@wirecat/cli-core 0.445.0 → 0.446.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Notable changes to `@wirecat/cli-core` (`@wirecat/cli-messaging` up to 0.261.0,
 minor version may break callers, and says how under "Changed — may break callers". `pnpm docs:check` checks the
 shape of this file.
 
+## 0.446.0 — 26.10.2026
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`checkGuide` accepts a step that runs a group with an action of its own**, such as `mcp` now that it has
+  `mcp server`; before, it asked for one of the group's subcommands.
+- **The `mcp server` group states its effects** (reads locally), as a CLI that requires effects on every command
+  expects.
+
 ## 0.445.0 — 26.10.2026
 
 ### Added

package/dist/cli/guide.js

@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ export const checkStep = (program, run) => {
     const beforeDashes = rest.slice(index, rest.includes("--") ? rest.indexOf("--") : undefined);
     if (help && beforeDashes.some((word) => word === help.long || word === help.short))
         return [];
-    if (at.commands.length > 0)
+    // A group with an action of its own runs as typed: `mcp` serves, `mcp server start` is its child.
+    const runsItself = at._actionHandler != null;
+    if (at.commands.length > 0 && !runsItself)
         return [`needs one of: ${at.commands.map((one) => one.name()).join(", ")}`];
     for (const command of chain)
         silent(command);

package/dist/cli/mcp-server-command.js

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const clientLines = (clients) => clients.length === 0
  * None of it is offered over MCP: status holds a live login code.
  */
 export const mcpServerCommand = ({ example, defaultPort = MCP_HTTP_DEFAULT_PORT, target, answer, system, }) => {
-    const command = annotate(new Command("server"), { mcp: false })
+    const command = annotate(new Command("server"), { effects: LOCAL_READ, mcp: false })
         .summary("run the HTTP MCP server in the background")
         .description("start, stop and check `mcp --http` in the background; status shows the login code for a browser app");
     const machine = (self) => system?.(self) ?? thisMachine();

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wirecat/cli-core",
-  "version": "0.445.0",
+  "version": "0.446.0",
   "description": "The messenger-neutral half of a messaging CLI: domain model, message locators, rendering, name resolution, the SQLite seam, the command skeleton and shared read commands, the send guard, run records and the message store",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Viacheslav Ptsarev",