update_issue

Instructions

Args:
    project_id: GitLab project ID
    issue_iid: Issue IID
    title: New title (optional)
    description: New description (optional)
    state_event: State change (close, reopen) (optional)
    token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
    ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)

Implementation Reference

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:932-955 (handler)

  The update_issue tool handler function. It updates a GitLab issue by making a PUT request to /projects/{project_id}/issues/{issue_iid} with optional title, description, and state_event parameters.

  @mcp.tool()
  async def update_issue(project_id: int, issue_iid: int, title: str = None, description: str = None, state_event: str = None, token: str = None, ctx=None) -> str:
      """Update an issue.
      
      Args:
          project_id: GitLab project ID
          issue_iid: Issue IID
          title: New title (optional)
          description: New description (optional)
          state_event: State change (close, reopen) (optional)
          token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
          ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)
      """
      data = {}
      if title: data["title"] = title
      if description: data["description"] = description
      if state_event: data["state_event"] = state_event
      
      result = await make_gitlab_request(f"/projects/{project_id}/issues/{issue_iid}", "PUT", data, ctx=ctx, token=token)
      
      if isinstance(result, dict) and "error" in result:
          return f"Error updating issue: {result['error']}"
      
      return f"Issue updated: #{result['iid']} - {result['title']} ({result['state']})"

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:932-932 (registration)

  The @mcp.tool() decorator registers update_issue as an MCP tool with FastMCP.

  @mcp.tool()

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

  The make_gitlab_request helper function used by update_issue to make HTTP PUT 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)}