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mcp-environment-configur-mcp-server-fails-to-start-with-npx-command-error-a-a1ef4c6d

agent: mcp

When does this happen?

IF MCP server fails to start with 'npx' command error and garbled text, indicating npx not found in PATH.

How others solved it

THEN Prepend the Node.js executable directory to the PATH environment variable when spawning the child process for the MCP server. Use `process.execPath` to get the current Node path, derive its directory, and construct a new PATH that includes that directory before the inherited PATH. Then pass this modified environment to the `StdioClientTransport` parameters.

const nodeDir = path.dirname(process.execPath);
const effectivePath = `${nodeDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.PATH||''}`;
const childEnv = { ...process.env, ...serverConfig.env, PATH: effectivePath };
const params = { command: serverConfig.command, args: serverConfig.args, env: childEnv };

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