gitea-platform-mcp

Full Gitea platform management — 66 tools for repositories, issues, PRs, branches, files, releases, webhooks, and organizations.

Two ways to run (one source file)

server/gitea_mcp.py is both an MCP server and a CLI. The 66 tool functions are shared; only the entrypoint differs:

• MCP server — registered via .mcp.json, tools appear as mcp__gitea__<tool>. This is how you connect it to an MCP-aware client.
• CLI skill — uv run server/gitea_mcp.py <tool> --flags prints one JSON object on stdout. This is how Cline (and the skills/gitea skill) uses it.

# CLI examples
uv run --project . server/gitea_mcp.py --config ./config.json list_instances
uv run --project . server/gitea_mcp.py --config ./config.json get_repo --owner andrey --repo infra
uv run --project . server/gitea_mcp.py list-tools     # self-describing catalogue

CLI output contract: exactly one JSON object — {"success": true, "data": …} or {"success": false, "error": …}. Check the success field, not the exit code.

Setup (one-time)

1. Edit config.json

Open config.json in the plugin folder and fill in your Gitea details:

{
  "instances": {
    "default": {
      "url": "https://your-gitea.example.com",
      "token": "your_personal_access_token"
    }
  },
  "default": "default"
}

Multiple Gitea instances

{
  "instances": {
    "home": {
      "url": "https://gitea.home.example.com",
      "token": "token_for_home"
    },
    "work": {
      "url": "https://gitea.work.example.com",
      "token": "token_for_work"
    }
  },
  "default": "home"
}

Then in chat: "покажи репозитории на work" — Claude передаст instance="work" в инструмент.

2. Create a Gitea token

Gitea → Settings → Applications → Personal Access Tokens

Recommended permissions: repo, issue, notification, user, organization

3. Verify connection

After installing, ask: "проверь подключение к Gitea" — Claude вызовет get_current_user и get_server_info.

Requirements

• uv installed (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)
• Gitea instance accessible from your computer

Tools (66)

Category	Tools
Meta	list_instances, get_server_info, get_current_user
Repositories	list_my_repos, search_repos, get_repo, create_repo, create_org_repo, update_repo, delete_repo, fork_repo, set_repo_topics
Branches & Tags	list_branches, get_branch, create_branch, delete_branch, list_tags
Files	list_directory, get_file, create_file, update_file, delete_file
Issues	list_issues, get_issue, create_issue, update_issue, close_issue, reopen_issue, list_issue_comments, add_issue_comment, edit_issue_comment, delete_issue_comment
Labels & Milestones	list_labels, create_label, add_issue_labels, list_milestones, create_milestone
Pull Requests	list_pull_requests, get_pull_request, create_pull_request, update_pull_request, merge_pull_request, get_pr_diff, list_pr_files, list_pr_reviews, create_pr_review
Releases	list_releases, get_latest_release, create_release, delete_release
Webhooks	list_repo_webhooks, create_repo_webhook, delete_repo_webhook
Users & Orgs	get_user, search_users, list_my_orgs, get_org, list_org_repos, list_org_members, list_org_teams
Commits	list_commits, get_commit, compare_branches, list_repo_contributors
Notifications	list_notifications, mark_all_notifications_read