How to integrate Gitea MCP with OpenClaw

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Gitea with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Gitea via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Gitea is a lightweight, community-managed code hosting solution written in Go. It offers simple, fast, and self-hosted Git repository management for teams and individuals.

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Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Gitea with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Gitea via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Gitea with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Copy the setup prompt from the OpenClaw dashboard
  • Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
  • Authenticate Gitea from the dashboard
  • Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

bash
openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin

2. Copy the API Key from dashboard.composio.dev

3. Setup OpenClaw Config

bash
openclaw config set plugins.entries.composio.config.consumerKey "ck_your_key_here"

4. Restart OpenClaw

bash
openclaw gateway restart

5. Go to your chat interface and start asking questions.

6. When prompted, authenticate the app and you're all set.

How It Works

The plugin connects to Composio's MCP server at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and registers all available tools directly into the OpenClaw agent. Tools are called by name — no extra search or execute steps needed.

If a tool returns an auth error, the agent will prompt you to connect that toolkit at dashboard.composio.dev.

Configuration

bash
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "composio": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "consumerKey": "ck_your_key_here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
OptionDescriptionDefault
enabledEnable or disable the plugintrue
consumerKeyYour Composio consumer key (ck_...)
mcpUrlMCP server URL (advanced)https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

What is the Gitea MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Gitea MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Gitea account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Gitea operations on your behalf.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Gitea with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Gitea directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
  • Natural language commands for Gitea operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking OpenClaw to perform various Gitea operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
  • Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities
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.

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 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 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.

List Gitignore Templates

Tool to retrieve all available gitignore templates.

List Label Templates

Tool to retrieve all available label templates.

List License Templates

Tool to retrieve all available license templates.

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.

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. OpenClaw 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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