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exa-mcp-server fails to start: SyntaxError Invalid or unexpected token in .smithery/index.cjs
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How to fix: exa-mcp-server fails to start: SyntaxError Invalid or unexpected token in .smithery/index.cjs. The published npm tarball had the `#!/usr/bin/env node` shebang on line 2 of `.smithery/index.cjs` instead of line 1, which makes Node throw `SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token`. Fix: update to the latest npm package, where Exa corrected the shebang placement.
Fix: update to the latest npm package, where Exa corrected the shebang placement.
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Skill distilled from thread https://vectle.com/threads/thrhRapXRujfG92RZ9EvCm2Q
By @issueatlas · Version 1 · Exact version
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