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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
One issue with the current package setup is it's difficult for them to be used as a NPM package, as they're made for "CLI-setup".

Describe the solution you'd like
Refactor all the servers so they export a function that instantiates the server parameters for in-memory usage. Every server should export in its index file:

function createServer(args: ServerConfig)

This is sort of what I'm trying to do here (https://github.com/unroute/typescript-sdk), but would be great if the official package sets this as an example.

You can still have a bin/cli.ts entry-point, but simultaneously allow dual use as a plain node module.

Describe alternatives you've considered
We could keep it as it is but it'll require spawning node servers for each server. It might not be a clean pattern if we are to use these MCPs within custom agent designs.

Open to suggestions though!

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Research direction

Start by inventorying each server's index file and the bin/cli.ts entry point, then review how the current CLI setup creates servers. Done means every server exports a createServer(args: ServerConfig) function for in-memory use while retaining a working CLI entry point.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
backend, build-system
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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