Prepare the single `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector` tarball for publishing
and add a script that verifies the real published package end to end.
- Add `scripts/pack-and-verify.mjs` (`npm run pack:verify`): build, `npm pack`,
install the tarball into a clean consumer, and drive the installed
`mcp-inspector` bin (web/cli/tui) — catching "works in --dev, breaks under
npx" packaging/path failures the in-repo smokes miss. Local/release tool
(install needs network), not wired into the fast validate/ci loop.
- Disable source maps in the cli/tui/web-runner tsup configs (~halves the
unpacked payload; runtime doesn't need them).
- Add `clients/web/.npmignore` so `clients/web/build` (prod web-server runner)
ships — npm's packlist was honoring the nested `.gitignore` `build/` entry
over the root "files" allowlist, dropping the runner while `dist/` slipped
through.
- Ship `clients/cli/package.json` and `clients/tui/package.json`: both bundles
read their own package.json at runtime (CLI client identity, TUI header), so
the installed CLI crashed on connect and the installed TUI crashed on launch
without them.
Document the packaging invariants and pack:verify in the launcher README.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BrihGWcrM9JGRyu41nzZYw
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