1 B Entry Point

What to investigate

1. How the software runs

What is the entry point? How do you start it? Is it a CLI, a server, a library function? What are the required arguments, config files, or environment variables?

Look for:

• if __name__ == "__main__" blocks
• Framework entry points (FastAPI app, Flask app, Django manage.py)
• CLI entry points in pyproject.toml ([project.scripts])
• Docker/compose configs that reveal startup commands

2. The real user entry point

How does a real user or client invoke the app? This is what the eval must exercise — not an inner function that bypasses the request pipeline.

• Web server: Which HTTP endpoints accept user input? What methods (GET/POST)? What request body shape?
• CLI: What command-line arguments does the user provide?
• Library/function: What function does the caller import and call? What arguments?

3. Environment and configuration

• What env vars does the app require? (service endpoints, database URLs, feature flags)
• What config files does it read?
• What has sensible defaults vs. what must be explicitly set?

Output: pixie_qa/01-entry-point.md

Write your findings to this file. Keep it focused — only entry point and execution flow.

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