chore: remove deprecated --prefer-online flag from npx commands

critesjosh · claude · critesjosh · commit 32d1e07e4079 · 2026-03-30T16:37:27.000-04:00
The --prefer-online flag was causing problems in Claude Code and has been deprecated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Add to your `.mcp.json`:
   "mcpServers": {
     "aztec-mcp": {
       "command": "npx",
-      "args": ["--prefer-online", "-y", "@aztec/mcp-server@latest"]
+      "args": ["-y", "@aztec/mcp-server@latest"]
     }
   }
 }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Override with the `AZTEC_MCP_REPOS_DIR` environment variable:
   "mcpServers": {
     "aztec-mcp": {
       "command": "npx",
-      "args": ["--prefer-online", "-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],
+      "args": ["-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],
       "env": {
         "AZTEC_MCP_REPOS_DIR": "/custom/path"
       }
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Set the default Aztec version with the `AZTEC_DEFAULT_VERSION` environment varia
   "mcpServers": {
     "aztec-mcp": {
       "command": "npx",
-      "args": ["--prefer-online", "-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],
+      "args": ["-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],
       "env": {
         "AZTEC_DEFAULT_VERSION": "v3.0.0-devnet.6-plugin.1"
       }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Add to your `.mcp.json`:
`36`	`36`	`"mcpServers": {`
`37`	`37`	`"aztec-mcp": {`
`38`	`38`	`"command": "npx",`
`39`		`- "args": ["--prefer-online", "-y", "@aztec/mcp-server@latest"]`
	`39`	`+ "args": ["-y", "@aztec/mcp-server@latest"]`
`40`	`40`	`}`
`41`	`41`	`}`
`42`	`42`	`}`
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Override with the `AZTEC_MCP_REPOS_DIR` environment variable:
`135`	`135`	`"mcpServers": {`
`136`	`136`	`"aztec-mcp": {`
`137`	`137`	`"command": "npx",`
`138`		`- "args": ["--prefer-online", "-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],`
	`138`	`+ "args": ["-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],`
`139`	`139`	`"env": {`
`140`	`140`	`"AZTEC_MCP_REPOS_DIR": "/custom/path"`
`141`	`141`	`}`
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Set the default Aztec version with the `AZTEC_DEFAULT_VERSION` environment varia
`153`	`153`	`"mcpServers": {`
`154`	`154`	`"aztec-mcp": {`
`155`	`155`	`"command": "npx",`
`156`		`- "args": ["--prefer-online", "-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],`
	`156`	`+ "args": ["-y", "@aztec/mcp-server"],`
`157`	`157`	`"env": {`
`158`	`158`	`"AZTEC_DEFAULT_VERSION": "v3.0.0-devnet.6-plugin.1"`
`159`	`159`	`}`