Make root package installable/executable

Author: jspahrsummers

bin/cli.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { join, dirname } from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import concurrently from "concurrently";
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+// Paths to the server and client entry points
+const serverPath = join(__dirname, "../server/build/index.js");
+const clientPath = join(__dirname, "../client/bin/cli.js");
+
+console.log("Starting MCP inspector...");
+
+const { result } = concurrently(
+  [
+    {
+      command: `node ${serverPath}`,
+      name: "server",
+    },
+    {
+      command: `node ${clientPath}`,
+      name: "client",
+    },
+  ],
+  {
+    prefix: "name",
+    killOthers: ["failure", "success"],
+    restartTries: 3,
+  },
+);
+
+result.catch((err) => {
+  console.error("An error occurred:", err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});

package.json

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
   "homepage": "https://modelcontextprotocol.github.io",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues",
   "type": "module",
+  "bin": {
+    "mcp-inspector": "./bin/cli.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "bin",
+    "client/dist",
+    "server/build"
+  ],
   "workspaces": [
     "client",
     "server"
@@ -18,11 +26,13 @@
     "build": "npm run build-server && npm run build-client",
     "start-server": "cd server && npm run start",
     "start-client": "cd client && npm run preview",
-    "start": "concurrently \"npm run start-server\" \"npm run start-client\"",
+    "start": "./bin/cli.js",
+    "prepare": "npm run build",
     "prettier-fix": "prettier --write ."
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "concurrently": "^9.0.1",
-    "prettier": "3.3.3"
+    "prettier": "3.3.3",
+    "@types/node": "^22.7.5"
   }
 }