Managing Forgejo

Forgejo Management Skill

Manage and monitor Forgejo repositories, organizations, users, Actions runners, and webhooks.

MANDATORY: Discovery-First Pattern

Always list organizations and repositories before querying specific resources.

Phase 1: Discovery

#!/bin/bash

FORGEJO_API="${FORGEJO_URL}/api/v1"

forgejo_api() {
    curl -s -H "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
         "${FORGEJO_API}/${1}"
}

echo "=== Forgejo Version ==="
forgejo_api "version" | jq '.version'

echo ""
echo "=== Organizations ==="
forgejo_api "orgs?limit=20" | jq -r '
    .[] |
    "\(.username)\t\(.full_name // "")\t\(.visibility)"
' | column -t

echo ""
echo "=== Repositories ==="
forgejo_api "repos/search?limit=30&sort=updated&order=desc" | jq -r '
    .data[] |
    "\(.full_name)\t\(.default_branch)\t\(.private)\t\(.updated_at[:10])\t\(.fork)"
' | column -t | head -30

echo ""
echo "=== Users ==="
forgejo_api "admin/users?limit=30" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '
    .[]? |
    "\(.login)\t\(.email)\t\(.is_admin)\t\(.active)\t\(.last_login[:10])"
' | column -t | head -20

Phase 2: Analysis

#!/bin/bash

echo "=== Actions Runners ==="
forgejo_api "admin/runners" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '
    .[]? |
    "\(.id)\t\(.name)\t\(.status)\t\(.labels | join(","))"
' | column -t | head -15

echo ""
echo "=== Branch Protection ==="
forgejo_api "repos/search?limit=10&sort=updated&order=desc" | jq -r '.data[].full_name' | while read repo; do
    forgejo_api "repos/${repo}/branch_protections" | jq -r --arg repo "$repo" '
        .[]? |
        "\($repo)\t\(.branch_name)\tapprovals=\(.required_approvals)\tpush=\(.enable_push_whitelist)"
    '
done | column -t | head -15

echo ""
echo "=== Webhooks ==="
forgejo_api "repos/search?limit=10&sort=updated&order=desc" | jq -r '.data[].full_name' | while read repo; do
    forgejo_api "repos/${repo}/hooks" | jq -r --arg repo "$repo" '
        .[]? |
        "\($repo)\t\(.type)\t\(.active)\t\(.config.url[:40])"
    '
done | column -t | head -15

echo ""
echo "=== Open Issues & PRs ==="
forgejo_api "repos/search?limit=10&sort=updated&order=desc" | jq -r '.data[] |
    "\(.full_name)\tissues=\(.open_issues_count)\tprs=\(.open_pr_counter)"
' | column -t | head -15

echo ""
echo "=== Federation Status ==="
forgejo_api "nodeinfo" 2>/dev/null | jq '{
    software: .software,
    total_users: .usage.users.total,
    active_users: .usage.users.activeMonth,
    local_posts: .usage.localPosts
}' 2>/dev/null || echo "Federation not enabled"

Output Rules

• TOKEN EFFICIENCY: Target <=50 lines per output
• Use limit and sort parameters
• Never dump full repository contents -- extract metadata and status

Output Format

Present results as a structured report:

Managing Forgejo Report
═══════════════════════
Resources discovered: [count]

Resource       Status    Key Metric    Issues
──────────────────────────────────────────────
[name]         [ok/warn] [value]       [findings]

Summary: [total] resources | [ok] healthy | [warn] warnings | [crit] critical
Action Items: [list of prioritized findings]

Target ≤50 lines of output. Use tables for multi-resource comparisons.

Anti-Hallucination Rules

1. NEVER assume resource names — always discover via CLI/API in Phase 1 before referencing in Phase 2.
2. NEVER fabricate metric names or dimensions — verify against the service documentation or --help output.
3. NEVER mix CLI commands between service versions — confirm which version/API you are targeting.
4. ALWAYS use the discovery → verify → analyze chain — every resource referenced must have been discovered first.
5. ALWAYS handle empty results gracefully — an empty response is valid data, not an error to retry.

Counter-Rationalizations

Common Pitfalls

• Gitea compatibility: Forgejo API is Gitea-compatible but may diverge -- check version-specific docs
• Actions runners: Forgejo Actions requires registered runners -- check runner availability
• Federation: ActivityPub federation is experimental -- not all instances enable it
• Admin endpoints: Admin API requires admin-level tokens
• Mirror sync: Mirrored repositories sync on intervals -- check sync timestamps
• Storage backends: Forgejo supports multiple storage backends -- check config for S3/minio
• Package registry: Built-in package registry shares storage with repository data