MCP servers I use across projects distributed as a single npm package with one bin per server.

Wire a server into any MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "visualizer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@tscafejr/mcp", "mcp-visualizer"]
    }
  }
}

Target URL is resolved in this order (highest to lowest):

1. Per-call base_url arg — full URL, e.g. https://my-site.netlify.app or http://localhost:8888.
2. Per-call port arg — localhost shorthand.
3. MCP_DEV_SERVER_URL env — full base URL.
4. MCP_DEV_SERVER_HOST + MCP_DEV_SERVER_PORT env.
5. Default: http://localhost:3000.

Example MCP client configs:

// Vite project
{ "mcpServers": { "visualizer": {
  "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@tscafejr/mcp", "mcp-visualizer"],
  "env": { "MCP_DEV_SERVER_PORT": "5173" }
}}}

// Netlify dev
{ "mcpServers": { "visualizer": {
  "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@tscafejr/mcp", "mcp-visualizer"],
  "env": { "MCP_DEV_SERVER_PORT": "8888" }
}}}

// Remote deploy preview
{ "mcpServers": { "visualizer": {
  "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@tscafejr/mcp", "mcp-visualizer"],
  "env": { "MCP_DEV_SERVER_URL": "https://preview-123.example.com" }
}}}

1. Create src/servers/<name>.ts. Start with a shebang so the built file is directly executable:

   #!/usr/bin/env node
   import { Server } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/index.js";
   import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
   // ...

2. Add one line to the bin map in package.json:

   "bin": {
     "mcp-visualizer": "dist/servers/visualizer.js",
     "mcp-<name>": "dist/servers/<name>.js"
   }

3. Build and run locally:

   npm run build
   npm run dev <name>     # tsx, no build step
   npm run start <name>   # runs the built dist/ output

That's it — chmod-bins.js reads package.json on every build and marks all bin outputs executable, so new entries pick up automatically.

Add the new row to the table above so consumers know what's available.

The release script prompts for the bump type (major / minor / patch), runs npm version, builds, publishes, and pushes the commit + tag to your git remote.

npm run release

Equivalent manual steps if you'd rather drive it yourself:

npm version patch          # or: minor / major — bumps, commits, tags
npm publish                # prepublishOnly rebuilds dist/
git push --follow-tags     # if/when this dir has a git remote