npm install -g cntx-ui@latest fails: native modules (tree-sitter-sql, sharp) missing binaries

[whaleen]

Description

npm install -g cntx-ui@latest (v3.1.13 on registry) produces a broken install. Native Node.js addon binaries are missing, making the CLI unusable when installed from npm. Only npm link from a local source checkout (with npm rebuild) works.

Reproduction

npm install -g cntx-ui@latest
cntx-ui version

Error 1: tree-sitter-sql

Error: Cannot find module '../../build/Release/tree_sitter_SQL_binding'
Require stack:
- .../node_modules/tree-sitter-sql/bindings/node/index.js

Error 2: sharp (if sharp is still a dependency)

Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/sharp-darwin-x64.node'

Affected native modules

All tree-sitter grammars and sharp rely on prebuilt binaries or node-gyp compilation at install time. When published to npm and installed globally, the binary artifacts are either:

1. Not included in the published tarball (files / .npmignore excludes build/)
2. install / postinstall scripts that compile native addons are skipped or fail silently during global install
3. prebuild-install (used by tree-sitter) can't locate compatible prebuilts for the user's platform

Environment

• OS: macOS (darwin-x64)
• Node: v22.17.1
• npm: installed via nvm
• cntx-ui registry version: 3.1.13
• cntx-ui local version: 3.1.15 (works via npm link + npm rebuild)

Suggested fix

Consider one or more of:

• Bundle prebuilds for supported platforms (darwin-x64, darwin-arm64, linux-x64) using prebuildify so binaries ship inside the npm tarball
• Add optionalDependencies for platform-specific packages (similar to how @rollup/rollup-darwin-x64 works)
• Verify postinstall scripts run during npm install -g by testing in CI before each publish
• Audit .npmignore / files in package.json to ensure build/Release/ dirs are not excluded from the published package

Impact

Any user running npm install -g cntx-ui gets a completely non-functional CLI. This blocks the v1.0 public release.