* feat(cli,tui): normalize --catalog / --config with web; update --help (#1347)
Bring the CLI and TUI in line with the web catalog vs read-only session
model introduced in #1481/#1483, and close the outstanding --help item
from #1347.
Core (core/mcp/node/config.ts):
- Add `catalogPath` to ServerConfigOptions (writable catalog slot).
- `resolveServerSource()` picks the active source: `--catalog` (writable,
seed-if-missing) wins over `--config` (read-only, error-if-missing).
- Writable sources seed an empty `{"mcpServers":{}}` on first run (matches
the web backend) instead of erroring; read-only `--config` still errors.
- `serverSourceConflict()` shared conflict matrix (mirrors run-web):
--catalog/--config mutually exclusive; neither combines with an ad-hoc
target.
- `readServerListFile()` public loader for runners (TUI) needing the raw map.
- Rename `withDefaultConfigPath` → `withDefaultCatalogPath`; the no-flag
default now fills the writable catalog slot, not --config.
CLI / TUI:
- Add `--catalog <path>` (+ MCP_CATALOG_PATH) and re-document `--config` as a
read-only session in --help.
- Enforce the shared conflict matrix before resolution.
Full writable persistence/CRUD threading remains deferred to #1482 / #1432
(CLI/TUI are read consumers today; the split surfaces as seed- vs
error-on-missing).
Tests: core resolution matrix (source/conflict/seed/read-only), CLI catalog
+ conflict integration tests, TUI loadTuiServers unit tests. READMEs updated.
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* test(launcher): add smoke:cli + smoke:tui e2e launcher smokes (#1347)
The launcher smokes only checked `--help` for --cli/--tui; nothing
exercised the launcher → CLI/TUI → core path on the built artifact (only
smoke:web did, for web). Add two end-to-end smokes wired into
validate:launcher between smoke:launcher and smoke:web:
- smoke:cli (scripts/smoke-cli.mjs): runs `--cli` against the bundled
stdio test server via a temp --catalog and asserts tools/list returns
the tools, plus the #1347 resolution paths — default-catalog
seed-on-missing, read-only --config error-without-seed, and the
--catalog/--config conflict.
- smoke:tui (scripts/smoke-tui.mjs): launches `--tui --catalog <temp>`
and asserts the Ink app renders its first frame ("MCP Servers") within
a timeout, then SIGTERMs it (shallow boot/render check).
Both build test-servers/build on demand if missing. Docs updated
(AGENTS.md validate description, launcher README).
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* refactor: address review on #1499 (comment accuracy, CLI/TUI flag parity)
Review feedback from @claude on PR #1499 (all non-blocking):
- Align CLI catalogPath resolution with the TUI: `options.catalog?.trim()
|| process.env.MCP_CATALOG_PATH` so an explicit empty `--catalog ""`
falls back to MCP_CATALOG_PATH identically in both front-ends (CLI used
`??`, which only guards undefined/null).
- Clarify the `serverSourceConflict` comment: it mirrors only the
source-selection portion of web's matrix and deliberately omits web's
`--header` rejection, since CLI/TUI merge --header into per-server
settings.
- Note the deliberate --header broadcast semantics in loadTuiServers.
- Share an EMPTY_CATALOG_CONTENT constant between seedEmptyCatalog and
readServerListContent instead of two separate literals.
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* refactor(cli): trim --config to match --catalog and the TUI (#1499 review)
Cosmetic uniformity follow-up from the re-review: configPath now uses
`options.config?.trim() || undefined`, matching the catalog slot above it
and the TUI. Behavior is unchanged (resolveServerSource/serverSourceConflict
already trim downstream).
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* feat(web): build dist on demand for prod --web + end-to-end CI smoke (#1486)
Prod `mcp-inspector --web` serves static assets from clients/web/dist,
which only exists after a build. In a fresh checkout it was absent and the
prod path served a broken page (ENOENT on index.html); the launcher smoke
test only covered --help, so this path was unverified in CI.
