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  • .goreleaser.yml: builds static (CGO_ENABLED=0) darwin/linux, amd64/arm64 binaries of cmd/cudly-mcp with the version ldflag, uploaded raw (formats: [binary], no compression) so the MCPB pack step can consume them directly out of the GitHub Release.
  • .github/workflows/release.yml, on a v* tag push: consistency gate (server.json and mcpb/manifest.json versions both match the tag -- fails loud, never silently rewrites either file) -> go test ./mcp/... ./cmd/cudly-mcp/... -> GoReleaser -> MCPB pack (full edition, all 11 tools) uploaded as an extra release asset -> mcp-publisher publish to the MCP Registry via GitHub OIDC (no long-lived registry secret). actionlint and zizmor are both clean (fixed two zizmor findings along the way -- see "MCPB/CI surprises" below).
  • mcpb/manifest.json: the Claude Desktop extension manifest. server.type: "binary", a user_config.enable_real_purchases boolean (default false, deliberately scary description) mapped to CUDLY_MCP_ENABLE_REAL_PURCHASES via ${user_config...}, and a placeholder privacy_policies: ["https://cudly.io/privacy"] entry -- that page does not exist yet and must exist before any directory submission; this bundle is self-distributed via GitHub Releases only, no directory submission is part of this PR or planned by it.
  • mcpb/server/{darwin,linux}-launch.sh: MCPB's platform_overrides differentiate by OS only, not CPU architecture (confirmed against the spec -- see below), so each OS gets a tiny wrapper that picks the right amd64/arm64 binary via uname -m at launch. The binaries themselves are staged into mcpb/server/<os>-<arch>/ by release.yml, never committed (new .gitignore entries).
  • Full edition only (all 13 tools, once the sibling annotations/audit-log PRs land) -- a read-only "directory edition" MCPB (search/catalog only) is a documented follow-up, not part of this PR.

Cross-PR dependencies (why this branch alone won't run yet)

This branch was cut from the same origin/main commit as two sibling store-readiness PRs, so release.yml references two files/symbols that don't exist on main until those merge:

I verified the actual mechanism works by temporarily cherry-picking #1891's commit into this worktree, confirming the ldflag injection end-to-end (see Test plan), then reverting the cherry-pick before committing here -- this branch's diff is clean of that PR's changes. Since real tags are only ever cut from main (after all three PRs have merged), this is a merge-order dependency, not a bug in this PR.

Part of LeanerCloud/cloud-commitments-mcp#8 (store/distribution readiness) -- closes it once merged alongside #1891 and #1892.

MCPB / registry surprises worth flagging

  • platform_overrides nests inside mcp_config, not as a sibling key of it under server -- my first draft got this wrong and mcpb validate caught it immediately.
  • No architecture-level platform_overrides or template variable exists (confirmed against modelcontextprotocol/mcpb's MANIFEST.md) -- solved with the per-OS launcher scripts above rather than shipping 4 separate .mcpb files.
  • zizmor flagged actions/setup-go's default-on caching as a cache-poisoning risk on a tag-triggered (artifact-publishing) workflow -- fixed with explicit cache: false on both uses. It also flagged ${{ needs.*.outputs.* }} interpolated directly into run: blocks as (low-confidence) template injection -- routed through env: everywhere, and dropped --repo from gh release calls entirely (it infers the repo from the checkout's git remote) rather than interpolating github.repository.
  • server.json's packages[0].fileSha256/identifier are placeholders in git (64 zeros, a v0.1.0 URL) until a real release exists to hash -- release.yml's publish-registry job patches both in the ephemeral runner's checkout right before calling mcp-publisher publish, never committing back.

Test plan

  • goreleaser check -- config valid
  • goreleaser release --snapshot --clean --skip=publish -- builds all 4 binaries successfully
  • npx @anthropic-ai/mcpb validate mcpb/manifest.json -- passes
  • npx @anthropic-ai/mcpb pack mcpb against the real (non-snapshot) GoReleaser output -- produces a valid bundle; verified sha256sum -c against GoReleaser's own checksums file first
  • Unpacked the packed bundle and launched server/darwin-launch.sh through a real MCP client (gosdk.CommandTransport): reports the injected version and lists all 11 tools correctly
  • actionlint .github/workflows/release.yml -- clean
  • uvx zizmor .github/workflows/release.yml -- 0 findings (default persona); only informational/low findings under --persona pedantic (job naming, concurrency groups), consistent with this repo's existing workflow style
  • go build ./... unaffected (no Go source changes in this PR)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added downloadable MCPB packages for macOS and Linux.
    • Added support for Apple Silicon, Intel, and ARM64 systems.
    • Added configuration for enabling real purchases through the MCP server.
    • Added package metadata, launch configuration, and privacy policy information.
    • Added SHA-256 checksums for downloaded binaries.
  • Release Improvements

    • Releases can now automatically build, package, and publish platform-specific binaries and MCP Registry metadata.

