{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "kind": "mcp",
      "scope": "product operation",
      "serverInfo": {
        "name": "lich",
        "version": "dev"
      },
      "tools": [
        "list_sessions",
        "send_to_session",
        "wait_for_answer",
        "open_session",
        "close_session",
        "rename_session",
        "list_worktrees",
        "reply_to_session",
        "list_folders",
        "file_session",
        "rename_folder",
        "color_folder",
        "control_session",
        "ask_session"
      ],
      "working": true
    },
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "README 'Prerequisites are Go 1.27.0+, Node + pnpm, Task': guest had no go/node/pnpm; installed golang-go and nodejs via apt (Go 1.22 and Node 18), then Go 1.27.0 was fetched by the Go toolchain, Node was upgraded to 22.23.3 with `n` because pnpm 11.3.0 requires Node >= 22.13, and pnpm 11.3.0 was installed globally.",
    "pnpm install initially failed with ERR_PNPM_ABORTED_REMOVE_MODULES_DIR_NO_TTY; reran with CI=true and it succeeded.",
    "`task build` was not run: its build:shell dependency compiles the Rust/CEF window and downloads the ~1.4 GB CEF distribution, which is a browser download I was told not to perform. Built the Go binary directly with the same flags the Taskfile uses instead (main.go embeds frontend/dist; dist was built first).",
    "`lich doctor` reports the browser (lich-shell) as missing; this is the window and does not affect `lich mcp`.",
    "Shared CDP endpoint was not needed for this MCP operation."
  ],
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "Started the stdio MCP server with `lich mcp` (built from README 'Build from source' Go path) and ran initialize + tools/list; the server returned the lich session tool list.",
  "operation_scope": "Covers the Go backend binary and its MCP tool surface only. Not covered: the Chromium window (lich-shell/CEF, requires downloading CEF which was not permitted), the Vite dev server, the full `lich` session features that need a running lich window, and unit/lint suites (not run per instructions). `lich doctor` reports browser missing (expected without the window build) and providers/gh warnings.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "steps": [
    "sudo apt-get install -y golang-go nodejs npm (apt gave go1.22, Go toolchain then auto-fetched go1.27.0 per go.mod)",
    "go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest",
    "sudo npm i -g pnpm@11.3.0 (after node upgrade to 22.23.3 via n)",
    "cd frontend && CI=true pnpm install --frozen-lockfile",
    "cd frontend && pnpm run build (the task build:frontend step)",
    "CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags \"-s -w -X main.version=dev\" -o bin/lich .",
    "./bin/lich doctor (setup diagnostic only, not the probe)",
    "printf initialize/notifications/initialized/tools/list | ./bin/lich mcp"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": null
}