docs(mcp): correct mcp --help to document first-run browser login (v1.2.2) - #81
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The v1.2.1 'mcp' help text still claimed the bridge 'never opens a browser itself; if no token exists it exits with that instruction', but v1.2.1 changed bootstrap() to open the browser for a first-run OAuth2 login when no token is cached. Update the help to describe that behavior and point remote/headless hosts at 'xurl auth oauth2 --headless'. Docs-only; no behavior change. Add a v1.2.2 CHANGELOG entry.
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What
Fixes the
xurl mcpcommand's--help(Long) text, which shipped in v1.2.1 still claiming:That contradicts the v1.2.1 behavior (Option A):
bootstrap()now opens the browser for a first-run OAuth2 login when no token is cached. The stale help could mislead no-install (npx … mcp) users into thinking they must runxurl auth oauth2first.Change
cli/mcp.go: rewrite theLonghelp to document the first-run browser login and point remote/headless hosts atxurl auth oauth2 [--app NAME] --headless.CHANGELOG.md: add av1.2.2entry.Docs-only; no behavior change.
Verification
go build ./... && go vet ./... && go test ./...all green.~/.xurl) path end-to-end:npx @xdevplatform/xurl@1.2.1 mcpin an isolated HOME with creds in env → bridge reportedno valid OAuth2 token; opening the browser, completed login, then handshook and listed all 27 tools.