From 1d790aad469f5ff35a025af665b678ff7e8ec6d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prophet731 <andrewmurray@ezscale.cloud>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:41:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: support npx install from git URL

Add prepare script so TypeScript compiles automatically when installed
via git. Update README and MCP client config examples to use
git+https://git.ezscale.cloud/EZSCALE/virtfusion-mcp.git URLs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 README.md    | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 package.json |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfdb63a..5a3ce60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ A [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that wr
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Via npx (no install needed)
+
+```bash
+npx git+https://git.ezscale.cloud/EZSCALE/virtfusion-mcp.git
+```
+
+### Global install
+
+```bash
+npm install -g git+https://git.ezscale.cloud/EZSCALE/virtfusion-mcp.git
+```
+
 ### From source
 
 ```bash
@@ -49,8 +61,8 @@ Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:
 {
   "mcpServers": {
     "virtfusion": {
-      "command": "node",
-      "args": ["/path/to/virtfusion-mcp/dist/index.js"],
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "git+https://git.ezscale.cloud/EZSCALE/virtfusion-mcp.git"],
       "env": {
         "VIRTFUSION_API_URL": "https://cp.example.com/api/v1",
         "VIRTFUSION_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
@@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:
 ### Claude Code
 
 ```bash
-claude mcp add virtfusion -- node /path/to/virtfusion-mcp/dist/index.js \
+claude mcp add virtfusion -- npx -y git+https://git.ezscale.cloud/EZSCALE/virtfusion-mcp.git \
   -e VIRTFUSION_API_URL=https://cp.example.com/api/v1 \
   -e VIRTFUSION_API_TOKEN=your-api-token
 ```
@@ -76,8 +88,8 @@ Add to your `.vscode/mcp.json`:
 {
   "servers": {
     "virtfusion": {
-      "command": "node",
-      "args": ["/path/to/virtfusion-mcp/dist/index.js"],
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "git+https://git.ezscale.cloud/EZSCALE/virtfusion-mcp.git"],
       "env": {
         "VIRTFUSION_API_URL": "https://cp.example.com/api/v1",
         "VIRTFUSION_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6fee8f..d79a3eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
   "bin": {
     "virtfusion-mcp": "dist/index.js"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "README.md",
+    "LICENSE"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
+    "prepare": "npm run build",
     "start": "node dist/index.js",
     "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",
     "extract-endpoints": "tsx scripts/extract-endpoints.ts",