Add validation scripts for all sample apps

.gitignore

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ bld/
 # Visual Studio 2017 auto generated files
 Generated\ Files/
 
+# Local validation logs
+**/.validation/
+
 # MSTest test Results
 [Tt]est[Rr]esult*/
 [Bb]uild[Ll]og.*

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "githubPullRequests.ignoredPullRequestBranches": [
         "main"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "files.eol": "\n"
 }

AI/mcp-server/validate-sample.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+param(
+    [switch]$SkipInstall,
+    [switch]$SkipTests,
+    [switch]$SkipBrowser,
+    [switch]$KeepProcesses,
+    [switch]$Headed,
+    [int]$TimeoutSec = 90
+)
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+. (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot '../../Tools/powershell/SampleValidation.ps1')
+
+$appRoot = $PSScriptRoot
+$envFile = Join-Path $appRoot '.env'
+$nodeEnvironment = Get-ValidationNodeEnvironment
+$runtimeHandle = $null
+
+try {
+    Write-Step 'Preflight checks'
+    Assert-CommandExists 'node'
+    Assert-CommandExists 'npm'
+
+    if (-not $SkipInstall) {
+        Write-Step 'Installing dependencies'
+        Invoke-ExternalCommand -FilePath 'npm' -Arguments @('install') -WorkingDirectory $appRoot -Environment $nodeEnvironment
+    }
+
+    Write-Step 'Building MCP server'
+    Invoke-ExternalCommand -FilePath 'npm' -Arguments @('run', 'build') -WorkingDirectory $appRoot -Environment $nodeEnvironment
+
+    if ($SkipTests) {
+        Write-Host 'Skipping tests because -SkipTests was specified.' -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    }
+    else {
+        Write-Host 'No automated test script is defined for this sample.' -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    }
+
+    if (-not (Test-Path $envFile)) {
+        Write-Host 'Skipping runtime smoke check because .env is missing.' -ForegroundColor Yellow
+        Write-ValidationSummary -Status 'SKIP_CONFIG' -Message 'Build validation passed; runtime smoke skipped because .env is missing.'
+        return
+    }
+
+    $environment = Get-DotEnvMap -Path $envFile
+    if (-not $environment.ContainsKey('PORT')) {
+        $environment['PORT'] = '3100'
+    }
+
+    Write-Step 'Starting MCP server'
+    $logPath = New-ValidationLogPath -WorkingDirectory $appRoot -Name 'mcp-server'
+    $runtimeHandle = Start-LoggedProcess -FilePath 'npm' -Arguments @('run', 'start') -WorkingDirectory $appRoot -LogPath $logPath -Environment (Merge-EnvironmentTables @($nodeEnvironment, $environment))
+
+    $healthUrl = "http://localhost:$($environment['PORT'])/health"
+    $healthResponse = Wait-ForHttpEndpoint -Url $healthUrl -TimeoutSec $TimeoutSec -AllowedStatusCodes @(200) -ProcessHandle $runtimeHandle
+    $body = [string]$healthResponse.Content
+    if ($body -notmatch '"status"\s*:\s*"ok"') {
+        throw "Health endpoint returned an unexpected response: $body"
+    }
+
+    Write-Host "Runtime smoke check passed at $healthUrl" -ForegroundColor Green
+    Write-ValidationSummary -Status 'PASS' -Message "Build and runtime smoke checks passed at $healthUrl."
+}
+catch {
+    Write-ValidationSummary -Status 'FAIL' -Message $_.Exception.Message
+    throw
+}
+finally {
+    if ($null -ne $runtimeHandle -and -not $KeepProcesses) {
+        Stop-LoggedProcess -Handle $runtimeHandle
+    }
+}

AI/ocr/.gitignore

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 # production
 /build
+**/.dist/*.js
+**/.dist/**/*.js
 
 # misc
 .DS_Store

AI/ocr/package.json

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^18.2.45",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.17",
     "axios": "^1.15.2",
+    "express": "^4.21.2",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "3.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "9.0.2",
     "jwks-rsa": "3.1.0",
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
     "start": "run-s build:backend start:apps",
     "start:apps": "run-p start:frontend start:backend",
     "start:frontend": "npm run start-cre",
-    "start:backend": "env-cmd --silent -f .env node ./server/index.js",
+    "start:backend": "npm run build:backend && env-cmd --silent -f .env node ./server/.dist/index.js",
     "start-cre": "react-scripts start",
     "build-cre": "react-scripts build",
     "test-cre": "react-scripts test",
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/express": "^5.0.3",
     "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-types": "2.40.0",
     "@types/isomorphic-fetch": "0.0.39",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "9.0.5",