{
  "context": "This criteria evaluates how well the engineer uses update-notifier's semantic version intelligence and comparison features to build a version status reporter. The focus is on proper usage of the package's API for fetching version information, accessing update metadata, and utilizing the semantic version comparison capabilities.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "UpdateNotifier instantiation",
      "description": "Correctly creates an UpdateNotifier instance using updateNotifier() factory function with required pkg.name and pkg.version options",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "fetchInfo() method usage",
      "description": "Uses the fetchInfo() method to programmatically retrieve update information from npm registry instead of relying on automatic background checks",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "Update object access",
      "description": "Accesses and utilizes the update information object returned by fetchInfo() or available via notifier.update property, extracting latest, current, type, and name fields",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Update type classification",
      "description": "Correctly uses the 'type' field from the update information to determine the semantic version difference (major, minor, patch, prerelease, build, or latest)",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Version comparison logic",
      "description": "Properly determines whether an update is needed by checking if the update object exists and comparing current vs latest versions using update-notifier's built-in semantic version intelligence",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Async/Promise handling",
      "description": "Correctly handles the asynchronous nature of fetchInfo() using async/await or Promise chains",
      "max_score": 5
    }
  ]
}