* 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).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* 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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>