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Gitea for AI agents

Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service for code hosting, similar in spirit to GitHub but run on a team's own infrastructure. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

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AUDIT LOG · GITEAPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
gitea.list_label_templates
List Label Templates✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
gitea.get_version
Get Version✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
gitea.org_get_all
Get All Organizations✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY GITEA CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Gitea.

01

Check instance version and settings

Read the general API and repository settings on a self-hosted Gitea instance before scripting against it.

02

List organizations on the instance

Pull the list of organizations to find the right one before creating a repository under it.

03

Render a markdown preview

Render a README's markdown to HTML to preview formatting before it is committed.

02 · ACTIONS

19 Gitea actions, graded by risk.

Every Gitea action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

13

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • gitea.get_version
    Get Version
  • gitea.get_node_info
    Get Node Info
  • gitea.get_signing_key
    Get Signing Key
  • gitea.list_label_templates
    List Label Templates
  • gitea.list_license_templates
    List License Templates
  • gitea.get_general_ui_settings
    Get General UI Settings
  • gitea.get_label_template_info
    Get Label Template Info
  • gitea.get_general_api_settings
    Get General API Settings
  • gitea.list_gitignore_templates
    List Gitignore Templates
  • gitea.get_license_template_info
    Get License Template Info
  • gitea.get_gitignore_template_info
    Get Gitignore Template Info
  • gitea.get_general_attachment_settings
    Get General Attachment Settings
  • gitea.get_general_repository_settings
    Get General Repository Settings

write

6

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • gitea.org_get_all
    Get All Organizations
  • gitea.render_markup
    Render Markup
  • gitea.render_markdown
    Render Markdown
  • gitea.activitypub_person
    Get ActivityPub Person Actor
  • gitea.render_markdown_raw
    Render Markdown Raw
  • gitea.org_list_actions_secrets
    List Organization Actions Secrets

destructive

0

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Gitea in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect GiteaThey add their Gitea api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “get All Organizations” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Gitea through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('gitea', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // org_get_all
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Gitea connects.

Users add their Gitea api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same Gitea connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
API key
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Gitea from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
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More developer tools apps.

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07 · FAQ

Gitea and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Gitea with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Gitea to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Gitea actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Gitea?

Users add their Gitea api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which Gitea actions can my agent take?

19 in total: 13 read, 6 write and 0 destructive, such as “get All Organizations”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in Gitea?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the Gitea policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call Gitea too?

Yes. The same Gitea connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

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Plug Gitea into your agent.

Your users connect Gitea once, under your brand. Your agent gets 19 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan