# Patchloom MCPB (Smithery / desktop MCP)
Local stdio MCP Bundle for Patchloom. Hosts that support MCPB (Claude Desktop,
Smithery local install, and others) can install this package so clients run
`patchloom mcp-server` without manual JSON config.
## Build
From the repo root:
```bash
make pack-mcpb
```
Output: `target/mcpb/patchloom-<version>.mcpb`
The pack script stamps `version` from root `Cargo.toml` into `manifest.json`,
`package.json`, and the `npx patchloom@<version>` args.
## Runtime
1. Prefer a `patchloom` binary already on `PATH` (Homebrew, cargo install, etc.).
2. Otherwise run `npx -y patchloom@<version> mcp-server` (Node.js 18+).
This reuses the multi-platform npm installer from cargo-dist instead of shipping
several large native binaries inside the zip.
## Publish to Smithery
```bash
# One-time: smithery auth login
# export SMITHERY_API_KEY=$(smithery auth whoami --full | sed -n "s/^SMITHERY_API_KEY=//p")
# gh secret set SMITHERY_API_KEY --repo patchloom/patchloom # for CI
make pack-mcpb
bash scripts/publish-smithery.sh
```
CI: `.github/workflows/publish-smithery.yml` packs after a GitHub Release and
publishes when `SMITHERY_API_KEY` is configured (soft-skip otherwise).
