SKILL.md called `exclusive` "an org-labels-only flag" and concluded that applying a Kind/*, Priority/* or Status/* label "must replace the one already there, not stack on it". Live `list_repo_labels` on this repo returns `exclusive` on every REPO label: all seven Kind/* plus Compat/Breaking are false, while Priority/*, Reviewed/* and Status/* are true. So the field is not org-only, and the replace rule would strip a valid Kind/* label — a destructive write from a false premise. The nuance kept: label_write's `exclusive` parameter genuinely is annotated org-only, so that row was schema-accurate. The error was generalising a write-parameter restriction into a claim about where the field exists. The row is qualified rather than deleted. The rule is now per-label: where exclusive is true the server drops the sibling itself, so do not pre-remove; where it is false the label is legitimately stackable. Also fixes the org-label fallback, which treated any list_org_labels failure as proof the owner is a user account with no org pool and said so was "an answer, not an error to report". Under the token scopes this skill declares the call fails with required=[read:organization] before any org-vs-user determination is made, so a capability gap was being reported as an absent label. Scope errors are now distinguished and reported. Verified live against gitea-mcp v1.7.0, read-only calls. Refs #99
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name, description, compatibility, metadata, allowed-tools
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| gitea-labels-milestones | Use when reading or writing Gitea labels or milestones — resolve names to IDs, or infer labels — even when the user does not say "Gitea". Not applying them to an issue -> `gitea-issues`. Not to a PR -> `gitea-prs`. | Requires Gitea MCP server configured with write:issue and write:repository token scopes. |
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Bash mcp__gitea__label_read mcp__gitea__label_write mcp__gitea__milestone_read mcp__gitea__milestone_write |
Gotchas
- Applying a label takes a numeric ID, but issue/PR responses slim labels down to name strings. An issue's existing labels yield no IDs — resolve name → ID with
label_read. pull_request_readreturnsmilestoneas a bare title string whereissue_readreturns{id, title}— recover the milestone's ID by listing milestones and matching the title.- Never assume a
Kind/*/Priority/*/Status/*scope is exclusive — read each label's ownexclusivefield.list_repo_labelsreturns it per repo label, it is not org-only, and where it istrueGitea enforces one-per-scope itself. Replacing rather than stacking on a label whoseexclusiveisfalsedestroys a valid label.
Step 1 — Resolve owner, repo and org
Before any tool call, extract owner and repo from the git remote (skip this if an orchestrating caller already passed them in):
git remote get-url origin
If origin is not set or the URL is not a Gitea URL, stop and report: "No Gitea remote found — set origin to your Gitea instance URL."
The *_org_label* methods take org, not owner/repo. Pass that same owner as org — it is the org name whenever the owner is an organisation, and the remote URL does not say whether it is one.
Read the failure text before interpreting it. list_org_labels needs the read:organization token scope, which this skill's declared scopes (write:issue, write:repository) do not carry, so it fails with token does not have at least one of required scope(s), required=[read:organization] before it ever determines org-vs-user. Report that: the org pool went unchecked, not empty. Only a not-found response is evidence the owner is a user account with no org pool.
Step 2 — Dispatch
| Task | Tool | method |
|---|---|---|
| Resolve a label name to its ID | label_read |
"list_repo_labels", then "list_org_labels" |
| List repo labels | label_read |
"list_repo_labels" |
| Get one repo label by ID | label_read |
"get_repo_label" |
| List org labels | label_read |
"list_org_labels" |
| Create a repo/org label | label_write |
"create_repo_label" / "create_org_label" |
| Edit a repo/org label | label_write |
"edit_repo_label" / "edit_org_label" |
| Delete a repo/org label | label_write |
"delete_repo_label" / "delete_org_label" |
| List milestones | milestone_read |
"list" |
| Get one milestone by ID | milestone_read |
"get" |
| Create a milestone | milestone_write |
"create" |
| Update / close a milestone | milestone_write |
"update" |
| Delete a milestone | milestone_write |
"delete" |
Every list method paginates manually — per_page defaults to 30, so iterate page: 1, 2, ... until a page returns fewer results than per_page. A truncated list silently breaks name → ID resolution.
If the task is a label operation, read references/labels.md; if a milestone operation, read references/milestones.md. If the label to apply has to be derived from conversation context rather than named, read references/label-inference.md.