@lightupai/polaris 0.0.20 → 0.0.22

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lightupai/polaris",
-  "version": "0.0.20",
+  "version": "0.0.22",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "polaris": "bin/polaris",

package/src/cli/cli.ts

@@ -109,48 +109,40 @@ function appToApi(appUrl: string): string {
 async function install(participantId?: string) {
   await mkdir(CLAUDE_DIR, { recursive: true });
 
-  // Ensure the package is globally installed so polaris-mcp binary persists
-  console.log("  Installing @lightupai/polaris globally...");
-  const npmInstall = Bun.spawnSync(["npm", "install", "-g", "@lightupai/polaris@latest"], {
-    stdout: "ignore",
-    stderr: "pipe",
-  });
+  // Install package to ~/.polaris/mcp/ (user-local, no sudo needed, persistent)
+  const mcpDir = join(POLARIS_DIR, "mcp");
+  await mkdir(mcpDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  console.log("  Installing MCP server to ~/.polaris/mcp/...");
+  const npmInstall = Bun.spawnSync(
+    ["npm", "install", "--prefix", mcpDir, "@lightupai/polaris@latest"],
+    { stdout: "ignore", stderr: "pipe" }
+  );
   if (npmInstall.exitCode !== 0) {
-    console.error("  Warning: global install failed. MCP server may not work.");
-    console.error("  Run manually: npm install -g @lightupai/polaris");
+    console.error("  Warning: MCP server install failed.");
+    console.error("  " + npmInstall.stderr.toString().trim());
   }
 
-  // Find the globally installed polaris-mcp binary
-  const whichResult = Bun.spawnSync(["which", "polaris-mcp"], { stdout: "pipe" });
-  const mcpBin = whichResult.stdout.toString().trim() || "polaris-mcp";
-
-  const mcpConfig = {
-    mcpServers: {
-      polaris: {
-        command: mcpBin,
-        args: [],
-        env: {
-          POLARIS_DAEMON_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:4322",
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  };
+  // The binary is at ~/.polaris/mcp/node_modules/.bin/polaris-mcp
+  const mcpBin = join(mcpDir, "node_modules", ".bin", "polaris-mcp");
 
-  const mcpConfigPath = join(CLAUDE_DIR, ".mcp.json");
-  let existingMcp: Record<string, unknown> = {};
-  try {
-    existingMcp = JSON.parse(await readFile(mcpConfigPath, "utf-8"));
-  } catch { /* doesn't exist yet */ }
-
-  const mergedMcp = {
-    ...existingMcp,
-    mcpServers: {
-      ...(existingMcp as { mcpServers?: Record<string, unknown> }).mcpServers,
-      ...mcpConfig.mcpServers,
-    },
-  };
-  await writeFile(mcpConfigPath, JSON.stringify(mergedMcp, null, 2));
-  console.log("  ✓ MCP server config written");
+  // Register MCP server with Claude Code via `claude mcp add`
+  // This writes to the correct config location that Claude Code reads
+  // Remove first to avoid duplicates, then add with user scope
+  Bun.spawnSync(["claude", "mcp", "remove", "polaris", "-s", "user"], {
+    stdout: "ignore", stderr: "ignore",
+  });
+  const mcpAdd = Bun.spawnSync(
+    ["claude", "mcp", "add", "polaris", "-s", "user", "-e", "POLARIS_DAEMON_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4322", "--", mcpBin],
+    { stdout: "pipe", stderr: "pipe" }
+  );
+  if (mcpAdd.exitCode === 0) {
+    console.log("  ✓ MCP server registered with Claude Code");
+  } else {
+    console.error("  Warning: could not register MCP server with Claude Code.");
+    console.error("  " + mcpAdd.stderr.toString().trim());
+    console.error(`  Run manually: claude mcp add -s user -e POLARIS_DAEMON_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4322 polaris -- ${mcpBin}`);
+  }
 
   // Hooks
   const captureShPath = join(import.meta.dir, "..", "..", "hooks", "capture.sh");