update_project

Instructions

Args:
    project_id: GitLab project ID
    name: New project name (optional)
    description: New description (optional)
    visibility: New visibility (private, internal, public) (optional)
    token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
    ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)

Implementation Reference

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:662-684 (handler)

  The 'update_project' tool handler - an async function decorated with @mcp.tool() that updates a GitLab project's name, description, and/or visibility via PUT request to /projects/{project_id}.

  @mcp.tool()
  async def update_project(project_id: int, name: str = None, description: str = None, visibility: str = None, token: str = None, ctx=None) -> str:
      """Update project settings.
      
      Args:
          project_id: GitLab project ID
          name: New project name (optional)
          description: New description (optional)
          visibility: New visibility (private, internal, public) (optional)
          token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
          ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)
      """
      data = {}
      if name: data["name"] = name
      if description: data["description"] = description
      if visibility: data["visibility"] = visibility
      
      result = await make_gitlab_request(f"/projects/{project_id}", "PUT", data, ctx=ctx, token=token)
      
      if isinstance(result, dict) and "error" in result:
          return f"Error updating project: {result['error']}"
      
      return f"Project updated: {result['name']} (ID: {result['id']})"

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:663-673 (schema)

  Input schema/definition for 'update_project' - defines parameters: project_id (required int), name (optional str), description (optional str), visibility (optional str), token (optional str), ctx (auto-injected context).

  async def update_project(project_id: int, name: str = None, description: str = None, visibility: str = None, token: str = None, ctx=None) -> str:
      """Update project settings.
      
      Args:
          project_id: GitLab project ID
          name: New project name (optional)
          description: New description (optional)
          visibility: New visibility (private, internal, public) (optional)
          token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
          ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)
      """

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:662-662 (registration)

  The @mcp.tool() decorator on line 662 registers 'update_project' as an MCP tool with the FastMCP server instance.

  @mcp.tool()

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

  The 'make_gitlab_request' helper function used by update_project to make the PUT request 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)}