docs: fix basic-host setup instructions in quickstart#398
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Add missing root-level npm install and build steps before running the basic-host example. Without these steps, the example fails because it imports from dist/src/ which doesn't exist until the root package is built. Fixes setup failure when following quickstart tutorial.
Co-authored-by: Jonathan Hefner <jonathan@hefner.pro>
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Summary
npm installandnpm run buildsteps at the ext-apps root before running the basic-host example../../../dist/src/which doesn't existProblem
Following the current quickstart instructions:
git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps.git cd ext-apps/examples/basic-host npm install npm startResults in build failures because:
../../../dist/src/ts-to-zod) that aren't installed when only runningnpm installin the example directorySolution
Updated instructions to include root-level setup:
Test Plan