# Before installing a project

Project and exact repository URL:
Checked date:
Reader's operating system:
Intended task:

| Question | Observed answer | Exact source or file | Still unknown |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Does the maintainer's official site identify this repository? | | | |
| What does the tool actually do? | | | |
| What licence applies to the intended use? | | | |
| Which release and package fit the machine? | | | |
| What permissions or connected accounts will the task need? | | | |
| Where can the tool send or store data? | | | |
| How will a harmless first test be contained? | | | |
| How will the tool and its settings be removed? | | | |

Decision: proceed to a bounded test, ask a specific question, or stop.
Never turn a blank field into an assumed pass.

Original worksheet, prepared October 29, 2026. CC0-1.0.