README.md

March 24, 2026 · View on GitHub

Welcome to Inspect Scout.

To get started with Inspect Scout, please see the documentation.

Installation

Latest development version:

pip install git+https://github.com/meridianlabs-ai/inspect_scout

Development

To work on development of Inspect Scout, clone the repository and install with the -e flag and [dev] optional dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/meridianlabs-ai/inspect_scout
cd inspect_scout
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run linting, formatting, and tests via

make check
make test

Frontend development (TypeScript)

The web UI lives in a git submodule and uses Git LFS for binary assets. These steps are only needed if you plan to work on the TypeScript/React frontend — Python-only contributors can skip this entirely.

  1. Install Git LFS and run git lfs install
  2. Initialize the submodule and install dependencies — see the one-time setup guide