The repo shipped both a root-level .mcp.json and plugin/.mcp.json with
identical mcp-search launchers — kept in sync by a build-time guard and
a test. The root file was a holdover from when devs working inside the
repo could load mem-search without installing the plugin. With the
plugin universally installed, every plugin user now sees `/doctor` warn:
Plugin (claude-mem @ plugin:claude-mem:mcp-search): MCP server
"mcp-search" skipped — same command/URL as already-configured
"mcp-search"
…because Claude Code dedupes by command and skips the plugin's
namespaced registration. The duplicate is functionally harmless but
suppresses the canonical `plugin:claude-mem:mcp-search` entry.
This removes the root .mcp.json entirely and re-points everything that
referenced it at the bundled plugin copy:
- .mcp.json: deleted
- .codex-plugin/plugin.json: mcpServers → ./plugin/.mcp.json
- package.json: drop .mcp.json from files
- scripts/build-hooks.js: drop root-file requirement + sync check
- scripts/sync-marketplace.cjs: drop syncManagedFiles entry
- src/npx-cli/commands/install.ts: drop from allowedTopLevelEntries
- tests/infrastructure/plugin-distribution.test.ts: drop two tests
enforcing the now-removed root file
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Alex Newman
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