How to connect Gitea MCP with Cursor

Connect Cursor to Gitea MCP. List all open issues in your repository, create a new pull request for dev branch, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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How to integrate Gitea MCP with Cursor

Cursor is one of the leading AI-powered code editors. It is built to help developers write, understand, and refactor code faster with AI assistance built directly into the editor.

And in this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Gitea account to Cursor via Composio Connect, so it can list all open issues in your repository, create a new pull request for dev branch, get commit history for a specific file, and more without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why Composio?

  • 1,500+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Skip the work of building and maintaining integrations, Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors.
  • One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand. A remote CLI workbench lets LLMs compose these tools into workflows for complex automation.

Connect Gitea to Cursor

Two ways to install — pick whichever you prefer.

1. Install with one click

Click the button below to add Composio to Cursor.

↗Install in Cursor

2. Or add manually

Add to your Cursor mcp.json

Open .cursor/mcp.json in your project root (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for global config) and add the following configuration:

bash
{
  "servers": {
    "composio": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Authorize

Restart Cursor, then click "Connect" next to Composio in MCP Tools settings.

Cursor MCP Tools settings with Connect button next to Composio

A browser window will open to authorize.

Composio authorization browser window

Connect your Gitea account

Back in Cursor, ask the agent to connect to Gitea or give it any Gitea-related task.

For example, ask it to:

  • "List all open issues in your repository"
  • "Create a new pull request for dev branch"
  • "Get commit history for a specific file"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access to Gitea.

That is it. Composio tools are now available in Cursor, and your Gitea account is ready to use.

Conclusion

You have successfully connected Gitea to Cursor using Composio Connect. Your agent can now use Gitea securely without exposing credentials in prompts or local scripts.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Gitea action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Get ActivityPub Person Actor

Tool to retrieve the ActivityPub Person actor for a Gitea user.

Add Issue Dependency

Make one repository issue depend on another issue.

Cancel Workflow Run

Cancel an active Actions workflow run and return its resulting state.

Change Repository Files

Create, update, upload, rename, or delete files in one repository commit.

Create Branch

Create a repository branch from a branch, tag, or commit reference.

Create Issue

Create an issue with optional assignments and repository relationships.

Create Pull Request

Open a pull request between repository branches.

Create Repository Label

Create a repository label with configurable display and behavior settings.

Dispatch Workflow

Trigger a workflow_dispatch event and return the created run details.

Get Branch

Retrieve a repository branch, its commit, and effective protection state.

Get Commit

Retrieve one repository commit by Git ref or SHA.

Get Commit Status

Get the combined status and individual checks for a commit reference.

Get Current User

Return the Gitea user authenticated by the connected API token.

Get General API Settings

Tool to retrieve the Gitea instance's global API settings including pagination limits and response size constraints.

Get General Attachment Settings

Tool to retrieve the Gitea instance's global settings for file attachments including enabled status, allowed file types, size limits, and file count limits.

Get General Repository Settings

Tool to retrieve the Gitea instance's global settings for repositories including feature flags for mirroring, HTTP Git, migrations, stars, time tracking, and LFS.

Get General UI Settings

Tool to retrieve the Gitea instance's global settings for UI including default theme, allowed reactions, and custom emojis.

Get Gitignore Template Info

Tool to retrieve information about a specific gitignore template.

Get Git Object

Retrieve a repository Git tree or blob by object SHA.

Get Label Template Info

Tool to retrieve all labels from a specific label template.

Get License Template Info

Tool to retrieve information about a specific license template.

Get Node Info

Tool to retrieve the nodeinfo of the Gitea application.

Get Pull Request

Retrieve one pull request and its current merge state and references.

Get Release by Tag

Retrieve a repository release by its exact tag name.

Get Repository

Retrieve metadata and capabilities for one repository.

Get Repository Contents

Retrieve file content or directory entries from a repository path.

Get Signing Key

Tool to retrieve the default GPG signing key used by Gitea to sign commits.

Get Version

Tool to retrieve the version of the Gitea application.

Get Workflow Job

Get structured status and step details for one Gitea Actions job.

Get Workflow Job Logs

Retrieve the plain-text diagnostic log for a repository Actions job.

List Branches

List repository branches and their head commits.

List Commits

List and filter commits in a repository.

List Gitignore Templates

Tool to retrieve all available gitignore templates.

List Issue Comments

List comments on a repository issue, optionally bounded by update time.

List Label Templates

Tool to retrieve all available label templates.

List License Templates

Tool to retrieve all available license templates.

List Pull Request Files

List files changed by a pull request.

List Pull Requests

Filter and list pull requests in a repository.

List Workflow Run Jobs

List jobs and step outcomes for one repository Actions workflow run.

List Workflow Runs

List and filter Actions workflow runs for a repository.

Merge Pull Request

Merge now or after checks using a selected strategy, with optional requirement bypass and source-branch deletion.

Get All Organizations

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of all organizations in the Gitea instance.

List Organization Actions Secrets

Tool to list all action secrets for an organization.

Render Markdown

Tool to render a markdown document as HTML with configurable rendering modes and context.

Render Markdown Raw

Tool to render raw markdown text as HTML.

Render Markup

Tool to render a markup document as HTML with support for multiple markup formats.

Upsert Repository File

Create, update, move, or rename a file, optionally on a new branch with force-push.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Gitea MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Gitea tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Gitea and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Cursor fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Gitea tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Gitea scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Gitea data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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