search_projects

Instructions

Args:
    query: Search query
    token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
    ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)

Implementation Reference

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:570-592 (handler)

  The search_projects tool handler function. It accepts a query string, encodes it, makes a GET request to /projects?search=<query> on the GitLab API, and returns a formatted list of matching projects (up to 10). It is registered via the @mcp.tool() decorator.

  @mcp.tool()
  async def search_projects(query: str, token: str = None, ctx=None) -> str:
      """Search for projects.
      
      Args:
          query: Search query
          token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
          ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)
      """
      import urllib.parse
      encoded_query = urllib.parse.quote(query)
      endpoint = f"/projects?search={encoded_query}"
      data = await make_gitlab_request(endpoint, ctx=ctx, token=token)
      
      if isinstance(data, dict) and "error" in data:
          return f"Error: {data['error']}"
      if not data:
          return "No projects found."
      
      projects = []
      for project in data[:10]:
          projects.append(f"• {project['name']} ({project['path_with_namespace']}) - ID: {project['id']}")
      return "\n".join(projects)

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:570-570 (registration)

  The tool is registered via the @mcp.tool() decorator on line 570, applied to the search_projects async function.

  @mcp.tool()

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:11-52 (helper)

  The make_gitlab_request helper function used by search_projects (and all other tools) to make authenticated HTTP requests to the GitLab API.

  async def make_gitlab_request(endpoint: str, method: str = "GET", data: dict = None, ctx=None, token: str = None) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
      """Make a request to GitLab API with proper error handling."""
      # Priority: 1. Explicit token parameter, 2. Context headers, 3. Environment variable
      
      # If no explicit token provided, try to get from context
      if not token and ctx and hasattr(ctx, 'request_context') and ctx.request_context:
          # Try to get from request headers
          if hasattr(ctx.request_context, 'headers'):
              token = ctx.request_context.headers.get('GITLAB_TOKEN')
      
      # Fallback to environment variable
      if not token:
          token = os.getenv("GITLAB_TOKEN")
      
      if not token:
          return {"error": "GitLab token not provided. Please provide a token parameter, GITLAB_TOKEN in the request headers, or set the environment variable."}
      
      # Get GitLab URL (from context or environment)
      gitlab_url = os.getenv("GITLAB_URL", "https://gitlab.com")
      
      headers = {
          "PRIVATE-TOKEN": token,
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
      }
      
      url = f"{gitlab_url}/api/v4{endpoint}"
      
      async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
          try:
              if method == "GET":
                  response = await client.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
              elif method == "POST":
                  response = await client.post(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=30.0)
              elif method == "PUT":
                  response = await client.put(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=30.0)
              elif method == "DELETE":
                  response = await client.delete(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
              
              response.raise_for_status()
              return response.json() if response.content else {"success": True}
          except Exception as e:
              return {"error": str(e)}