code-ai-installer 4.0.1-a → 4.0.1-b

package/dist/mcp/config.js

@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ const CodeAiConfigSchema = z.object({
      * file at all) behaves exactly as before this field existed.
      */
     domain: DomainId.default("development"),
-    /** Override the binary name for the MemPalace MCP server. */
-    mempalace_command: z.string().min(1).default("mempalace"),
-    /** Optional extra args appended after the `mcp` subcommand. */
-    mempalace_args: z.array(z.string()).default(["mcp"]),
+    /** Override the binary for the MemPalace MCP server (dedicated stdio bin). */
+    mempalace_command: z.string().min(1).default("mempalace-mcp"),
+    /** Args for the MemPalace MCP server. The dedicated `mempalace-mcp` bin needs
+     *  none; the old `mempalace mcp` subcommand pollutes stdout and breaks the
+     *  stdio MCP handshake, so it is no longer the default. */
+    mempalace_args: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
     /** Auditor self-improvement controls (ADR-DEV-124). */
     auditor: z
         .object({
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ const CodeAiConfigSchema = z.object({
 /** Empty config defaults — returned when the file is missing or unreadable. */
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     decision_store: "jsonl",
-    mempalace_command: "mempalace",
-    mempalace_args: ["mcp"],
+    mempalace_command: "mempalace-mcp",
+    mempalace_args: [],
     auditor: { approval_gate: true },
     domain: "development",
 };

package/dist/mcp_setup.d.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { DomainId } from "./shared/index.js";
  * Two responsibilities (ADR-DEV-099):
  *   1. Detect / install MemPalace as an opt-in mirror for decision storage.
  *   2. Write project-level `.mcp.json` registering `code-ai-mcp` (always) and
- *      `mempalace` (when accepted) so Claude Code picks them up automatically.
+ *      `mempalace-mcp` (when accepted) so Claude Code picks them up automatically.
  *   3. Write `.code-ai/config.json` so `code-ai-mcp` knows which backend to use.
  *
  * Non-Claude targets skip this whole flow — MCP is Claude-specific.
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ export interface McpSetupReport {
     notices: string[];
 }
 /**
- * Try `mempalace --help`. Resolves true on exit code 0, false otherwise
- * (including ENOENT — binary not on PATH).
+ * Try `mempalace-mcp --help` — the dedicated MCP-server bin, which is exactly
+ * what we register in `.mcp.json`. Resolves true on exit code 0, false otherwise
+ * (including ENOENT — bin not on PATH). Probing the actual server bin (not the
+ * `mempalace` CLI) means a stale MemPalace without `mempalace-mcp` triggers a
+ * (re)install instead of writing a config that can't launch.
  */
 export declare function detectMemPalace(): Promise<boolean>;
 /**

package/dist/mcp_setup.js

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 /**
- * Try `mempalace --help`. Resolves true on exit code 0, false otherwise
- * (including ENOENT — binary not on PATH).
+ * Try `mempalace-mcp --help` — the dedicated MCP-server bin, which is exactly
+ * what we register in `.mcp.json`. Resolves true on exit code 0, false otherwise
+ * (including ENOENT — bin not on PATH). Probing the actual server bin (not the
+ * `mempalace` CLI) means a stale MemPalace without `mempalace-mcp` triggers a
+ * (re)install instead of writing a config that can't launch.
  */
 export async function detectMemPalace() {
-    return spawnExitZero("mempalace", ["--help"]);
+    return spawnExitZero("mempalace-mcp", ["--help"]);
 }
 /**
  * Find the first available Python install runtime, in preference order:
@@ -151,9 +154,12 @@ export async function setupMcp(opts) {
         },
     };
     if (mempalaceUsed) {
+        // Use the dedicated `mempalace-mcp` stdio server bin (NOT `mempalace mcp`):
+        // the full CLI subcommand can emit to stdout before the MCP handshake and
+        // corrupt the JSON-RPC stream, so Claude Code fails to launch it.
         servers["mempalace"] = {
-            command: "mempalace",
-            args: ["mcp"],
+            command: "mempalace-mcp",
+            args: [],
         };
     }
     const mcp = await mergeMcpJson(opts.destinationDir, servers, opts.dryRun);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "code-ai-installer",
-  "version": "4.0.1-a",
+  "version": "4.0.1-b",
   "description": "Production-ready CLI to install code-ai agents and skills for multiple AI coding assistants. Bundles the code-ai-mcp MCP server for Claude Code.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Denis Harchenko",