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Your self-hosted Gitea instance gets a conversational AI layer

Teams running Gitea for lightweight, self-hosted Git need quick answers about instance configuration, templates, and organizations. Your AI agent queries the Gitea API to surface repository settings, gitignore templates, license info, and more, turning admin lookups into instant chat responses.

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From gitignore templates to organization listings, your AI agent surfaces Gitea configuration data and server metadata so your team spends less time navigating admin panels.

Fetch Gitignore Templates

A developer creating a new repository asks which gitignore templates are available. Your AI agent calls the Gitea list gitignore templates endpoint, returns every supported language option, and delivers the full template content for their chosen stack.

Browse License Templates

Someone needs to pick the right open-source license for a project. The agent retrieves the complete list of available license templates from Gitea and provides the full text of MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, or whichever license they select.

List All Organizations

An admin wants a quick overview of organizations on the instance. Your agent queries the paginated organization list from Gitea, returns names and details, and helps the admin locate the right org without clicking through the web UI.

Retrieve API Settings

A developer building a custom integration asks about rate limits and pagination caps. The agent fetches Gitea's global API settings, including max response sizes and page limits, giving developers the exact constraints they need to build against.

Render Markdown to HTML

A team member wants to preview how their README will look once committed. The agent sends the raw markdown to Gitea's render endpoint and returns formatted HTML, acting as an instant documentation previewer within the conversation.

Check Instance Version

Your DevOps engineer needs to verify which Gitea version is running before applying an upgrade. The agent calls the version endpoint and reports the exact server version, helping teams confirm compatibility with new features or plugins.

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Self-hosted Git, smarter access

See how teams running Gitea use AI to accelerate repository setup, simplify instance administration, and remove friction from developer onboarding.

New Repository Setup in a Single Conversation

A developer wants to spin up a Go project with the right gitignore and license. Your AI Agent lists available gitignore templates, recommends Go, retrieves the MIT license content, and presents both for review. The developer copies the templates into their new repo, all from one chat exchange instead of navigating three different admin pages.

Pre-Upgrade Version Verification Across Instances

Your infrastructure team manages multiple Gitea instances across environments. Before rolling out an upgrade, the ops engineer asks the AI Agent for the current version of each connected instance. The agent returns precise version numbers instantly, letting the team confirm which servers need updating without SSH-ing into each machine.

Onboarding Developers to Organization Structure

A new hire asks which teams exist on the company Gitea instance. Your AI Agent lists all organizations with pagination, describes each one, and helps the developer find where their project lives. Instead of asking three colleagues or scrolling through the web UI, the new hire gets oriented in a single conversation.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the AI agent connect to any self-hosted Gitea instance?

Yes, as long as your Gitea instance is reachable over HTTPS with a valid API key. On-premise, cloud-hosted, and containerized Gitea deployments all work. The agent connects to whichever base URL your Gitea instance runs on, whether that is a custom domain or an internal IP.

What Gitea permissions does the API key need?

The API key requires access to the endpoints you want the agent to use. For basic operations like listing templates, checking versions, and browsing organizations, a standard user token is sufficient. Admin-level tokens are needed only for instance-wide settings retrieval.

Does the integration work with Gitea Actions CI/CD workflows?

The current integration focuses on instance metadata, templates, organizations, and rendering endpoints. It can retrieve organization-level action secrets for auditing purposes. Direct pipeline triggering or workflow management is not part of the current subtool set.

Is my source code exposed through this integration?

No. The current API endpoints available through this integration cover templates, settings, organizations, and markdown rendering. Repository file contents and source code are not accessed. Your codebase stays private within your Gitea instance.

Can the agent render AsciiDoc or other markup formats besides Markdown?

Yes. Gitea's render markup endpoint supports multiple formats including Markdown, AsciiDoc, and others depending on your Gitea configuration. The agent passes the content with the appropriate mode parameter to get correctly formatted HTML output.

How is this different from using the Gitea web interface directly?

The Gitea web UI requires navigating multiple pages to find templates, check versions, or browse organizations. With Tars, your team asks a question in chat and gets the answer immediately. No login screens, no page navigation, just instant responses from your Gitea data.

Does the agent support Gitea's federation (ActivityPub) features?

Yes. The agent can retrieve the ActivityPub Person actor for any Gitea user, providing ActivityStreams-formatted data useful for understanding federated identity across Gitea instances. This supports teams exploring Gitea's decentralized collaboration features.

What happens if the Gitea instance goes offline during a conversation?

If the Gitea API is unreachable, the agent informs the user that the instance is currently unavailable and suggests checking server status. It does not retry indefinitely or hang. The conversation continues, and the user can try the query again once the instance is back online.

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