{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "<host-path>",
        "install",
        "--hermes-home",
        "<host-path>"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "needs_browser": false,
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "returncode": 0,
      "scope": "product operation",
      "stderr": "",
      "stdout": "Installed XMemo plugin to <host-path>\nRun 'hermes memory setup xmemo' to configure.",
      "working": true
    },
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "README Quick start 2 'pip install hermes-xmemo' was not run; installed the pinned checkout with pip install -e . from the Development section instead, so the code under test is the pinned commit.",
    "python3 -m venv failed (ensurepip not available); ran `sudo apt-get install python3.12-venv`, then recreated the venv.",
    "npm/xmemo CLI (Quick start 1) not run: no npm package/login, and it requires a credential and remote service.",
    "pytest and python -m build (Development) not run per smoke-task instructions."
  ],
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "hermes-xmemo install: copies the bundled XMemo Hermes memory-provider plugin into <hermes-home>/plugins/xmemo and verifies __init__.py exists (README Quick start 2 / Development install path)",
  "operation_scope": "Local plugin install only. Does not configure Hermes or contact the XMemo cloud service (needs an XMemo credential and `hermes memory setup xmemo`, neither run). Hermes Agent itself is not installed in the guest.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "steps": [
    "python3 -m venv <host-path> (after apt-get install python3.12-venv)",
    "<host-path> install -e . (README Development)",
    "HERMES_HOME=<host-path> <host-path> install --hermes-home <host-path> (README Quick start 2)",
    "Verified plugin files and plugin.yaml in installed plugin dir",
    "Probe: hermes-xmemo install --hermes-home <host-path>"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": null
}