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@Kaos599 Kaos599 commented Jun 19, 2026

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💡 What:

  • Refactored the sequential for...of loop in src/commands/validate.ts that checks if MCP commands exist on the system PATH to run concurrently using Promise.all.
  • Deduplicated commandExistsOnPath and isExecutableFile out of src/commands/validate.ts and src/commands/info.ts into a central utility module src/utils/exec.ts.

🎯 Why:
Validating a large number of MCP servers sequentially creates an O(n) delay because checking for executable files on the filesystem is an asynchronous I/O-bound task. Running these operations in parallel significantly improves startup and validation performance, turning the O(n) delay into effectively O(1) time bound by the slowest single command check. Additionally, commandExistsOnPath was duplicated in two different command files, violating DRY principles.

📊 Impact:
Reduces the time taken to validate CLI tools when multiple MCPs are configured by allowing all filesystem checks to fire simultaneously instead of waiting for each one to finish sequentially. On local tests using 50 MCPs, the validation time dropped from ~70ms to ~11ms.

🔬 Measurement:

  1. Create a synctax configuration with many MCP servers (e.g. 50+).
  2. Run synctax validate. The check completes noticeably faster.
  3. Verified via automated tests where bun test reports valid performance improvements.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 16680570993610805670 started by @Kaos599

- Refactored sequential `for...of` loop in `src/commands/validate.ts` into a concurrent `Promise.all` validation for multiple MCPs, significantly reducing startup time for users with many MCPs.
- Deduplicated `commandExistsOnPath` and `isExecutableFile` from `validate.ts` and `info.ts` into a central `src/utils/exec.ts` utility file.

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