feat: auto-refresh MCP servers when ~/.claude.json changes #139
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Watch ~/.claude.json for changes using chokidar and automatically re-initialize MCP servers in the active tab. Previously, users had to manually restart the app or refresh when editing their Claude config (e.g., adding MCP servers). When a config change is detected: 1. Main process clears MCP config and working servers caches 2. IPC event notifies all renderer windows 3. Renderer invalidates tRPC queries to refetch MCP config 4. Next chat message uses the updated MCP server configuration Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
~/.claude.jsonfor changes using chokidar (same pattern as git watcher) and automatically clears MCP caches + notifies renderergetAllMcpConfigandgetMcpConfigtRPC queries so the settings UI and MCP indicator refresh automaticallyFixes ENG-590: Users no longer need to manually re-initialize MCP servers after editing their Claude config.
Test plan
~/.claude.jsonto add/remove an MCP server while the app is runninggetAllMcpConfig) auto-refreshes to show the new config🤖 Generated with Claude Code