release: @focus-mcp/cli v1.8.1 — focus_update + focus_upgrade MCP tools

.github/workflows/back-merge.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 FocusMCP contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+name: Back-merge main → develop
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: back-merge-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  back-merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: develop
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Check skip flag
+        id: check-skip
+        env:
+          COMMIT_MSG: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+        run: |
+          if echo "$COMMIT_MSG" | grep -qF '[skip back-merge]'; then
+            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Attempt back-merge from main
+        id: merge
+        if: steps.check-skip.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git fetch origin main
+          if git merge-base --is-ancestor origin/main HEAD; then
+            echo "merged=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Develop is already up to date with main — nothing to back-merge."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if git merge origin/main --no-edit -m "chore(back-merge): main → develop after release [skip ci]"; then
+            echo "merged=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "merged=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "::warning ::Back-merge failed (conflicts). A manual PR is required."
+            git merge --abort || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Push develop
+        if: steps.merge.outputs.merged == 'true'
+        run: git push origin develop
+
+      - name: Open PR if conflicts
+        if: failure() && steps.merge.outcome == 'failure'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          base: develop
+          branch: chore/back-merge-main-${{ github.run_id }}
+          title: "chore: back-merge main → develop (manual conflict resolution required)"
+          body: |
+            Automatic back-merge from main failed due to conflicts. Resolve manually.
+          commit-message: "chore: open back-merge PR after auto-merge conflict"

.github/workflows/dev-publish.yml

@@ -31,21 +31,13 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 22
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
           scope: '@focus-mcp'
-      - name: Compute dev version
-        id: version
+      - name: Apply changeset snapshot version
         run: |
-          LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)
-          DEV_NUM=$(git rev-list --count ${LAST_TAG}..HEAD)
-          BASE_VERSION=$(node -e "const p=require('./package.json'); console.log(p.version || '0.1.0')")
-          DEV_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}-dev.${DEV_NUM}"
-          echo "version=${DEV_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Dev version: ${DEV_VERSION}"
-      - name: Set dev version
-        run: npm version "${DEV_VERSION}" --no-git-tag-version
-        env:
-          DEV_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          # Produces versions like 1.9.0-dev-20260428-abc1234 from pending changesets.
+          # Falls back gracefully when no changesets are pending (no-op).
+          pnpm changeset version --snapshot dev || true
       - run: pnpm build
       - name: Publish with dev tag
-        run: npm publish --tag dev --access public
+        run: pnpm changeset publish --no-git-tag --tag dev
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @focus-mcp/cli
 
+## 1.8.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- 9d82945: feat(cli): FOCUS_BENCH_MODE env var skips meta tools (focus_list, focus_install, etc.) for benchmark isolation. Default behavior unchanged.
+
 ## 1.8.0
 
 ### Minor Changes

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 # @focus-mcp/cli
 
-> Focus your AI agents on what matters. Reduce context from 200k to ~2k tokens.
+> Focus your AI agents on what matters. **Measured savings: 65.9% on output tokens** across 29 bricks ([details](https://github.com/focus-mcp/marketplace/blob/main/benchmarks/equivalence-report.md)).
 
 [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@focus-mcp/cli)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@focus-mcp/cli)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](./LICENSE)

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@focus-mcp/cli",
-    "version": "1.8.0",
+    "version": "1.8.1",
     "private": false,
     "description": "Focus your AI agents on what matters. 68+ bricks, 1 MCP server, modular context — from 200k to 2k tokens. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex.",
     "license": "MIT",
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         "@commitlint/cli": "^19.6.0",
         "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.6.0",
         "@commitlint/types": "^19.8.1",
-        "@focus-mcp/core": "file:../core/packages/core",
+        "@focus-mcp/core": "^1.2.0",
         "@types/node": "^22.10.0",
         "@types/react": "^18.3.0",
         "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^3.2.0",

src/bin/focus.ts

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
         case 'reinstall':
             return runReinstall(rest);
         case 'upgrade':
+        case 'update':
             return runUpgrade(rest);
         case 'search':
             return runSearch(rest);

src/commands/add.ts

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export async function addManyCommand({
             if (!force) {
                 const ver = centerJson.bricks[brickName]?.version ?? 'unknown';
                 messages.push(
-                    `Brick "${brickName}" is already installed (version ${ver}). Use \`focus update\` to upgrade.`,
+                    `Brick "${brickName}" is already installed (version ${ver}). Use \`focus upgrade\` (or \`focus update\`) to upgrade.`,
                 );
                 continue;
             }