Document npm registry endpoints and auth gotchas

Add the exact pip/npm registry endpoints and secret names, the scope-scoped (not global) registry requirement given Verdaccio's missing uplink, the host-scoped _auth rule, the per-item Drone shell caveat, and the Verdaccio storage uid/permissions gotcha behind the confusing "404 no such package available" error on publish.
Scope npm registry in drone template to @aetoskia
2026-10-21 01:31:07 +05:30 · 2026-10-21 01:29:00 +05:30 · 2026-10-21 01:09:23 +05:30 · 2026-10-21 01:03:04 +05:30
9 changed files with 203 additions and 31 deletions
--- a/standards/lib/90_drone_pipelines/index.html
+++ b/standards/lib/90_drone_pipelines/index.html
@@ -753,8 +753,13 @@ pipelines</strong>:</p>
     the disaster-recovery / replay path.</li>
 </ol>
 <p>Secrets: <code>NPM_REPO_URL</code>, <code>NPM_USERNAME</code>, <code>NPM_PASSWORD</code>. Auth is a generated
-<code>.npmrc</code> (<code>registry=</code> + <code>_auth=</code> base64 of <code>user:pass</code>) written from secrets at
-runtime — the committed <code>.npmrc</code> in a repo only points at the registry URL.</p>
+<code>.npmrc</code> written from secrets at runtime. It sets a <strong>scope-scoped</strong> registry,
+never a global one — <code>@aetoskia:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL</code> — plus a host-scoped
+auth line <code>//&lt;host&gt;/:_auth=&lt;base64(user:pass)&gt;</code>. The scope and host are derived
+from <code>package.json</code> and <code>NPM_REPO_URL</code> respectively. A global <code>registry=</code> would
+push public transitive deps through Verdaccio (which has no uplink) and 404
+<code>npm install</code>; a bare <code>_auth=</code> is rejected by modern npm. See
+<a href="../93_library_registry/">93 – Library Registry</a>.</p>
 <ul>
 <li><strong>Ship as-is.</strong> Name and version come from <code>package.json</code>, so the same file
  is reused verbatim across every npm package.</li>
--- a/standards/lib/93_library_registry/index.html
+++ b/standards/lib/93_library_registry/index.html
@@ -635,6 +635,39 @@
    </span>
  </a>
  
+    <nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Publishing &amp; registry auth">
+      <ul class="md-nav__list">
+        
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#endpoints" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+      Endpoints
+    </span>
+  </a>
+  
+</li>
+        
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#npm-scope-the-registry-never-set-it-globally" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+      npm: scope the registry, never set it globally
+    </span>
+  </a>
+  
+</li>
+        
+          <li class="md-nav__item">
+  <a href="#verdaccio-storage-permissions" class="md-nav__link">
+    <span class="md-ellipsis">
+      Verdaccio storage permissions
+    </span>
+  </a>
+  
+</li>
+        
+      </ul>
+    </nav>
+  
 </li>
      
