Intelligent alias for npm that auto-adds "run" when necessary for npm

.bash_aliases

# Intelligent alias for npm that auto-adds "run" when necessary
npm() {
    # If no arguments, run npm normally
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        command npm
        return
    fi

    local first_arg="$1"
    
    # List of native npm commands that do not require "run"
    local native_commands=(
        "install" "i" "uninstall" "remove" "rm" "update" "up" 
        "init" "test" "t" "start" "stop" "restart" "version"
        "publish" "unpublish" "adduser" "login" "logout" "whoami"
        "link" "unlink" "outdated" "owner" "pack" "prune" "rebuild"
        "repo" "search" "view" "info" "show" "cache" "config" "get"
        "set" "help" "doctor" "audit" "fund" "ci" "exec" "x"
        "run" "run-script" "ls" "list" "ll" "la"
    )
    
    # Check if it is a native command
    for cmd in "${native_commands[@]}"; do
        if [ "$first_arg" = "$cmd" ]; then
            command npm "$@"
            return
        fi
    done
    
    # If it starts with "-", it is a flag
    if [[ "$first_arg" =~ ^- ]]; then
        command npm "$@"
        return
    fi
    
    # Check if package.json exists
    if [ ! -f "package.json" ]; then
        command npm "$@"
        return
    fi
    
    # Check if the script exists in package.json
    if command npm run | grep -q "^  $first_arg$"; then
        command npm run "$@"
    else
        # Try to run directly (might be a command we haven't listed yet)
        command npm "$@"
    fi
}

Hey there. Are you using yarn just because "it's faster" and you can run commands without typing "run"? Did you know that npm received performance improvements and it's as good as yarn? Except for the need of "run" command. So I decided to create a bash alias that checks if the first parameter is a valid npm run command. If so, it calls npm with run your parameter. Like npm start:dev will run npm run start:dev or npm install will call the default npm install command. You still be able to call npm run commands if you like, what makes this alias very smart.