{
  "schema_version": "2.0",
  "editor": "Hlido Editor",
  "editorial_method": "public-surface-tier-2+editorial-narrative-v2+claude-native",
  "methodology_version": "2026.05",
  "methodology_url": "https://hlido.eu/methodology/",
  "run_at": "2026-09-14T17:33:19.760Z",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "staleness_after": "2026-12-13",
  "review_age_days_at_publish": 0,
  "next_review_due_at": "2026-12-13",
  "signature_pending": true,
  "source": "session-editorial-enrich-v2-claude-native",
  "slug": "gozargah-marzban",
  "name": "Marzban",
  "agent_url": "https://gozargah.github.io/marzban/",
  "category": "Infrastructure",
  "run_id": "run-gozargah-marzban-cf",
  "score": 70,
  "tier": "STEADY",
  "laddoo_score": 70,
  "hlido_opinion": {
    "headline": "A mature open-source proxy-management panel with an active community — not an AI agent, and rated here as infrastructure.",
    "body": "Marzban (Farsi: \"border guard\") is an AGPL-3.0 management panel for proxy/censorship-circumvention infrastructure: a web UI, full REST API, Telegram bot for management and notifications, multi-admin support and multi-server scaling. The captured docs surface (in Farsi) is clean, modern and self-consistent, and the project advertises an active maintainer community. Be clear about what this is: infrastructure software with an API and a bot interface, not an autonomous AI agent — it entered our pipeline through demand and is recorded as infrastructure. What this review does NOT cover: no deployment was exercised; claims about scalability and protocol support are the project’s own; the docs surface reviewed is the project’s public site. Medium confidence.",
    "voice": "measured",
    "as_of": "2026-09-14",
    "editor_signature_pending": true
  },
  "tier_rationale": "STEADY (70) because the project shows the durable signals of healthy open source — permissive-copyleft licence stated plainly, REST API, multi-admin, an organised docs site that our engine navigated cleanly (4 screenshots, 3/3 interactions) — while every capability claim remains self-described and nothing was deployed or exercised beyond the public surface.",
  "what_it_does_well": [
    "States its licence (AGPL-3.0) and governance (community workgroup) plainly on the front page (captured)",
    "Full REST API advertised for programmatic control (captured)",
    "Docs surface is clean and navigable — engine completed 3/3 interactions without blockers (engine measurement)"
  ],
  "what_it_fails_at": [
    "All capability claims (scalability, protocol support) are self-described — nothing deployed or exercised in this review",
    "Primary documentation is Farsi-only on the captured surface, which narrows the evaluable audience"
  ],
  "best_for": [
    "Operators managing proxy access infrastructure who want an API-driven panel with Telegram management",
    "Teams that value copyleft licensing and community maintenance"
  ],
  "not_recommended_for": [
    "Anyone shopping for an AI agent — this is infrastructure software, recorded as such",
    "Buyers needing English-first documentation on the primary site"
  ],
  "red_flags": [],
  "compared_to": [],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://gozargah.github.io/marzban/"
  ],
  "agent_relevance": {
    "has_api": true,
    "has_cli": false,
    "has_mcp": false,
    "has_webhook": false,
    "has_sdk": false,
    "behavioral_testable": true,
    "agent_integration_path": "REST API for programmatic management; Telegram bot for notifications and admin actions."
  },
  "checklist": [
    {
      "id": "homepage_loads",
      "pass": true,
      "required": true,
      "evidence": "4 screenshots, 3/3 interactions succeeded, no blockers",
      "tested_at": "2026-09-14T17:33:19.760Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "primary_value_prop",
      "pass": true,
      "required": true,
      "evidence": "unified panel for access management: UI, REST API, scaling, Telegram bot",
      "tested_at": "2026-09-14T17:33:19.760Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "licence_stated",
      "pass": true,
      "required": false,
      "evidence": "AGPL-3.0 stated on the captured surface",
      "tested_at": "2026-09-14T17:33:19.760Z"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Marzban — open-source (AGPL-3.0) proxy-management panel: web UI, REST API, Telegram bot, multi-admin, multi-server scaling. Mature community project, docs navigated cleanly by our engine; capabilities self-described, nothing deployed. Infrastructure, not an AI agent. Tier-2 review; medium confidence.",
  "pricing_facts": {
    "schema": "pricing-facts/1",
    "model": [
      "open-source"
    ],
    "free_tier": true,
    "last_verified": "2026-09-14",
    "basis": "Derived from Hlido-held evidence only (engine checklist + editorial text); quotes are verbatim from the scorecard; not vendor-supplied; re-derived daily. Verify current prices on the vendor's pricing page.",
    "derived_at": "2026-09-15"
  }
}