# Pitfall Log

Project: phasespace-labs/palinode

Summary: Found 34 structured pitfall item(s), including 0 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification.

## 1. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Add llms-install.md for agent-bootstrap (Ollama detection + venv-path discipline)
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Add llms-install.md for agent-bootstrap (Ollama detection + venv-path discipline)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/61

## 2. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Anthropic Connectors Directory submission (after MCPB bundle ships)
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Anthropic Connectors Directory submission (after MCPB bundle ships)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/62

## 3. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Build in public — show Palinode building Palinode
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Build in public — show Palinode building Palinode
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/33

## 4. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: CLAUDE.md integration — zero-friction adoption path
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: CLAUDE.md integration — zero-friction adoption path
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/32

## 5. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Directory submissions — MCP Registry, Smithery, mcp.so, Cline
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Directory submissions — MCP Registry, Smithery, mcp.so, Cline
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/35

## 6. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Docs: public integration guide for OpenClaw and Hermes-agent
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Docs: public integration guide for OpenClaw and Hermes-agent
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/60

## 7. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Homebrew tap (brew install palinode)
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Homebrew tap (brew install palinode)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/8

## 8. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Multi-platform MCP and integration docs (Claude Code, Cursor, Zed, VS Code)
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Multi-platform MCP and integration docs (Claude Code, Cursor, Zed, VS Code)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/24

## 9. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v0.8.13
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.8.13
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/releases/tag/v0.8.13

## 10. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v0.8.15
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.8.15
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/releases/tag/v0.8.15

## 11. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/61

## 12. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/33

## 13. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/32

## 14. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/60

## 15. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/8

## 16. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/2

## 17. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/24

## 18. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.host_targets | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode

## 19. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Ambient context search: automatic project-aware retrieval (ADR-008)
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Ambient context search: automatic project-aware retrieval (ADR-008)
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/28

## 20. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Anthropic Connectors Directory: submission prep
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Anthropic Connectors Directory: submission prep
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/29

## 21. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Interop: Palinode's KEEP/UPDATE/MERGE/SUPERSEDE/ARCHIVE maps to IETF KU lifecycle
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Interop: Palinode's KEEP/UPDATE/MERGE/SUPERSEDE/ARCHIVE maps to IETF KU lifecycle
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/17

## 22. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v0.8.12
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.8.12
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/releases/tag/v0.8.12

## 23. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v0.8.14
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.8.14
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/releases/tag/v0.8.14

## 24. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode

## 25. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this migration risk before relying on the project: Migrate plugin from before_agent_start to before_prompt_build
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: Migrate plugin from before_agent_start to before_prompt_build
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/2

## 26. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode

## 27. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode

## 28. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode

## 29. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/62

## 30. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/29

## 31. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/35

## 32. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode/issues/17

## 33. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode

## 34. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/phasespace-labs/palinode