        <li class="md-nav__item">
@@ -839,6 +872,67 @@ so the CI credentials (<code>PIP_USERNAME</code> / <code>PIP_PASSWORD</code>, <c
 <code>NPM_PASSWORD</code>) are one and the same account — there is no separate npm user.
 Verdaccio requires <strong>bcrypt</strong> htpasswd entries; see
 <a href="../90_drone_pipelines/">90 – Drone Pipelines</a> for the CI wiring.</p>
+<h3 id="endpoints">Endpoints</h3>
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Registry</th>
+<th>URL</th>
+<th>Backend</th>
+<th>CI secret</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td>PyPI</td>
+<td><code>https://pip.aetoskia.com</code></td>
+<td>pypiserver (<code>server-pi:6007</code>)</td>
+<td><code>PIP_REPO_URL</code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>npm</td>
+<td><code>https://npm.aetoskia.com</code></td>
+<td>Verdaccio (<code>server-pi:6008</code>)</td>
+<td><code>NPM_REPO_URL</code></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>Both are exposed through Traefik on the <code>websecure</code> entrypoint as <strong>bare
+origins</strong> — no path, no trailing slash. Set the secret values exactly as above.</p>
+<h3 id="npm-scope-the-registry-never-set-it-globally">npm: scope the registry, never set it globally</h3>
+<p>Verdaccio here has <strong>no uplink / proxy</strong>, so it can only serve <code>@aetoskia/*</code>
+packages. A global <code>registry=https://npm.aetoskia.com</code> in <code>.npmrc</code> would route
+<em>every</em> dependency — including public transitive deps such as
+<code>zod-to-json-schema</code> (pulled in by <code>@modelcontextprotocol/sdk</code>) — through
+Verdaccio, which 404s on anything it does not host. Always scope the registry to
+the account:</p>
+<div class="language-text highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class="normal"><a href="#__codelineno-0-1">1</a></span>
+<span class="normal"><a href="#__codelineno-0-2">2</a></span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-0-1"><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1"></a>@aetoskia:registry=https://npm.aetoskia.com
+</span><span id="__span-0-2"><a id="__codelineno-0-2" name="__codelineno-0-2"></a>//npm.aetoskia.com/:_auth=&lt;base64(user:password)&gt;
+</span></code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
+<p>Public deps then resolve from <code>registry.npmjs.org</code> and only <code>@aetoskia/*</code> hits
+the private registry. The auth line must be <strong>scoped to the host</strong>
+(<code>//host/:_auth=</code>), not a bare <code>_auth=</code> — modern npm rejects the bare form with
+<code>ERR_INVALID_AUTH</code>. The drone template derives both from the package scope and
+<code>NPM_REPO_URL</code> automatically; see
+<a href="../90_drone_pipelines/">90 – Drone Pipelines</a>.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The Drone pipeline runs each <code>commands:</code> list item in a <strong>separate shell</strong>, so
+shell variables defined in one item do not survive into the next. Keep the
+variable definitions and the commands that use them in the same <code>|</code> block.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<h3 id="verdaccio-storage-permissions">Verdaccio storage permissions</h3>
+<p>Verdaccio runs as uid <strong>10001</strong> (<code>verdaccio</code>) inside <code>verdaccio/verdaccio</code>.
+The <code>storage</code> directory is bind-mounted from the server
+(<code>/mnt/omnissiah-vault/data/verdaccio/storage</code>); if it is owned by <code>root:root</code>
+(mode <code>755</code>) the process cannot write to it and every publish fails with a
+confusing <code>404 no such package available</code> (<code>NotFoundError</code> from
+<code>local-storage</code>). Ensure the directory — and its <code>plugins</code> subdirectory — are
+owned by <code>10001:101</code>:</p>
+<div class="language-sh highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class="normal"><a href="#__codelineno-1-1">1</a></span>
+<span class="normal"><a href="#__codelineno-1-2">2</a></span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><code><span id="__span-1-1"><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1"></a>sudo<span class="w"> </span>chown<span class="w"> </span>-R<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">10001</span>:101<span class="w"> </span>/mnt/omnissiah-vault/data/verdaccio/storage
+</span><span id="__span-1-2"><a id="__codelineno-1-2" name="__codelineno-1-2"></a>docker<span class="w"> </span>restart<span class="w"> </span>npm-registry
+</span></code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
 <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
 <ul>
 <li><strong>Hexa</strong> is a full library with its own MCP server on <code>:8008</code>: read
--- a/standards/lib/search/search_index.json
+++ b/standards/lib/search/search_index.json
--- a/standards/mcp/modules/drone_pipelines.json
+++ b/standards/mcp/modules/drone_pipelines.json
--- a/standards/mcp/modules/library_registry.json
+++ b/standards/mcp/modules/library_registry.json
--- a/standards/mcp/templates/drone/npm-lib.yaml
+++ b/standards/mcp/templates/drone/npm-lib.yaml
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ steps:
        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
    commands:
      - apk add --no-cache curl
-      - PACKAGE_NAME=$(node -p "require('./package.json').name")
-      - VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
      - |
+        PACKAGE_NAME=$(node -p "require('./package.json').name")
+        VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
        if [ "$DRONE_TAG" != "$VERSION" ]; then
          echo "Tag '$DRONE_TAG' does not match package.json version '$VERSION'; refusing to publish."
          exit 1
        fi
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION exists on $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
-      - |
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+        echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION exists on $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
        if npm view "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION" version --userconfig /tmp/.npmrc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
          echo "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION already exists; skipping build."
          exit 78
@@ -55,8 +56,10 @@ steps:
          echo "NPM_REPO_URL / NPM_USERNAME / NPM_PASSWORD are not set" >&2
          exit 1
        fi
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
      - npm install
      - echo "Running quality gate..."
      - npm run quality-gate
@@ -79,8 +82,11 @@ steps:
      NPM_PASSWORD:
        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
    commands:
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+      - |
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
      - echo "Publishing to private npm at $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
      - npm publish --access restricted