- ensure-web-build.ts: build dist on demand (vite build via build:client)
when missing, or exit with an actionable error if the build can't run.
- run-web.ts: invoke ensureWebBuild before startHonoServer in the prod path
(--dev runs Vite directly and skips it).
- scripts/smoke-web.mjs + smoke:web: start --web against built dist and
assert GET / returns 200 with the injected __INSPECTOR_API_TOKEN__.
Wired into validate:launcher and a new CI step.
- Docs: launcher README + AGENTS.md.
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* fix(web): surface spawn error in build-on-demand; clarify smoke comment
Address PR #1497 review:
- runViteBuild now logs result.error.message (e.g. ENOENT when npm isn't on
PATH) before returning a null status, so the spawn-failure cause surfaces
instead of only the generic actionable error. The build seam gains a `log`
param; added a test covering the ENOENT path.
- Reword scripts/smoke-web.mjs header so it no longer implies the readiness
wait covers a cold build-on-demand vite build (it's sized for a pre-built
dist, which validate/CI guarantee).
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* feat(web): catalog vs read-only session launch model + apply --header (#1481, #1483)
Per specification/v2_catalog_launch_config.md, `mcp-inspector --web` now selects
the backend's server-list source and a session-wide writability, instead of
seeding an inert `initialMcpConfig` the UI never read:
- `--catalog <path>` (and `MCP_CATALOG_PATH`) → active WRITABLE catalog
(seed/CRUD/watch), like the default catalog.
- `--config <path>` → READ-ONLY session file: served in the UI but never
written, seeded, or plaintext-secret-migrated — safe to point at a foreign
config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json).
- ad-hoc `--server-url`/command (+ `--header`) → one server held IN MEMORY
(no file written); `--header` is lifted onto the entry so the seeded
connection actually uses it (closes the #1483 warn-only no-op).
- nothing → default catalog (writable), unchanged.
Backend (`createRemoteApp`): new `writable` + `initialServers` options. GET
/api/servers branches three ways (in-memory / read-only file with no
seed+no migrate / writable catalog); the four mutating routes return 403 when
read-only; `/api/config` carries `writable`; the file watcher is skipped for
in-memory sessions. `--catalog`/`--config` are mutually exclusive and neither
combines with an ad-hoc target or `--header`; `--header` requires an ad-hoc
HTTP/SSE server (clear errors otherwise — no silent no-op).
UI: `useServerListWritable` reads `writable` from /api/config; the Servers
screen hides add/edit/clone/remove/reorder/settings and shows a read-only
banner when false. All new props default to writable=true (back-compatible).
Docs: spec gaps G2/G3/G4 updated; launcher README documents the flags.
Verified end-to-end against the built launcher: --config (writable:false,
file byte-stable, mutations 403), ad-hoc --header (in-memory, header lifted),
and --catalog (writable:true, POST persists).
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* refactor(web): address review — Mantine <Code> in read-only banner, clarify watcher comment
- Replace raw <code> with Mantine <Code> in the read-only-session Alert
(repo convention: prefer Mantine primitives over raw HTML).
- Add a comment near `watchable` clarifying that a read-only `--config` file
is still watched on purpose (read-only blocks UI writes, not external
observation; `writable` does not gate watching).
Deferred (per reviewer): consolidating useSandboxUrl + useServerListWritable
into one useConfig hook to avoid the duplicate /api/config fetch — optional
follow-up. The redundant ad-hoc header type-guard is kept as defensive.
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Ports the CLI, TUI, and launcher from v1.5 into v2 behind a single
`mcp-inspector` entrypoint (launcher → web/cli/tui). Includes the
`mcp-inspector --web --dev` launcher fix (Vite alias resolution + prod-server
double-start), the root `postinstall` install cascade with simplified CI, and
spec/AGENTS docs (no-workspaces rationale, Development setup).
Closes#1246.
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