Add inline stdio command support to mcpc connect#173
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Lets users spawn a stdio MCP server directly from `mcpc connect` without writing a config file. Two surface forms: mcpc connect "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /tmp" mcpc connect @stdio -- node dist/stdio.js The heuristic form treats any positional arg containing whitespace (and not ending in .json/.yaml) as a shell-split command. The `--` form is the explicit escape hatch for single-word binaries or paths with spaces. Session names auto-generate from the command basename with an always-on numeric suffix (e.g. @npx-1, @Node-1). Identical re-runs reuse the existing session via exact match on command + args + env. Auth flags (--header, --profile, --no-profile, --x402) are rejected with a clear error since they only apply to HTTP servers. Per design discussion in #163, env-var substitution is NOT applied to inline command tokens — the user's shell handles ${VAR} expansion. Also extracts session-matching and name-suffix-picking into a pure src/lib/session-matching.ts module so they can be unit-tested without pulling in chalk/CLI deps.
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Summary
This PR adds support for spawning local stdio MCP servers directly via
mcpc connectwithout requiring a config file. Users can now pass an inline command either as a quoted string or via the--separator.Fixes #163
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shellSplit()utility to parse shell-style command strings with support for single/double quotes and backslash escapes (no variable expansion)parseServerArg()to recognize multi-token strings as inline stdio commands (e.g.,"npx -y @scope/server-fs /tmp")matchSessionByTarget()andpickAvailableSessionName()in newsession-matching.tsmodule to match and reuse sessions based on exact command+args+env equalitygenerateSessionName()to derive names from command basenames (e.g.,npx→@npx,node→@node), with numeric suffixes always appended for inline commands (@npx-1,@npx-2, etc.)extractInlineCommandTokens()to intercept--separator before Commander parses argv, preventing it from treating post---tokens as options--profile,--header,--x402) and cannot be combined with a server URL argument--separator formsImplementation Details
--form allows commands with spaces without quoting:mcpc connect @session -- npx -y @scope/server /pathmcpc connect "npx -y @scope/server /path"https://claude.ai/code/session_017oZBCyhwnNg455eZjE7sQ7