for 4 at 7pm\", \"onBehalfOf\": \"Sam\"}}", "kind": "claim", "outcome": "Real input produced the expected result: openai is not configured", "source": "**Runs on your computer.** One Docker container, your own OpenAI and phone keys, open source under Apache-2.0.", "source_checked": true, "source_file": "README.md", "verdict": "yes" } ], "cycle_checks": [ { "claim": "Scheduled or looping main behavior", "command": "", "evidence": "Entry points inspected (start-*.sh, Dockerfile, packages/cli, meeting-runtime, control-panel). No cron, --once/--now, or product scheduler loop was found. The only setInterval calls are console UI refresh timers in control-panel/app.js and calls.js. The daemon is a request-driven HTTP/MCP server; calls are placed on demand, not on a schedule.", "expected": "identify the product trigger", "input": "source inspection", "kind": "cycle", "outcome": "Entry points inspected (start-*.sh, Dockerfile, packages/cli, meeting-runtime, control-panel). No cron, --once/--now, or product scheduler loop was found. The only setInterval calls are console UI refresh timers in control-panel/app.js and calls.js. The daemon is a request-driven HTTP/MCP server; calls are placed on demand, not on a schedule.", "source": "repository entry points", "verdict": "yes" } ], "details": { "argv": [ "sudo", "-n", "docker", "exec", "-i", "smitline", "smitline", "mcp" ], "kind": "mcp", "scope": "product operation", "serverInfo": { "name": "smitline", "version": "0.3.0" }, "tool_result": { "content": [ { "text": "{\"default\":\"marin\",\"voices\":[\"marin\",\"vesper\",\"quartz\",\"ripple\",\"willow\",\"stone\",\"gleam\",\"meridian\",\"bossa\",\"tempo\",\"beacon\",\"delta\",\"cinder\"]}", "type": "text" } ], "isError": false, "structuredContent": { "default": "marin", "voices": [ "marin", "vesper", "quartz", "ripple", "willow", "stone", "gleam", "meridian", "bossa", "tempo", "beacon", "delta", "cinder" ] } }, "tool_result_checked": true, "tool_schema_bytes": 22031, "tools": [ "start_call", "check_call_brief", "wait_for_call", "get_call", "list_calls", "save_call_note", "list_contacts", "send_call_instruction", "reply_to_call_request", "end_call", "transfer_call_to_me", "list_voices", "get_profile", "update_profile" ], "working": true }, "evidence_strength": "readme_checked", "example_checks": [ { "claim": "The smitline CLI lists GPT-Live voices inside the running container", "command": "sudo -n docker exec smitline smitline voices", "deferred": false, "evidence": "{\n \"default\": \"marin\",\n \"voices\": [\n \"marin\",\n \"vesper\",\n \"quartz\",\n \"ripple\",\n \"willow\",\n \"stone\",\n \"gleam\",\n \"meridian\",\n \"bossa\",\n \"tempo\",\n \"beacon\",\n \"delta\",\n \"cinder\"\n ]\n}", "expected": "JSON with default marin", "input": "voices", "kind": "example", "outcome": "command completed successfully", "returncode": 0, "source": "README.md Prefer to set it up yourself? / docs/agents.md CLI", "verdict": "yes" } ], "status": "PASS" }, "deviations": [ "Docker was not installed in the guest; installed docker.io via apt with sudo (the README requires Docker but the guest lacked it).", "Probes use 'sudo -n docker exec' because the ubuntu user is not in the docker group.", "Used the README's phone-only docker run to avoid mounting the Docker socket; the meeting option was not exercised.", "Node 22 and the documented npm test and meeting-image test suite were not run; they are repo tests, not product operations.", "No OpenAI key or phone provider credentials are available in this guest, so no call was placed; the README says keys go on the local setup :8095, which was not completed.", "The smitline container is intentionally left RUNNING after the run: the probe, claims and examples call 'docker exec smitline smitline mcp/voices', which need it up for the checker replay. Stop it with: sudo docker rm -f smitline (the console on 127.0.0.1:8095 and the stdio MCP are the only processes; they are the product's own runtime, not background processes I spawned separately)." ], "fault_owner": "prerequisite", "main_blocker": null, "operation": "Run the Smitline container from the README and call its MCP tools (list_voices works; placing a phone call needs an OpenAI key)", "operation_scope": "Linux Ubuntu 24.04 guest, Docker Engine 29.1.3 installed via apt (sudo), image ghcr.io/kaelorlabs/smitline pulled from GHCR, phone-only run (no Docker socket).", "outcome": "working", "plain_failure": "The Smitline app starts and its agent tools respond, but it cannot place a phone call here because it has no OpenAI key or phone account. Adding those keys on its local setup page is needed to test calls.", "steps": [ "sudo apt-get install -y docker.io (Docker prerequisite from README 'What you need'; Docker was missing, installed 29.1.3)", "sudo systemctl start docker", "docker run -d --name smitline --restart unless-stopped --network host -v smitline:/data ghcr.io/kaelorlabs/smitline (README 'Prefer to set it up yourself?', phone-only variant)", "curl http://127.0.0.1:8095/calls returned 200", "smitline mcp over stdio: tools/call list_voices returned default marin and 13 voices", "smitline mcp: tools/call check_call_brief returned ok false, problem 'openai is not configured: set OPENAI_API_KEY'", "docker exec smitline smitline voices returned the voice list", "docker stop smitline", "docker stop smitline then docker start smitline were needed because the first stop broke the checker replay; final container state: running" ], "stuck_step": "Placing a call: the brief check fails with 'openai is not configured: set OPENAI_API_KEY'", "suggested_fix": "Provide an OpenAI key with GPT-Live access and a SignalWire or Twilio account, enter them on the setup page at http://127.0.0.1:8095 (not in chat), then rerun the check_call_brief and a real call." }