get_maintainer_problems

Retrieve reported package issues for a specific maintainer to identify and address problems in repositories. Filter by repository or paginate results as needed.

Instructions

Get problems reported for packages maintained by a specific person.

Args:
    maintainer: Maintainer email address
    repository: Optional repository to limit results to
    start_from: Project name to start from for pagination

Returns:
    JSON formatted list of problems for the maintainer

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`maintainer`	Yes
`repository`	No
`start_from`	No

Implementation Reference

src/repology_mcp/server.py:307-346 (handler)

Primary MCP tool handler for 'get_maintainer_problems'. Registers the tool via @mcp.tool(), executes the logic by delegating to RepologyClient, handles exceptions, and returns JSON-formatted problems list.

@mcp.tool()
async def get_maintainer_problems(
    maintainer: str,
    repository: Optional[str] = None,
    start_from: Optional[str] = None,
    ctx: Context[ServerSession, AppContext] = None,
) -> str:
    """Get problems reported for packages maintained by a specific person.

    Args:
        maintainer: Maintainer email address
        repository: Optional repository to limit results to
        start_from: Project name to start from for pagination

    Returns:
        JSON formatted list of problems for the maintainer
    """
    try:
        client = ctx.request_context.lifespan_context.repology_client
        problems = await client.get_maintainer_problems(
            maintainer=maintainer, repository=repository, start_from=start_from
        )

        if not problems:
            msg = f"No problems found for maintainer '{maintainer}'"
            if repository:
                msg += f" in repository '{repository}'"
            return json.dumps({"message": msg})

        return _problems_to_json(problems)

    except RepologyNotFoundError:
        return json.dumps({"error": f"Maintainer '{maintainer}' not found"})
    except RepologyAPIError as e:
        await ctx.error(f"Repology API error: {e}")
        return json.dumps({"error": str(e)})
    except Exception as e:
        await ctx.error(f"Unexpected error getting maintainer problems: {e}")
        return json.dumps({"error": f"Unexpected error: {e}"})

src/repology_mcp/client.py:321-366 (helper)

RepologyClient helper method that constructs the API endpoint, makes the HTTP request to Repology, validates response data using Problem models, and returns list of Problem objects.

async def get_maintainer_problems(
    self,
    maintainer: str,
    repository: Optional[str] = None,
    start_from: Optional[str] = None,
) -> ProblemsData:
    """Get problems for packages maintained by a specific person.

    Args:
        maintainer: Maintainer email address
        repository: Optional repository to limit results to
        start_from: Project name to start from for pagination

    Returns:
        List of problems
    """
    if repository:
        endpoint = (
            f"maintainer/{quote(maintainer)}/problems-for-repo/{quote(repository)}"
        )
    else:
        endpoint = f"maintainer/{quote(maintainer)}/problems"

    params = {}
    if start_from:
        params["start"] = start_from

    try:
        data = await self._make_request(endpoint, params)

        if not isinstance(data, list):
            raise RepologyAPIError(f"Expected list, got {type(data)}")

        problems = []
        for item in data:
            try:
                problems.append(Problem.model_validate(item))
            except ValidationError as e:
                print(f"Warning: Failed to validate problem data: {e}")
                continue

        return problems

    except Exception as e:
        raise RepologyAPIError(f"Failed to get maintainer problems: {e}")

src/repology_mcp/models.py:36-46 (schema)

Pydantic schema/model for Problem objects, used to validate and structure the data returned by the Repology API in get_maintainer_problems.

class Problem(BaseModel):
    """A problem reported for a package."""

    type: str = Field(description="Problem type")
    data: Dict[str, Any] = Field(description="Additional problem details")
    project_name: str = Field(description="Repology project name")
    version: str = Field(description="Package version")
    srcname: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Source package name")
    binname: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Binary package name")
    rawversion: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Raw package version")

src/repology_mcp/server.py:45-47 (helper)

Helper utility to serialize list of Problem models to pretty-printed JSON string for the tool response.

def _problems_to_json(problems: List[Problem]) -> str:
    """Convert problems list to formatted JSON string."""
    return json.dumps([prob.model_dump() for prob in problems], indent=2)

src/repology_mcp/server.py:307-307 (registration)
MCP tool registration decorator that registers the get_maintainer_problems function as an MCP tool.
```
@mcp.tool()
```

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