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    "name": "Vendure",
    "tagline": "NestJS headless commerce with an introspectable GraphQL Admin API; the old official MCP is retired.",
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    "description": "Plugin-first TypeScript commerce platform: Node.js, NestJS, GraphQL Admin and Shop APIs, React admin dashboard. Configuration lives in vendure-config.ts; extension is plugins and service overrides. The Builder's MCP (vendurehq/mcp) is marked outdated and unmaintained, so the agent interface is the GraphQL API and the non-interactive CLI. GPLv3 Community Edition; Vendure Cloud and Platform are commercial.",
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