@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-cli 0.16.2 → 0.16.3

package/build/cli.js

@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ async function runWebClient(args) {
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(args.envArgs)) {
         startArgs.push("-e", `${key}=${value}`);
     }
+    // Pass transport type if specified
+    if (args.transport) {
+        startArgs.push("--transport", args.transport);
+    }
+    // Pass server URL if specified
+    if (args.serverUrl) {
+        startArgs.push("--server-url", args.serverUrl);
+    }
     // Pass command and args (using -- to separate them)
     if (args.command) {
         startArgs.push("--", args.command, ...args.args);
@@ -63,7 +71,17 @@ async function runCli(args) {
         abort.abort();
     });
     try {
-        await spawnPromise("node", [cliPath, args.command, ...args.args], {
+        // Build CLI arguments
+        const cliArgs = [cliPath];
+        // Add transport flag if specified
+        if (args.transport && args.transport !== "stdio") {
+            // Convert streamable-http back to http for CLI mode
+            const cliTransport = args.transport === "streamable-http" ? "http" : args.transport;
+            cliArgs.push("--transport", cliTransport);
+        }
+        // Add command and remaining args
+        cliArgs.push(args.command, ...args.args);
+        await spawnPromise("node", cliArgs, {
             env: { ...process.env, ...args.envArgs },
             signal: abort.signal,
             echoOutput: true,
@@ -124,38 +142,88 @@ function parseArgs() {
         .option("-e <env>", "environment variables in KEY=VALUE format", parseKeyValuePair, {})
         .option("--config <path>", "config file path")
         .option("--server <n>", "server name from config file")
-        .option("--cli", "enable CLI mode");
+        .option("--cli", "enable CLI mode")
+        .option("--transport <type>", "transport type (stdio, sse, http)")
+        .option("--server-url <url>", "server URL for SSE/HTTP transport");
     // Parse only the arguments before --
     program.parse(preArgs);
     const options = program.opts();
     const remainingArgs = program.args;
     // Add back any arguments that came after --
     const finalArgs = [...remainingArgs, ...postArgs];
-    // Validate that config and server are provided together
-    if ((options.config && !options.server) ||
-        (!options.config && options.server)) {
-        throw new Error("Both --config and --server must be provided together. If you specify one, you must specify the other.");
+    // Validate config and server options
+    if (!options.config && options.server) {
+        throw new Error("--server requires --config to be specified");
+    }
+    // If config is provided without server, try to auto-select
+    if (options.config && !options.server) {
+        const configContent = fs.readFileSync(path.isAbsolute(options.config)
+            ? options.config
+            : path.resolve(process.cwd(), options.config), "utf8");
+        const parsedConfig = JSON.parse(configContent);
+        const servers = Object.keys(parsedConfig.mcpServers || {});
+        if (servers.length === 1) {
+            // Use the only server if there's just one
+            options.server = servers[0];
+        }
+        else if (servers.length === 0) {
+            throw new Error("No servers found in config file");
+        }
+        else {
+            // Multiple servers, require explicit selection
+            throw new Error(`Multiple servers found in config file. Please specify one with --server.\nAvailable servers: ${servers.join(", ")}`);
+        }
     }
     // If config file is specified, load and use the options from the file. We must merge the args
     // from the command line and the file together, or we will miss the method options (--method,
     // etc.)
     if (options.config && options.server) {
         const config = loadConfigFile(options.config, options.server);
-        return {
-            command: config.command,
-            args: [...(config.args || []), ...finalArgs],
-            envArgs: { ...(config.env || {}), ...(options.e || {}) },
-            cli: options.cli || false,
-        };
+        if (config.type === "stdio") {
+            return {
+                command: config.command,
+                args: [...(config.args || []), ...finalArgs],
+                envArgs: { ...(config.env || {}), ...(options.e || {}) },
+                cli: options.cli || false,
+                transport: "stdio",
+            };
+        }
+        else if (config.type === "sse" || config.type === "streamable-http") {
+            return {
+                command: config.url,
+                args: finalArgs,
+                envArgs: options.e || {},
+                cli: options.cli || false,
+                transport: config.type,
+                serverUrl: config.url,
+            };
+        }
+        else {
+            // Backwards compatibility: if no type field, assume stdio
+            return {
+                command: config.command || "",
+                args: [...(config.args || []), ...finalArgs],
+                envArgs: { ...(config.env || {}), ...(options.e || {}) },
+                cli: options.cli || false,
+                transport: "stdio",
+            };
+        }
     }
     // Otherwise use command line arguments
     const command = finalArgs[0] || "";
     const args = finalArgs.slice(1);
+    // Map "http" shorthand to "streamable-http"
+    let transport = options.transport;
+    if (transport === "http") {
+        transport = "streamable-http";
+    }
     return {
         command,
         args,
         envArgs: options.e || {},
         cli: options.cli || false,
+        transport: transport,
+        serverUrl: options.serverUrl,
     };
 }
 async function main() {

package/build/client/connection.js

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ export const validLogLevels = [
 export async function connect(client, transport) {
     try {
         await client.connect(transport);
+        if (client.getServerCapabilities()?.logging) {
+            // default logging level is undefined in the spec, but the user of the
+            // inspector most likely wants debug.
+            await client.setLoggingLevel("debug");
+        }
     }
     catch (error) {
         throw new Error(`Failed to connect to MCP server: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-cli",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "description": "CLI for the Model Context Protocol inspector",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Anthropic, PBC (https://anthropic.com)",