feat: initial commit of standalone discovery client

.gitignore

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+dist
+node_modules

README.md

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+# discovery-client-standalone
+
+Standalone version of the Opentrons [Discovery Client CLI][]
+
+## installation
+
+1. Download the [latest release][] for your OS
+2. (Optional) Copy or symlink the executable into a directory in your `PATH`
+
+## usage
+
+This example uses macOS, but replace the executable with whatever file you downloaded. See the [discovery client cli][] documentation for more usage details.
+
+```shell
+# print help and usage
+./discovery-client-macos --help
+
+# browse for all robots
+./discovery-client-macos browse
+
+# find the IP address of a specific robot by its name
+./discovery-client-macos find OT2P00000000A00
+```
+
+[discovery client cli]: https://github.com/Opentrons/opentrons/tree/edge/discovery-client#cli
+[latest release]: https://github.com/Opentrons/discovery-client-standalone/releases/latest

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@opentrons/discovery-client-standalone",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "3.6.5",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "predist": "yarn clean",
+    "dist": "pkg node_modules/@opentrons/discovery-client/bin/index.js --targets node12,linux,macos,win,x64 --output dist/discovery-client${target}"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@opentrons/discovery-client": "3.6.5"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "pkg": "^4.4.9",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.2"
+  }
+}