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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/errors.ts
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Expand Up @@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ export function invalidTargetError(target: string): CliError {
code: ErrorCode.CLIENT_ERROR,
type: 'INVALID_TARGET',
message: `Invalid target format: "${target}"`,
details: 'Expected format: server/tool',
suggestion: `Use 'mcp-cli <server>/<tool> <json>' format, e.g., 'mcp-cli github/search_repos \'{"query":"mcp"}\''`,
details: 'Expected a server/tool target (or separate <server> <tool> arguments after the subcommand)',
suggestion: `Use 'mcp-cli call <server> <tool> <json>' format, e.g., 'mcp-cli call github search_repos \'{"query":"mcp"}\''`,
};
}

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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions src/index.ts
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Expand Up @@ -356,11 +356,11 @@ Usage:
mcp-cli [options] call <server> <tool> Call tool (reads JSON from stdin if no args)
mcp-cli [options] call <server> <tool> <json> Call tool with JSON arguments

Formats (both work):
mcp-cli info server tool Space-separated
mcp-cli info server/tool Slash-separated
mcp-cli call server tool '{}' Space-separated
mcp-cli call server/tool '{}' Slash-separated
Formats (space-separated is the primary form):
mcp-cli info server tool Primary form
mcp-cli info server/tool Also supported
mcp-cli call server tool '{}' Primary form
mcp-cli call server/tool '{}' Also supported

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-h, --help Show this help message
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