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import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
interface ShellOptions {
cwd?: string;
encoding?:
| "utf-8"
| "utf8"
| "ascii"
| "base64"
| "base64url"
| "hex"
| "latin1"
| "ucs-2"
| "ucs2"
| "utf16le";
log?: boolean;
onError?: (result: { status: number; stdout: string; stderr: string }) => void;
}
/**
* Execute a shell command safely using spawnSync with argument arrays.
* Prevents shell injection by avoiding string interpolation in shell commands.
*
* @param cmd - The command to execute
* @param args - Array of arguments to pass to the command
* @param options - Optional configuration (cwd, encoding, onError)
* @returns The trimmed stdout output
* @throws Error if command fails and no onError handler is provided
*/
export function $(cmd: string, args: string[], options?: ShellOptions): string {
const encoding = options?.encoding ?? "utf-8";
// CRITICAL: use "ignore" for stdin instead of "inherit" to avoid breaking MCP transport
// when running inside an MCP server, stdin is used for JSON-RPC protocol
const result = spawnSync(cmd, args, {
stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
encoding,
cwd: options?.cwd,
});
const stdout = result.stdout ?? "";
const stderr = result.stderr ?? "";
// Write output to process streams so it behaves like stdio: "inherit"
// CRITICAL: when running inside an MCP server, stdout is used for JSON-RPC protocol
// so we must write to stderr instead to avoid corrupting the protocol
// Only log if log option is not explicitly set to false
if (options?.log !== false) {
// if stdout is a TTY, it's safe to write to it; otherwise it's likely a pipe used for JSON-RPC
const canWriteToStdout = process.stdout.isTTY === true;
if (stdout) {
if (canWriteToStdout) {
process.stdout.write(stdout);
} else {
// stdout is a pipe (MCP context) - write to stderr instead
process.stderr.write(stdout);
}
}
if (stderr) {
process.stderr.write(stderr);
}
}
// Handle errors
if (result.status !== 0) {
const errorResult = {
status: result.status ?? -1,
stdout,
stderr,
};
if (options?.onError) {
options.onError(errorResult);
return stdout.trim();
}
throw new Error(
`Command failed with exit code ${errorResult.status}: ${stderr || "Unknown error"}`
);
}
return stdout.trim();
}