Merge branch 'main' into fix/940-improve-mcp-invocation

Author: OrKoN

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache: npm
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      # Ensure npm 11.5.1 or later is installed
+      - name: Update npm
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build and bundle
+        run: npm run bundle
+        env:
+          NODE_ENV: 'production'
 
       - name: Verify server.json
         run: npm run verify-server-json-version
+
+      - name: Verify npm package
+        run: npm run verify-npm-package

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.17.2"
+  ".": "0.17.3"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.17.3](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/compare/chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.17.2...chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.17.3) (2026-02-19)
+
+
+### 🛠️ Fixes
+
+* remove clean from prepare ([#997](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/issues/997)) ([2016b98](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/commit/2016b98217bf5aa8d65c6668b1e46c8a3400276f))
+
 ## [0.17.2](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/compare/chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.17.1...chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.17.2) (2026-02-19)
 
 

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "chrome-devtools-mcp",
-  "version": "0.17.2",
+  "version": "0.17.3",
   "description": "MCP server for Chrome DevTools",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": "./build/src/index.js",
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
     "test:no-build": "node scripts/test.mjs",
     "test:only": "npm run build && node scripts/test.mjs --test-only",
     "test:update-snapshots": "npm run build && node scripts/test.mjs --test-update-snapshots",
-    "prepare": "npm run clean && node --experimental-strip-types scripts/prepare.ts",
+    "prepare": "node --experimental-strip-types scripts/prepare.ts",
     "verify-server-json-version": "node --experimental-strip-types scripts/verify-server-json-version.ts",
+    "verify-npm-package": "node scripts/verify-npm-package.mjs",
     "eval": "npm run build && CHROME_DEVTOOLS_MCP_NO_USAGE_STATISTICS=true node --experimental-strip-types scripts/eval_gemini.ts",
     "count-tokens": "node --experimental-strip-types scripts/count_tokens.ts"
   },
   "files": [
     "build/src",
-    "build/node_modules",
     "LICENSE",
     "!*.tsbuildinfo"
   ],

package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {execSync} from 'node:child_process';
+
+// Checks that the select build files are present using `npm publish --dry-run`.
+function verifyPackageContents() {
+  try {
+    const output = execSync('npm publish --dry-run --json --silent', {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+    });
+    // skip non-JSON output from prepare.
+    const data = JSON.parse(output.substring(output.indexOf('{')));
+    const files = data.files.map(f => f.path);
+    // Check some important files.
+    const requiredPaths = [
+      'build/src/index.js',
+      'build/src/third_party/index.js',
+    ];
+    for (const requiredPath of requiredPaths) {
+      const hasBuildFolder = files.some(path => path.startsWith(requiredPath));
+      if (!hasBuildFolder) {
+        console.error(
+          `Assertion Failed: "${requiredPath}" not found in tarball.`,
+        );
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+    }
+    console.log(
+      `npm publish --dry-run contained ${JSON.stringify(requiredPaths)}`,
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('failed to parse npm publish output', err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+verifyPackageContents();

scripts/verify-npm-package.mjs

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp",
     "source": "github"
   },
-  "version": "0.17.2",
+  "version": "0.17.3",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "npm",
       "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
       "identifier": "chrome-devtools-mcp",
-      "version": "0.17.2",
+      "version": "0.17.3",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },

server.json

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {tools} from './tools/tools.js';
 
 // If moved update release-please config
 // x-release-please-start-version
-const VERSION = '0.17.2';
+const VERSION = '0.17.3';
 // x-release-please-end
 
 export const args = parseArguments(VERSION);