## Summary
### Read (issue responses)
- Add `ref` (branch) field to issue responses when non-empty
- Add `deadline` (due_date) field to issue responses when non-nil
- Applied to `slimIssue()`, `slimIssues()` in `operation/issue/slim.go` and `slimIssues()` in `operation/search/slim.go`
### Write (issue_write)
- Add `ref` parameter to `issue_write` tool for both `create` and `update` methods
- Allows setting the branch reference on issues via the MCP, consistent with the SDK's `CreateIssueOption.Ref` and `EditIssueOption.Ref` fields
Fixes#168
## Test plan
- [ ] `go test ./...` passes
- [ ] Verify `issue_read` returns `ref` when a branch is assigned to an issue
- [ ] Verify `issue_read` returns `deadline` when a due date is set
- [ ] Verify `list_issues` and `search_issues` include these fields
- [ ] Verify `issue_write` with method `update` can set `ref` on an issue
- [ ] Verify `issue_write` with method `create` can set `ref` on a new issue
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/pulls/169
Reviewed-by: silverwind <2021+silverwind@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: pengu <jeremy@wenjy.fr>
Co-committed-by: pengu <jeremy@wenjy.fr>
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>
