Claude Code plugin for working with Gitea issues from any project. Ships a single skill (gitea) and a set of self-contained PEP 723 scripts that need no project-level Python setup — uv run builds an isolated env per script on first invocation.

What it can do

Task	Script
Verify connectivity	`ping.py`
Fetch a ticket as markdown	`fetch_ticket.py`
Create an issue (inline or from a goal file)	`create_ticket.py`
Post a markdown file as a comment	`post_comment.py`
Start work on a ticket (branch + context)	`start_ticket.py`
List/search issues	`list_tickets.py`
Close issues	`close_ticket.py`
Scaffold standard labels in a new repo	`setup_labels.py`

Prerequisites

uv on PATH.
A Gitea instance with API access and an API token.
The project you're working in is a git clone of the Gitea repo (so the remote URL is parseable). If not, you can set GITEA_URL/GITEA_OWNER/GITEA_REPO explicitly.

Gitea setup

Log into Gitea, go to Settings → Applications → Manage Access Tokens.
Generate a token with scopes:
- issue — Read and Write
- repository — Read and Write
Add it to a .env file in your project root (gitignored):

GITEA_TOKEN=your_token_here

GITEA_URL, GITEA_OWNER, and GITEA_REPO are inferred from git remote get-url origin. Set them in .env only if you need to override the inferred values (mirrors, separate API host, etc.).

Verify

uv run ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/gitea/scripts/ping.py

Should print the resolved URL/repo and Connection: OK.

Bootstrap labels (optional)

uv run ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/gitea/scripts/setup_labels.py

Creates a default emoji-prefixed label set. Override per-project by placing .gitea-labels.json in the project root — its contents fully replace the default set.

Architecture notes

All scripts use CWD-relative paths for git, .env, and workpad lookups. The plugin directory is only consulted for shipped resources (like labels.default.json).
Imports are flat sibling imports (from client import …) — scripts are run as files, not as a package.
Each CLI entrypoint carries a PEP 723 # /// script header listing its own dependencies, so no shared environment, lockfile, or pyproject.toml is needed.

README.md

gitea plugin