From 3abd454462f48ba471d5aa633cea683635a740af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cal Corum <calcorum@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 15:31:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update backlog skill to use gitea-mcp, sync settings and
 plugin lists

- backlog/SKILL.md: Prioritize gitea-mcp MCP server over raw curl API calls
- settings.json: Updated configuration
- plugins: Updated blocklist and known_marketplaces
- Removed stale mcp-needs-auth-cache.json

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 mcp-needs-auth-cache.json       |  1 -
 plugins/blocklist.json          |  2 +-
 plugins/known_marketplaces.json |  2 +-
 settings.json                   | 10 +++++-----
 skills/backlog/SKILL.md         | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 mcp-needs-auth-cache.json

diff --git a/mcp-needs-auth-cache.json b/mcp-needs-auth-cache.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fc2f78e..0000000
--- a/mcp-needs-auth-cache.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"claude.ai Gmail":{"timestamp":1772381125579},"claude.ai Google Calendar":{"timestamp":1772381125634}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/blocklist.json b/plugins/blocklist.json
index fe77a8e..9044ce1 100644
--- a/plugins/blocklist.json
+++ b/plugins/blocklist.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "fetchedAt": "2026-03-01T16:05:25.240Z",
+  "fetchedAt": "2026-03-01T21:28:28.525Z",
   "plugins": [
     {
       "plugin": "code-review@claude-plugins-official",
diff --git a/plugins/known_marketplaces.json b/plugins/known_marketplaces.json
index 6e4f3fb..d8928be 100644
--- a/plugins/known_marketplaces.json
+++ b/plugins/known_marketplaces.json
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
       "repo": "anthropics/claude-code"
     },
     "installLocation": "/home/cal/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/claude-code-plugins",
-    "lastUpdated": "2026-03-01T16:05:33.053Z"
+    "lastUpdated": "2026-03-01T21:28:57.673Z"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
index 2b2c691..7825e2d 100644
--- a/settings.json
+++ b/settings.json
@@ -166,16 +166,16 @@
       }
     ]
   },
-  "statusLine": {
-    "type": "command",
-    "command": "bash /home/cal/.claude/scripts/claude-statusline/statusline.sh"
-  },
-  "enabledPlugins": {
+"enabledPlugins": {
     "playground@claude-plugins-official": true,
     "claude-code-setup@claude-plugins-official": true,
     "frontend-design@claude-plugins-official": true,
     "rust-analyzer-lsp@claude-plugins-official": true
   },
+  "statusLine": {
+    "type": "command",
+    "command": "/home/cal/.claude/scripts/claude-statusline/statusline.sh"
+  },
   "autoUpdatesChannel": "latest",
   "skipDangerousModePermissionPrompt": true,
   "effortLevel": "medium"
diff --git a/skills/backlog/SKILL.md b/skills/backlog/SKILL.md
index 0f3b30b..48c5cda 100644
--- a/skills/backlog/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/backlog/SKILL.md
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ If no `git.manticorum.com` remote is found, ask the user which repo to check.
 
 ### Step 2: Fetch open issues from Gitea
 
+**Primary method — use `gitea-mcp` MCP server:**
+
+Use ToolSearch to load `mcp__gitea-mcp__list_repo_issues`, then call it:
+
+```
+mcp__gitea-mcp__list_repo_issues(owner="{owner}", repo="{repo}", state="open", type="issues", limit=20)
+```
+
+**Fallback — if MCP is unavailable, use curl:**
+
 ```bash
 curl -s -H "Authorization: token $(cat /home/cal/.claude/secrets/gitea_token)" \
   "https://git.manticorum.com/api/v1/repos/{owner/repo}/issues?state=open&type=issues&limit=20&sort=priority" \
@@ -77,6 +87,16 @@ For each TODO found:
 2. Group related TODOs if they're in the same function/section
 3. Create a Gitea issue for each distinct task:
 
+**Primary method — use `gitea-mcp` MCP server:**
+
+Use ToolSearch to load `mcp__gitea-mcp__create_issue`, then call it:
+
+```
+mcp__gitea-mcp__create_issue(owner="{owner}", repo="{repo}", title="Clear, actionable title", body="Found in `file/path.py:42`:\n\n```\n# TODO: the original comment\n```\n\nContext: brief description.")
+```
+
+**Fallback — if MCP is unavailable, use curl:**
+
 ```bash
 curl -s -X POST \
   -H "Authorization: token $(cat /home/cal/.claude/secrets/gitea_token)" \