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Documentation: Example build commands fail after examples removed from default-members #550
Description
Describe the bug
Examples were removed from the default build, so the documentation is now outdated. Commands in the README (such as those using cargo build --example ...) no longer work as written.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Navigate to the
examplesdirectory. - Run:
cargo build --release --example servers_counter_stdio
Expected behavior
The example servers_counter_stdio should build successfully using the command provided in the documentation.
Logs
(base) tanishdesai37@Tanishs-MacBook-Air examples % cargo build --release --example servers_counter_stdio
error: no example target named `servers_counter_stdio` in default-run packages
help: available example in `mcp-server-examples` package:
servers_counter_stdio
Additional context
This issue started after #541, when examples were removed from default-members to avoid macOS linker errors. As a result, example targets no longer build using the old documentation commands. We need to update the documentation.
Activity
tanish111 commentedon Nov 18, 2025
@alexhancock @johnw188 Do you think we should remove the examples/README.md? Since each example folder (servers/wasi/…) already includes instructions that work as expected.
tanish111 commentedon Dec 17, 2025
Any updates?
alexhancock commentedon Feb 27, 2026
Yeah that seems fine to remove
examples/README@tanish111Sorry for the delay in responding. Feel free to raise a PR!
tanish111 commentedon Feb 27, 2026
#706
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