handbook-installing
Learn how to install Stimulus in your application with step-by-step instructions for Webpack, import maps, Rails integration, and manual setup.
Instructions
Complete guide to installing Stimulus in your application - covers Webpack, import maps, Rails integration, and manual setup options
Input Schema
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Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:21-42 (handler)Inline handler function for the 'handbook-installing' MCP tool. Fetches the markdown content for 'handbook/07_installing_stimulus.md' using readMarkdownFile and returns it formatted as MCP content block, with comprehensive error handling.async () => { try { const content = await readMarkdownFile(path.join(folder, file)); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: content } ] }; } catch (error) { const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error reading ${file}: ${errorMessage}` } ] }; }
- src/index.ts:16-45 (registration)Dynamic registration of all documentation MCP tools (including 'handbook-installing') by iterating over docFiles config and calling server.tool() with name, description, and inline handler.// Register a tool for each documentation file docFiles.forEach(({ folder, file, name, description }) => { server.tool( name, description, async () => { try { const content = await readMarkdownFile(path.join(folder, file)); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: content } ] }; } catch (error) { const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error); return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error reading ${file}: ${errorMessage}` } ] }; } } ); });
- src/config.ts:57-62 (registration)Configuration entry in docFiles array that defines metadata for the 'handbook-installing' tool: name, description, folder, and specific markdown file.{ folder: 'handbook', file: '07_installing_stimulus.md', name: 'handbook-installing', description: 'Complete guide to installing Stimulus in your application - covers Webpack, import maps, Rails integration, and manual setup options' },
- src/documentReader.ts:14-61 (helper)Helper function readMarkdownFile that implements the document fetching logic (GitHub API, caching, local fallback) called by the tool handler to retrieve the actual markdown content.export async function readMarkdownFile(filename: string): Promise<string> { const filePath = path.join(docsFolder, filename); if (!filePath.startsWith(docsFolder)) { throw new Error("Invalid file path"); } // Get current commit info if we don't have it yet if (!mainBranchInfo) { try { const commitInfo = await fetchMainBranchInformation(); const cacheKey = `${commitInfo.sha.substring(0, 7)}-${commitInfo.timestamp}`; mainBranchInfo = { ...commitInfo, cacheKey }; } catch (shaError) { console.error('Failed to get GitHub commit info, falling back to direct fetch'); } } // Try to read from cache first if we have commit info if (mainBranchInfo) { const cachedFilePath = path.join(cacheFolder, mainBranchInfo.cacheKey, filename); try { const content = await fs.promises.readFile(cachedFilePath, "utf-8"); console.error(`Using cached content for ${mainBranchInfo.cacheKey}: ${filename}`); return content; } catch (cacheError) { // Cache miss, continue to fetch from GitHub } } // Fetch from GitHub try { return await fetchFromGitHub(filename, mainBranchInfo?.cacheKey); } catch (githubError) { console.error(`GitHub fetch failed: ${githubError}, attempting to read from local files...`); // Fallback: read from local files try { return await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, "utf-8"); } catch (localError) { const githubErrorMessage = githubError instanceof Error ? githubError.message : String(githubError); const localErrorMessage = localError instanceof Error ? localError.message : String(localError); throw new Error(`Failed to read file from GitHub (${githubErrorMessage}) and locally (${localErrorMessage})`); } } }