Consolidate 110 individual MCP tools down to 45 using a method dispatch pattern, aligning tool names with the GitHub MCP server conventions.
**Motivation:** LLMs work better with fewer, well-organized tools. The method dispatch pattern (used by GitHub's MCP server) groups related operations under read/write tools with a `method` parameter.
**Changes:**
- Group related tools into `_read`/`_write` pairs with method dispatch (e.g. `issue_read`, `issue_write`, `pull_request_read`, `pull_request_write`)
- Rename tools to match GitHub MCP naming (`get_file_contents`, `create_or_update_file`, `list_issues`, `list_pull_requests`, etc.)
- Rename `pageSize` to `perPage` for GitHub MCP compat
- Move issue label ops (`add_labels`, `remove_label`, etc.) into `issue_write`
- Merge `create_file`/`update_file` into `create_or_update_file` with optional `sha`
- Make `delete_file` require `sha`
- Add `get_labels` method to `issue_read`
- Add shared helpers: `GetInt64Slice`, `GetStringSlice`, `GetPagination` in params package
- Unexport all dispatch handler functions
- Fix: pass assignees/milestone in `CreateIssue`, bounds check in `GetFileContent`
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/pulls/143
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-committed-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Reduce token usage by slimming tool responses. Instead of returning full Gitea SDK objects (with nested user/repo objects, avatars, permissions, etc.), each operation now has a colocated `slim.go` that extracts only the fields an LLM needs. List endpoints return even fewer fields than single-item endpoints.
Other changes:
- Add `params` helpers to DRY parameter extraction across 40+ handlers
- Remove `{"Result": ...}` wrapper for flatter responses
- Reduce default pageSize from 100 to 30
Fixes: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/issues/128
*Created by Claude on behalf of @silverwind*
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/pulls/141
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-committed-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
## Summary
- MCP clients may send numbers as strings. This adds `ToInt64` and `GetOptionalInt` helpers to `pkg/params` and replaces all raw `.(float64)` type assertions across operation handlers to accept both `float64` and string inputs.
## Test plan
- [x] Verify `go test ./...` passes
- [x] Test with an MCP client that sends numeric parameters as strings
*Created by Claude on behalf of @silverwind*
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/pulls/138
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-committed-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
## Summary
- Add `.golangci.yml` with linter configuration matching the main gitea repo
- Add `lint`, `lint-fix`, `lint-go`, `lint-go-fix`, and `security-check` Makefile targets
- Add `tidy` Makefile target (extracts min Go version from `go.mod` for `-compat` flag)
- Bump minimum Go version to 1.26
- Update golangci-lint to v2.10.1
- Replace `golang/govulncheck-action` with `make security-check` in CI
- Add `make lint` step to CI
- Fix all lint issues across the codebase (formatting, `errors.New` vs `fmt.Errorf`, `any` vs `interface{}`, unused returns, stuttering names, Go 1.26 `new(expr)`, etc.)
- Remove unused `pkg/ptr` package (inlined by Go 1.26 `new(expr)`)
- Remove dead linter exclusions (staticcheck, gocritic, testifylint, dupl)
## Test plan
- [x] `make lint` passes
- [x] `go test ./...` passes
- [x] `make build` succeeds
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/pulls/133
Reviewed-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-committed-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
This change makes index parameters more flexible by accepting both numeric and string values. LLM agents often pass issue/PR indices as strings (e.g., "123") since they appear as string identifiers in URLs and CLI contexts. The implementation:
- Created `pkg/params` package with `GetIndex()` helper function
- Updated 25+ tool functions across issue, pull, label, and timetracking operations
- Improved error messages to say "must be a valid integer" instead of misleading "is required"
- Added comprehensive tests for both numeric and string inputs
Based on #122 by @jamespharaoh with review feedback applied (replaced custom `contains()` test helper with `strings.Contains`). Verified working in Claude Code.
Fixes: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/issues/121
Fixes: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/issues/122
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Co-authored-by: James Pharaoh <james@pharaoh.uk>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/pulls/131
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-committed-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
