Build on install via prepare, and fix install docs for the pre-npm GitHub path#1
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Replaces prepublishOnly with prepare, which runs on git/local installs and before publish. This lets the server be run straight from GitHub without a manual build, e.g. npx -y github:HYPD-AI/openai-ads-mcp, which is handy until the npm package is published. No runtime behavior changes.
The npm package isn't published yet, so npx -y openai-ads-mcp 404s. Update the client snippets (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, other) to use github:HYPD-AI/openai-ads-mcp, which npx fetches and builds via the prepare script — no clone or manual build needed. Add a first-launch warm-up note and point to Running from source for instant startup. Once published, the spec shortens back to openai-ads-mcp.
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prepare (enables npx github:… before npm publish)prepare, and fix install docs for the pre-npm GitHub path
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prepublishOnlywith apreparescript (npm run build) so the package builds itsdist/automatically on install.github:HYPD-AI/openai-ads-mcp(Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, other clients), since the npm package isn't published yet andnpx -y openai-ads-mcp404s today.Why
A new user can now run the server from a single MCP config block — no clone, no
npm install, no absolute path:prepareruns on git/local installs and before publish, sonpxfetches + builds it on the fly. Once published to npm, the spec shortens back toopenai-ads-mcp(the README says so).Verified
dist/) →npm install→preparebuildsdist/index.js, and the bin then completes an MCPinitialize+tools/listhandshake. That's exactly thenpx github:flow.format:check, lint, typecheck, tests, and build all green.Notes
npx github:launch builds from source (~a minute); the README documents a one-time terminal warm-up and points to "Running from source" for instant startup.https://claude.ai/code/session_01EQTYKCNBFgqc9fTTeSc7qd