# Issue tracker: Gitea

Issues and specs live in [nessar/vac-optimizer on Gitea](https://gitea.nessar.fr/nessar/vac-optimizer). Use the configured [`tea-cli`](https://gitea.com/gitea/tea) login for supported operations.

## Access and command version

The installed binary is `tea-cli` 0.9.2. Its commands below use the pre-1.0 interface; other installations may call the binary `tea`. Check `tea-cli --help` and subcommand help before using commands from another version. This version supports YAML, TSV, CSV, simple, and table output; it has no JSON output, issue-edit command, or `api` command.

Run inside the clone so the CLI discovers the repository and login from `origin`. Use `--repo nessar/vac-optimizer` and `--login <login-name>` when an explicit selection is needed. Options go before positional issue or PR numbers. Existing authentication can be checked with `tea-cli whoami`; for a new login, use interactive `tea-cli login add` and select `https://gitea.nessar.fr`.

## Conventions

- **Create an issue**: `tea-cli issues create --title "..." --description "..." --labels "needs-triage"`. Multiple labels or assignees are comma-separated. For multiline text, prepare a draft and pass its contents as one quoted description argument.
- **Read an issue**: `tea-cli issues --comments <number>`. Detail views render for display even with `--output yaml`; use list output or the REST operations below for structured data.
- **List issues**: `tea-cli issues --state open --labels "needs-triage" --fields index,title,body,state,labels,assignees,url --output yaml`. Use `--page` and `--limit` to read all pages; the server may cap the requested page size.
- **Comment**: `tea-cli comment <number> "..."`; this works for issues and PRs.
- **Apply / remove labels, edit a body, or assign**: use the Gitea UI or the REST operations below; this CLI version does not support these edits. Preserve unrelated labels and assignees.
- **Close**: post the explanation with `tea-cli comment <number> "..."`, then run `tea-cli issues close <number>`.
- **Create a pull request**: `tea-cli pulls create --base develop --title "docs: update Gitea documentation" --description "..."`. Read with `tea-cli pulls --comments <number>`; list with `tea-cli pulls --state open --output yaml`.
- **List milestones**: `tea-cli milestones --state all --fields id,title --output tsv`. Issue numbers were preserved during migration, but milestone IDs changed; V1 stats is [milestone 13](https://gitea.nessar.fr/nessar/vac-optimizer/milestone/13).

## REST operations for CLI gaps

The instance's [API explorer](https://gitea.nessar.fr/api/swagger) and [schema](https://gitea.nessar.fr/swagger.v1.json) describe the supported endpoints. Paths below are relative to `https://gitea.nessar.fr/api/v1`; authenticate with an existing authorized Gitea API token without displaying or committing it. Check the installed CLI help first when it is upgraded.

- **Read full issue data or comments as JSON**: `GET /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/issues/<number>` and `GET /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/issues/<number>/comments`. Paginate comment lists.
- **Find label IDs**: `GET /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/labels`; paginate and match exact names from `triage-labels.md`.
- **Add labels**: `POST /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/issues/<number>/labels` with `{"labels":[<label-id>]}`. **Remove one label**: `DELETE /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/issues/<number>/labels/<label-id>`. These operations preserve other labels.
- **Edit a body or assign**: `PATCH /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/issues/<number>` with `{"body":"..."}` or `{"assignees":["<username>"]}`. Read current assignees before updating the list.
- **Read a PR diff**: `GET /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/pulls/<number>.diff`.

## Pull requests as a triage surface

**PRs as a request surface: no.** _(Set to `yes` if this repo treats external pull requests as feature requests; `/triage` reads this flag.)_

When enabled, use `tea-cli pulls --comments <number>` to read and `tea-cli pulls --state open --fields index,title,body,author,labels,url --output yaml` to list. Keep only external contributors' requests, checking repository collaborators or organization membership rather than guessing from the author's name. Comment with `tea-cli comment`, edit labels through the issue-label API, and close with `tea-cli pulls close <number>`.

For a bare `#<number>`, check the resource kind: `tea-cli issues --kind all --fields index,kind,title,url --output yaml`, or inspect the issue API's `pull_request` field. PR URLs use `/pulls/<number>`; issue URLs use `/issues/<number>`.

## When a skill says "publish to the issue tracker"

Create a Gitea issue with `tea-cli issues create`.

## When a skill says "fetch the relevant ticket"

Run `tea-cli issues --comments <number>` and read its labels and assignees.

## Wayfinding operations

Used by `/wayfinder`. The **map** is a single issue with **child** issues as tickets.

- **Map**: create an issue labelled `wayfinder:map`, holding the Notes / Decisions-so-far / Fog body, with `tea-cli issues create --title "..." --description "..." --labels "wayfinder:map"`.
- **Child ticket**: an issue carrying `Part of #<map>` at the top of its description and labels `wayfinder:<type>` (`research`/`prototype`/`grilling`/`task`). Maintain the ordered child links in the map's body. Once claimed, the ticket is assigned to the driving dev.
- **Blocking**: use Gitea's native dependencies. `POST /repos/nessar/vac-optimizer/issues/<child>/dependencies` with `{"owner":"nessar","repo":"vac-optimizer","index":<blocker-number>}` makes the child depend on that blocker. Read blockers with `GET` on the same path; use `DELETE` with the same body to remove a dependency. Where dependencies are unavailable, retain a `Blocked by: #<n>, #<n>` line at the top of the description. A ticket is unblocked when every blocker is closed.
- **Frontier query**: list the map's open children with `tea-cli issues --state open --fields index,title,body,assignees,labels --output yaml`, reading all pages. Drop tickets with an assignee or an open native dependency or description-line blocker; first in map order wins.
- **Claim**: assign the authenticated username through the issue `PATCH` endpoint or Gitea UI — the session's first write.
- **Resolve**: `tea-cli comment <n> "<answer>"`, then `tea-cli issues close <n>`, then append a context pointer (gist + link) to the map's Decisions-so-far through the issue `PATCH` endpoint or Gitea UI.