@@ -117,8 +123,11 @@ steps:
        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
    commands:
      - apk add --no-cache git
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+      - |
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
      - |
        set -e

--- a/standards/src/lib/90_drone_pipelines.md
+++ b/standards/src/lib/90_drone_pipelines.md
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ pipelines**:
     the disaster-recovery / replay path.

 Secrets: `NPM_REPO_URL`, `NPM_USERNAME`, `NPM_PASSWORD`. Auth is a generated
-`.npmrc` (`registry=` + `_auth=` base64 of `user:pass`) written from secrets at
-runtime — the committed `.npmrc` in a repo only points at the registry URL.
+`.npmrc` written from secrets at runtime. It sets a **scope-scoped** registry,
+never a global one — `@aetoskia:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL` — plus a host-scoped
+auth line `//<host>/:_auth=<base64(user:pass)>`. The scope and host are derived
+from `package.json` and `NPM_REPO_URL` respectively. A global `registry=` would
+push public transitive deps through Verdaccio (which has no uplink) and 404
+`npm install`; a bare `_auth=` is rejected by modern npm. See
+[93 – Library Registry](93_library_registry.md).

 - **Ship as-is.** Name and version come from `package.json`, so the same file
  is reused verbatim across every npm package.
--- a/standards/src/lib/93_library_registry.md
+++ b/standards/src/lib/93_library_registry.md
@@ -64,6 +64,56 @@ so the CI credentials (`PIP_USERNAME` / `PIP_PASSWORD`, `NPM_USERNAME` /
 Verdaccio requires **bcrypt** htpasswd entries; see
 [90 – Drone Pipelines](90_drone_pipelines.md) for the CI wiring.

+### Endpoints
+
+| Registry | URL | Backend | CI secret |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| PyPI | `https://pip.aetoskia.com` | pypiserver (`server-pi:6007`) | `PIP_REPO_URL` |
+| npm | `https://npm.aetoskia.com` | Verdaccio (`server-pi:6008`) | `NPM_REPO_URL` |
+
+Both are exposed through Traefik on the `websecure` entrypoint as **bare
+origins** — no path, no trailing slash. Set the secret values exactly as above.
+
+### npm: scope the registry, never set it globally
+
+Verdaccio here has **no uplink / proxy**, so it can only serve `@aetoskia/*`
+packages. A global `registry=https://npm.aetoskia.com` in `.npmrc` would route
+*every* dependency — including public transitive deps such as
+`zod-to-json-schema` (pulled in by `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk`) — through
+Verdaccio, which 404s on anything it does not host. Always scope the registry to
+the account:
+
+```
+@aetoskia:registry=https://npm.aetoskia.com
+//npm.aetoskia.com/:_auth=<base64(user:password)>
+```
+
+Public deps then resolve from `registry.npmjs.org` and only `@aetoskia/*` hits
+the private registry. The auth line must be **scoped to the host**
+(`//host/:_auth=`), not a bare `_auth=` — modern npm rejects the bare form with
+`ERR_INVALID_AUTH`. The drone template derives both from the package scope and
+`NPM_REPO_URL` automatically; see
+[90 – Drone Pipelines](90_drone_pipelines.md).
+
+> The Drone pipeline runs each `commands:` list item in a **separate shell**, so
+> shell variables defined in one item do not survive into the next. Keep the
+> variable definitions and the commands that use them in the same `|` block.
+
+### Verdaccio storage permissions
+
+Verdaccio runs as uid **10001** (`verdaccio`) inside `verdaccio/verdaccio`.
+The `storage` directory is bind-mounted from the server
+(`/mnt/omnissiah-vault/data/verdaccio/storage`); if it is owned by `root:root`
+(mode `755`) the process cannot write to it and every publish fails with a
+confusing `404 no such package available` (`NotFoundError` from
+`local-storage`). Ensure the directory — and its `plugins` subdirectory — are
+owned by `10001:101`:
+
+```sh
+sudo chown -R 10001:101 /mnt/omnissiah-vault/data/verdaccio/storage
+docker restart npm-registry
+```
+
 ## Notes

