# Em 0015

- Object ID: `em:task:sha256:bd517980cb0cf0110aa9d6db56e1cef7b70a5833e4b3849d5bcc18da8315860f`
- Kind: `task`
- Repository path: [`tasks/contracts/EM-0015.json`](https://github.com/yoheinakajima/epistemedia/blob/f92846570180dfa4511263f8ba98ecd18f7772c9/tasks/contracts/EM-0015.json)
- Content digest: `5212abcf3eda71e9cfc4dd7b84100b1c3b9b9a6bd2db42e550ecada3d2fc4234`

**Also filed under:** [Agent Operations](https://epistemedia.org/topics/agent-operations/), [Research Program](https://epistemedia.org/topics/research-program/)

## Source content

{
  "$schema": "https://epistemedia.com/schemas/task-contract-v1.json",
  "id": "EM-0015",
  "title": "Make the installed wheel CLI self-contained",
  "status": "ready",
  "change_class": "ordinary-implementation",
  "objective": "Make a clean wheel installation import and execute the Epistemedia CLI without relying on checkout-level sitecustomize hooks or other editable-source side effects.",
  "depends_on": [
    "EM-0013",
    "EM-0014"
  ],
  "authority": {
    "allowed_paths": [
      "sitecustomize.py",
      "src/**",
      "tests/**",
      "docs/**",
      "ops/**",
      "runs/**",
      "pyproject.toml"
    ],
    "forbidden_paths": [
      "constitution/**",
      "schemas/**",
      "policies/**",
      "catalog/**",
      "governance/events/**",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0001.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0002.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0003.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0004.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0005.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0006.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0007.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0008.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0009.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0010.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0011.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0012.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0013.json",
      "tasks/contracts/EM-0014.json"
    ]
  },
  "required_evaluation": [
    "isolated source import without repository sitecustomize",
    "clean wheel installation and CLI version smoke test",
    "wheel and source-distribution metadata and license inspection",
    "existing API, MCP, and repository checks"
  ],
  "acceptance": [
    "the installed wheel CLI executes on the declared minimum supported Python without a repository checkout on sys.path",
    "the lazy gateway loader registers its private implementation module before executing dataclass declarations",
    "checkout-level compatibility sitecustomize hooks are no longer required and are removed",
    "an isolated subprocess test fails if the package again depends on checkout bootstrap state",
    "wheel and source distribution versions, entry point, license expression, and included license remain consistent",
    "make check passes without changing accepted source state"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "type": "local-run",
      "context": "A clean installation of epistemedia-0.2.0-py3-none-any.whl on Python 3.11 failed while executing a dataclass because epistemedia._server_implementation was absent from sys.modules."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "This task does not select a release version, create a tag, upload to PyPI, or publish any registry record.",
    "A successful clean-install smoke test is release-readiness evidence, not proof of every supported platform or Python environment."
  ]
}