Move publisher CLI from tools/ to cmd/ - #326

✅ What's Good

1. Architectural reasoning is sound: Moving the publisher from tools/ to cmd/ aligns with Go conventions where cmd/ contains main applications and tools/ contains development utilities.

2. Comprehensive file moves: All 17 publisher-related files were moved correctly from tools/publisher/ to cmd/publisher/.

3. Import paths updated: Go import paths in the source files were properly updated:

   • cmd/publisher/main.go:7: "github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/cmd/publisher/commands"
   • cmd/publisher/commands/login.go:12: "github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/cmd/publisher/auth"

4. Build system updated: Makefile correctly updated the publisher build target to use cmd/publisher.

5. Documentation links updated: README.md publisher CLI section correctly references ./cmd/publisher/README.md.

6. Development tooling updated:

   • VS Code launch configuration updated to use cmd/publisher/main.go
   • Integration test script updated to build from ./cmd/publisher

7. FAQ documentation updated: docs/faq.md link updated to point to the new location.

❌ Issues Found

Documentation outdated: The project structure diagram in README.md (lines 149-151) still shows:

└── tools/                   # CLI tools and utilities
    ├── publisher/           # Server publishing tool
    └── validate-*.sh        # Schema validation tools

This should be updated to show publisher under cmd/ instead.

Suggestion

Update the project structure diagram to reflect that publisher is now under cmd/:

├── cmd/                     # Application entry points
+│   └── publisher/          # Server publishing tool
├── data/                    # Seed data
...
└── tools/                   # CLI tools and utilities
-    ├── publisher/           # Server publishing tool
     └── validate-*.sh        # Schema validation tools

Overall Assessment

This is a well-executed refactoring that improves the project structure. All functional changes are correct, and only one minor documentation update is needed.