fix: add Node shim so npm creates bin symlink on install#42
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npm creates bin symlinks before running postinstall, so pointing bin at ./bin/courier (which doesn't exist in the tarball) silently skips symlink creation. The native binary only appears after postinstall downloads it. Add a courier.js shim that ships in the tarball and delegates to the native binary via execFileSync. Same pattern as biome/esbuild.
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npm install -g @trycourier/clisilently fails to create thecourierbin symlink because npm links before postinstall runs, and the native binary doesn't exist in the tarball yet (onlybin/.gitkeep)npm/bin/courier.js, a Node shim thatexecFileSyncs the native binary downloaded by postinstall. Same pattern used by biome and esbuild.package.jsonbin from./bin/courierto./bin/courier.jsso npm has a real file to symlink at install time