add npm run dev:sdk to get live sdk changes w/ simple server (#533)

* add `npm run dev:sdk` to get live sdk changes w/ simple server

Author: ochafik

.gitignore

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ client/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo
 client/tsconfig.node.tsbuildinfo
 cli/build
 test-output
+# symlinked by `npm run link:sdk`:
+sdk
 client/playwright-report/
 client/results.json
 client/test-results/
-

README.md

@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ Development mode:
 
 ```bash
 npm run dev
+
+# To co-develop with the typescript-sdk package (assuming it's cloned in ../typescript-sdk; set MCP_SDK otherwise):
+npm run dev:sdk "cd sdk && npm run examples:simple-server:w"
+# then open http://localhost:3000/mcp as SHTTP in the inspector.
+# To go back to the deployed SDK version:
+#   npm run unlink:sdk && npm i
 ```
 
 > **Note for Windows users:**

package.json

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     "clean": "rimraf ./node_modules ./client/node_modules ./cli/node_modules ./build ./client/dist ./server/build ./cli/build ./package-lock.json && npm install",
     "dev": "node client/bin/start.js --dev",
     "dev:windows": "node client/bin/start.js --dev",
+    "dev:sdk": "npm run link:sdk && concurrently \"npm run dev\" \"cd sdk && npm run build:esm:w\"",
+    "link:sdk": "(test -d sdk || ln -sf ${MCP_SDK:-$PWD/../typescript-sdk} sdk) && (cd sdk && npm link && (test -d node_modules || npm i)) && npm link @modelcontextprotocol/sdk",
+    "unlink:sdk": "(cd sdk && npm unlink -g) && rm sdk && npm unlink @modelcontextprotocol/sdk",
     "start": "node client/bin/start.js",
     "start-server": "cd server && npm run start",
     "start-client": "cd client && npm run preview",