 - **Hexa** is a full library with its own MCP server on `:8008`: read
--- a/standards/src/templates/drone/npm-lib.yaml
+++ b/standards/src/templates/drone/npm-lib.yaml
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ steps:
        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
    commands:
      - apk add --no-cache curl
-      - PACKAGE_NAME=$(node -p "require('./package.json').name")
-      - VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
      - |
+        PACKAGE_NAME=$(node -p "require('./package.json').name")
+        VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
        if [ "$DRONE_TAG" != "$VERSION" ]; then
          echo "Tag '$DRONE_TAG' does not match package.json version '$VERSION'; refusing to publish."
          exit 1
        fi
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION exists on $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
-      - |
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+        echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION exists on $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
        if npm view "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION" version --userconfig /tmp/.npmrc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
          echo "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION already exists; skipping build."
          exit 78
@@ -55,8 +56,10 @@ steps:
          echo "NPM_REPO_URL / NPM_USERNAME / NPM_PASSWORD are not set" >&2
          exit 1
        fi
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
      - npm install
      - echo "Running quality gate..."
      - npm run quality-gate
@@ -79,8 +82,11 @@ steps:
      NPM_PASSWORD:
        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
    commands:
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+      - |
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
      - echo "Publishing to private npm at $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
      - npm publish --access restricted

@@ -117,8 +123,11 @@ steps:
        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
    commands:
      - apk add --no-cache git
-      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+      - |
+        NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
+        NPM_SCOPE="@$(node -p "require('./package.json').name.split('/')[0].replace(/^@/,'')")"
+        echo "$NPM_SCOPE:registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
+        echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
      - |
        set -e
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra	322741e00c	Document npm registry endpoints and auth gotchas All checks were successful continuous-integration/drone/push Build is passing Details Add the exact pip/npm registry endpoints and secret names, the scope-scoped (not global) registry requirement given Verdaccio's missing uplink, the host-scoped _auth rule, the per-item Drone shell caveat, and the Verdaccio storage uid/permissions gotcha behind the confusing "404 no such package available" error on publish.	2026-10-21 01:31:07 +05:30
Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra	da1e46a921	Scope npm registry in drone template to @aetoskia The registry was set globally ( egistry=...), which forced all public transitive deps through the private Verdaccio. Verdaccio has no uplink, so pm install 404'd on public packages. Scope the registry to @aetoskia:registry=... so public deps resolve from npmjs and only @aetoskia/* go to the private registry.	2026-10-21 01:29:00 +05:30
Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra	08a9983984	Fix npm .npmrc: fold NPM_HOST into the same shell as its use Drone runs each command list item in a separate shell, so a standalone NPM_HOST= line is empty when the next item references it, writing //:_auth= (wrong host) and causing a registry 401. Compute NPM_HOST in the same \| block that writes .npmrc.	2026-10-21 01:09:23 +05:30
Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra	e1e5daa30a	Fix npm registry auth: use scoped //host/:_auth in .npmrc npm rejects a bare _auth key (ERR_INVALID_AUTH) against a private registry; derive the host from NPM_REPO_URL and write //<host>/:_auth=<base64> instead.	2026-10-21 01:03:04 +05:30