Adds the release machinery for cmd/cudly-mcp (Phase B4) and the MCPB
desktop-extension bundle (Phase C), both machinery only -- no tag is
created and nothing is published by this commit.

.goreleaser.yml builds static (CGO_ENABLED=0) darwin/linux, amd64/arm64
binaries with the version ldflag, uploaded raw (no compression) so
release.yml's MCPB step can consume them directly.

.github/workflows/release.yml, on a v* tag push: a consistency gate
(server.json and mcpb/manifest.json versions both match the tag, fails
loud, never rewrites either file) -> go test -> GoReleaser -> MCPB pack
(full edition, all 11 tools) uploaded as an extra release asset ->
mcp-publisher publish to the MCP Registry via GitHub OIDC. The
consistency check deliberately duplicates
.github/workflows/mcp-server-json.yml's own tag-check rather than a
workflow_call, so the two workflows (added in separate PRs) stay
independently mergeable. actionlint and zizmor are both clean.

mcpb/manifest.json is the MCPB manifest: server.type "binary", a
user_config enable_real_purchases boolean (default false) mapped to
CUDLY_MCP_ENABLE_REAL_PURCHASES, and a placeholder
https://cudly.io/privacy privacy_policies entry (needs a real page
before any directory submission -- see PR description). MCPB's
platform_overrides differentiate by OS only, not CPU architecture, so
mcpb/server/{darwin,linux}-launch.sh each pick the right amd64/arm64
binary via `uname -m` at launch -- the binaries themselves are staged
by release.yml, never committed (see .gitignore).

Verified end to end locally: `goreleaser release --snapshot --skip=publish`
produces working binaries; `mcpb pack` on the real (non-snapshot) output
produces a valid, schema-passing bundle; unpacking it and launching
darwin-launch.sh through an MCP client reports the injected version and
lists all 11 tools correctly.

This branch was cut from the same origin/main commit as the two sibling
store-readiness PRs, so `server.json` (PR "server.json for the MCP
Registry") and the exported `Version` symbol GoReleaser's ldflag targets
(PR "inject build version into cudly-mcp") both need to land on main
before release.yml is actually runnable -- verified locally by
temporarily cherry-picking that commit, confirmed working, then reverted
before committing here (see PR description for the reproduction).
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Layer / File(s) Summary
Release targets and package metadata
.goreleaser.yml, mcpb/manifest.json, mcpb/server/*, .gitignore
Defines static Darwin and Linux binaries, MCPB metadata, architecture-specific launchers, and generated artifact exclusions.
Release validation and binary build
.github/workflows/release.yml
Adds tag-triggered version checks, Go tests, and GoReleaser GitHub Release creation.
MCPB packaging and upload
.github/workflows/release.yml
Verifies release binaries, creates the MCPB bundle, and uploads its checksum and asset URL.
MCP Registry publication
.github/workflows/release.yml
Patches server.json, authenticates with GitHub OIDC, and publishes to the MCP Registry.

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Tag-triggered publishing currently allows release assets and registry metadata to be published with elevated permissions without a protected release gate, so an unauthorized or unintended tag could publish artifacts. Merge should wait for release protection and tag restrictions, or for explicit owner acceptance of that risk.

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  participant GitHubActions
  participant GoReleaser
  participant GitHubRelease
  participant MCPBCLI
  participant MCPRegistry
  GitHubActions->>GoReleaser: Build platform binaries
  GoReleaser->>GitHubRelease: Publish binary assets
  GitHubActions->>GitHubRelease: Download and verify binaries
  GitHubActions->>MCPBCLI: Create MCPB bundle
  MCPBCLI->>GitHubRelease: Upload MCPB asset
  GitHubActions->>MCPRegistry: Publish patched server.json
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 165-180: Update the MCPB packaging and upload steps to create and
reference cudly-mcp-full.mcpb under $RUNNER_TEMP instead of the repository root,
exporting its path through $GITHUB_ENV for later steps. Update the
server.json.tmp handling near the server metadata generation to use $RUNNER_TEMP
as well, while preserving the existing upload, checksum, and asset URL behavior.
- Around line 89-94: Update the goreleaser, mcpb, and publish-registry jobs to
require a protected release environment with required reviewers and a deployment
tag policy allowing only approved v* tags; configure the environment to prevent
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CodeRabbit's 23:44Z review on #1893 flagged two issues:

