{
  "context": "Evaluates how well the solution leans on josepy's binary helpers to normalize JOSE-safe encodings and X.509 artifacts with built-in validation rather than custom logic. Checks that size guards and DER handling are delegated to the package utilities.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "JOSE base64",
      "description": "Uses josepy.encode_b64jose (or b64encode) to produce paddingless URL-safe output and josepy.decode_b64jose to accept str/bytes input when decoding.",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "Size enforcement",
      "description": "Enforces expected sizes via decode_b64jose(size=..., minimum=...) instead of manual length checks, returning errors on mismatches.",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Hex helpers",
      "description": "Relies on encode_hex16/decode_hex16 for hex transforms and uses the size/minimum parameters for exact vs minimum-length handling.",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Certificate DER",
      "description": "Serializes and parses certificates with encode_cert/decode_cert (or the josepy b64 cert helpers) rather than ad-hoc base64/cryptography calls.",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "CSR handling",
      "description": "Serializes and parses CSRs with encode_csr/decode_csr and surfaces josepy.errors.DeserializationError on malformed input.",
      "max_score": 20
    }
  ]
}