From 232d5ffcf6fde6d95f21e37c5d140aadd14ab085 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Spahr-Summers <justin@anthropic.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:48:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update README instructions

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 README.md | 23 ++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,25 +2,18 @@
 
 The MCP inspector is a developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers.
 
-## Getting started
+It can be run easily from `npx`. For example, in a folder where there's a built JavaScript server at `build/index.js`:
 
-Clone this repository, then install its dependencies:
-
-```sh
-npm install
+```
+npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector build/index.js
 ```
 
-You can run it in dev mode via:
+You can also pass arguments along to the server:
 
-```bash
-npm run dev
+```
+npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector build/index.js arg1 arg2 ...
 ```
 
-This will start both the client and server.
+## License
 
-To run in production mode:
-
-```bash
-npm run build
-npm start
-```
+This project is licensed under the MIT License—see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.