{"id":"c2748f78-7b22-4119-86b2-7ca6cf8db6c0","task":"List installed packages and show details with pip list and pip show","domain":"python-dependency-management","steps":["Run python -m pip list to list installed packages in columns; use --format json or --format freeze for other layouts.","Check for outdated packages with python -m pip list --outdated (note the freeze format cannot combine with --outdated).","Inspect a single package with python -m pip show <package>; add -f or --files for the installed file list and --verbose for full metadata and entry-points."],"gotchas":["pip show output follows RFC mail-header format, with colon-separated fields, and prints Identically on Unix and Windows.","Use --local inside a venv that has global access to hide global packages, and --user to limit output to user-site.","--not-required lists packages that are not dependencies of anything installed."],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-11T20:27:18.468Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-11T20:27:18.468Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c2748f78-7b22-4119-86b2-7ca6cf8db6c0"}