Security (major, heavy lift): the goreleaser/mcpb/publish-registry jobs
hold contents:write/id-token:write on this repo's first tag-triggered
workflow, and nothing restricts who can push a v* tag. Bind the three
jobs to a `release` environment now (the code-side half, matching this
repo's existing documented pattern in cleanup-staging.yml) and file
#1896 to track the two out-of-band admin actions that make it a real
gate: required reviewers on that environment, and a v* tag-protection
ruleset (neither is expressible in the workflow file itself -- see
#1660 for the established precedent on the environment-reviewer half).

Maintainability (minor, quick win): move the MCPB pack output and the
server.json patch scratch file from the checkout root to $RUNNER_TEMP.
The final server.json still lands at the checkout root deliberately --
mcp-publisher publish reads ./server.json from the working directory --
only the intermediate files moved.

actionlint, zizmor (default + pedantic), and goreleaser check all stay
clean after the change.
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CodeRabbit round (23:44Z review) -- addressed

Both threads addressed in commit 9afa221 (individual replies on each thread):

  1. Security & Privacy (Major, heavy lift) -- release.yml's privileged jobs had no gate on who can trigger them via a v* tag push. Added environment: release bindings now (code-side mitigation, matching this repo's existing cleanup-staging.yml pattern); filed #1896 to track the two repo-admin actions (required reviewers on the environment, a v* tag-protection ruleset) that make it a real gate -- both out of scope for a workflow-file PR. Cross-referenced sec(ci): deployment environments have no protection rules, so environment-bound credentialed jobs run unapproved cloud-commitments-platform#141, which already tracks the environment-protection half of this same class of gap.
  2. Maintainability (Minor, quick win) -- moved cudly-mcp-full.mcpb and the server.json patch scratch file off the checkout root and into $RUNNER_TEMP.

Re-validated after the fix: actionlint, zizmor (default + pedantic personas), and goreleaser check all still clean.

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@cristim I will review the updated PR, including the environment: release bindings, the $RUNNER_TEMP changes, and the release workflow. I used the existing context about #1896 and the required repository protection rules.


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Learning: In LeanerCloud/CUDly, GitHub Actions `environment: release` bindings do not provide an approval gate until repository administrators configure environment protection rules in GitHub Settings. Release publishing jobs also require a repository `v*` tag-protection ruleset that restricts tag creation and updates to release maintainers. These Settings actions are tracked in GitHub issue `#1896`.
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Independent adversarial review of exact head 9afa221b5396fa4ee1e9d8d74d0e4ae6c997e900: no confirmed code finding in the PR diff.

Local evidence:

  • goreleaser check passed. goreleaser release --snapshot --clean --skip=publish built the declared Darwin/Linux amd64/arm64 matrix and emitted the four raw cudly-mcp_<os>_<arch> assets plus cudly-mcp_checksums.txt.
  • A release-shaped download directory passed sha256sum -c for all four binaries.
  • mcpb@2.1.2 validate passed. Packing the real four-binary layout produced a 7-file, 95.1 MB MCPB. Both launchers retained executable mode and selected the host Darwin arm64 binary.
  • A real Go MCP CommandTransport launched the packaged wrapper, initialized cudly-mcp, and listed all 11 tools. Rebuilding from fix(mcp): inject build version into cudly-mcp and document Codex CLI setup #1891 with -X main.Version=v0.1.0 produced version=v0.1.0 through that same consumer path, confirming the dependency and ldflag target.
  • The actual MCPB SHA-256 was patched with its release URL into feat(mcp): add server.json for the MCP Registry + PR/tag validation CI #1892's server.json; exact-value assertions and live registry-schema validation passed. The workflow data flow is ordered consistency-gate -> test -> goreleaser -> mcpb -> publish-registry, with the hash taken from the same bundle path uploaded and consumed through job outputs before the runner-local manifest is published.
  • actionlint, zizmor (0 findings, 6 suppressed), goreleaser check, MCPB validation, and git diff --check passed. Permissions are job-scoped, checkout credentials are not persisted, cache is disabled in privileged tag jobs, untrusted workflow values are routed through env, and registry authentication uses OIDC.

The earlier CodeRabbit findings are correctly implemented at this head: privileged jobs reference environment: release, and both scratch artifacts use $RUNNER_TEMP. Their threads contain fix evidence and bot acknowledgements.

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Ported to LeanerCloud/cloud-commitments-mcp#4 after the monorepo split; closing here.

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