@modelcontextprotocol/inspector 0.1.6 → 0.2.0

package/README.md

@@ -2,25 +2,18 @@
 
 The MCP inspector is a developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers.
 
-## Getting started
+It can be run easily from `npx`. For example, in a folder where there's a built JavaScript server at `build/index.js`:
 
-Clone this repository, then install its dependencies:
-
-```sh
-npm install
+```
+npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector build/index.js
 ```
 
-You can run it in dev mode via:
+You can also pass arguments along to the server:
 
-```bash
-npm run dev
+```
+npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector build/index.js arg1 arg2 ...
 ```
 
-This will start both the client and server.
-
-To run in production mode:
+## License
 
-```bash
-npm run build
-npm start
-```
+This project is licensed under the MIT License—see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

package/bin/cli.js

@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ const serverCommand = [
   .filter(Boolean)
   .join(" ");
 
-console.log(serverCommand);
+const CLIENT_PORT = process.env.CLIENT_PORT ?? "";
+const SERVER_PORT = process.env.SERVER_PORT ?? "";
 
 const { result } = concurrently(
   [
     {
-      command: serverCommand,
+      command: `PORT=${SERVER_PORT} ${serverCommand}`,
       name: "server",
     },
     {
-      command: `node ${inspectorClientPath}`,
+      command: `PORT=${CLIENT_PORT} node ${inspectorClientPath}`,
       name: "client",
     },
   ],
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ const { result } = concurrently(
   },
 );
 
+console.log(
+  `\n🔍 MCP Inspector is up and running at http://localhost:${CLIENT_PORT || 5173} 🚀`,
+);
+
 result.catch((err) => {
   console.error("An error occurred:", err);
   process.exit(1);

package/client/bin/cli.js

@@ -13,6 +13,4 @@ const server = http.createServer((request, response) => {
 });
 
 const port = process.env.PORT || 5173;
-server.listen(port, () => {
-  console.log(`MCP inspector client running at http://localhost:${port}`);
-});
+server.listen(port, () => {});