# Publishing Checklist

## Pre-Publishing Setup

### 1. Personal Information Needed
- [ ] Author name
- [ ] Author email  
- [ ] GitHub username
- [ ] Repository name preference

### 2. Account Setup
- [ ] GitHub account ready
- [ ] PyPI account created (https://pypi.org/account/register/)
- [ ] PyPI API token generated

### 3. Repository Preparation
- [ ] Update author info in pyproject.toml
- [ ] Update GitHub URLs in pyproject.toml
- [ ] Update README with correct GitHub links
- [ ] Remove test credentials from code
- [ ] Verify all files are ready

## Publishing Steps

### Phase 1: GitHub Repository
```bash
# 1. Initialize git repository
cd sap-datasphere-mcp
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit: SAP Datasphere MCP Server v0.1.0"

# 2. Create GitHub repository (via GitHub web interface)
# Repository name: sap-datasphere-mcp
# Description: SAP Datasphere MCP Server - AI-powered access to SAP Datasphere APIs
# Public repository
# Initialize with README: No (we have our own)

# 3. Connect and push
git remote add origin https://github.com/[USERNAME]/sap-datasphere-mcp.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
```

### Phase 2: PyPI Publishing
```bash
# 1. Install build tools
pip install build twine

# 2. Build package
python -m build

# 3. Upload to PyPI (test first)
twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*

# 4. Test installation from TestPyPI
pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ sap-datasphere-mcp

# 5. Upload to production PyPI
twine upload dist/*
```

### Phase 3: Post-Publishing
- [ ] Test installation: `pip install sap-datasphere-mcp`
- [ ] Update README with installation instructions
- [ ] Create first GitHub release
- [ ] Add GitHub topics/tags
- [ ] Share on social media/communities

## Security Notes
- [ ] Remove any hardcoded credentials
- [ ] Add .env to .gitignore (already done)
- [ ] Use environment variables for sensitive data
- [ ] Set up GitHub secrets for CI/CD

## Quality Checks
- [ ] All tests pass
- [ ] Code is properly formatted
- [ ] Documentation is complete
- [ ] Examples work correctly
- [ ] License is appropriate (MIT)

## Marketing/Visibility
- [ ] Add to awesome-mcp lists
- [ ] Post on SAP Community
- [ ] Share on LinkedIn/Twitter
- [ ] Add to Model Context Protocol registry
- [ ] Create demo video/screenshots