Fix: add required 'start' subcommand to SPE MCP server launch examples#10952
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The SharePoint Embedded MCP server article's launch examples invoked 'npx -y @microsoft/spe-mcp' without the 'start' subcommand. The CLI only falls back to 'start' when no other arguments are present, so a config that omits 'start' breaks as soon as any flag is added, and it diverges from the canonical invocation documented in the @microsoft/spe-mcp README. Add 'start' to all four launch examples (VS Code, Claude Desktop, the Cursor/other-clients note, and the pre-provisioned-app config). Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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The Use the MCP server to build apps with a coding agent article shows the SharePoint Embedded MCP server being launched as
npx -y @microsoft/spe-mcpwithout the requiredstartsubcommand.The
@microsoft/spe-mcpCLI exposesstart/auth/logoutsubcommands. It only auto-defaults tostartwhen no other arguments are present (process.argv.length <= 2). As soon as a user adds any flag to astart-less config the server prints help and exits with code 1, and the examples diverge from the canonical invocation documented in the package README ("args": ["-y", "@microsoft/spe-mcp", "start"]).Changes
Adds the
startsubcommand to all four launch examples indocs/embedded/build/sharepoint-embedded-mcp-server.md:.vscode/mcp.json)claude_desktop_config.json)npxcommand)SPE_CLIENT_ID/SPE_TENANT_ID)No other content changes. 4 insertions, 4 deletions.