Development Toolkit

This skill provides a set of standard commands for working with the Awesome Copilot MCP Server.

Commands

1. Build

Compiles the TypeScript source code to the dist/ directory.

npm run build

2. Test

Runs the test suite using Vitest.

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run tests with coverage
npm run test:coverage

# Watch mode
npm run test:watch

3. Lint

Checks the code for style and potential errors.

# Check linting
npm run lint

# Fix linting issues where possible
npm run lint:fix

4. Run Locally (MCP Mode)

Starts the MCP server in stdio mode (for testing with Inspector or local clients).

# Start server
npm start

# Debug with MCP Inspector
npm run inspect:stdio

5. Metadata Generation

Commands for managing the awesome-copilot metadata.

# Generate full metadata
npm run generate-metadata

# Generate LEAN metadata (recommended for basic dev)
npm run generate-metadata:lean

# Verify metadata integrity
npm run generate-metadata:verify

# Check metadata size
npm run check:metadata-size

6. HTTP Server & Inspection

Commands for running the server in HTTP mode and inspecting it.

# Start HTTP server
npm run start-http

# Start HTTP server (debug mode with port 8080)
npm run start-http:debug

# Inspect using MCP Inspector (Stdio) - Recommended for CLI
npm run inspect:stdio

# Inspect using MCP Inspector (HTTP)
npm run inspect:http

7. Debugging & Maintenance

Helper commands for debugging and maintenance.

# Debug CLI directly
npm run debug:cli

# Archive large reports
npm run archive:reports

# Clean build artifacts
npm run clean