ci: fix smoke test for npm 11 (install + run bin directly)#18
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`npx -y @rendobar/mcp -- --version` fails under npm 11: npx resolves the bin
name (rendobar-mcp) instead of the package and exits 127 ("rendobar-mcp: not
found"). This blocked Create GitHub Release + MCP registry on every release
(masked until set +e surfaced it). Reproduced locally on npm 11.12.1.
Replace with a deterministic smoke: install the published version into a
throwaway dir and run dist/bin.js directly with node. No bin-shim/PATH or
npx-version dependency; still proves the artifact installs and runs. Keep a
metadata-based propagation wait before installing.
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Root cause (surfaced by #14's set +e)
The v1.0.2 release's smoke step failed with
exit=127 'sh: 1: rendobar-mcp: not found'on all 5 retries.npx -y @rendobar/mcp@VERSION -- --versionfails under npm 11: npx resolves the bin name (rendobar-mcp) instead of the package and can't find it on PATH. Reproduced locally on npm 11.12.1 — Form C (install + node the bin) is the only reliable one.This blocked Create GitHub Release + MCP registry on every release;
set -emasked it until #14.Fix
Replace npx with a deterministic smoke: install
@rendobar/mcp@VERSIONinto a throwaway dir, rundist/bin.js --versiondirectly withnode. No bin-shim / PATH / npx-version dependency; still proves the published artifact installs and runs. Metadata-based propagation wait kept before install.Recovery context
release.yml tag=v1.0.2to backfill the MCP registry (publish is idempotent), then close Release v1.0.2 failed #13.