fix

src-tauri/src/release.rs

@@ -298,14 +298,22 @@ pub fn run_release(
     // It ships with the release skill rather than the repo, so look there when the repo
     // has no copy. A missing script used to fail the same way a broken one does.
     let api = api_script(&scripts).ok_or(
-      "deploy-api.ps1 is neither in the repo's scripts nor in the release skill: the API cannot be rolled.",
+      format!(
+        "deploy-api.ps1 is not in {}. Pull ODIAN_MCP_Server on this PC, or untick the Engine API.",
+        scripts.display()
+      ),
     )?;
     body.push_str(&format!(
       "Write-Host '=== Engine API ===' -ForegroundColor Cyan
-       & '{}' -NodeSudoPw $pw
+       & '{}' -NodeSudoPw $pw -EngineRoot '{}'
        if ($LASTEXITCODE -notin 0,3) {{ throw 'the API step failed' }}
 ",
-      api.display()
+      api.display(),
+      // The checkout is the sibling of ODIAN_MCP_Server, which is what `mcp_repo` names.
+      // Passed explicitly so the script does not have to guess from where it was loaded -
+      // it can come from the repo or from the release skill, and only one of those is a
+      // sibling of the Engine.
+      mcp_repo.parent().unwrap_or(mcp_repo).join("ODIAN_Engine").display()
     ));
   }