JSONbored · real-venus · Jul 21, 2026
@@ -462,6 +462,16 @@ const markNotificationsReadShape = {
   ids: z.array(z.string().min(1)).optional(),
 };
 
+// #7763: stdio mirror of the remote loopover_watch_issues shape (src/mcp/server.ts). login is optional here,
+// resolved from `login` / the active session / LOOPOVER_LOGIN like the `watch` CLI; action defaults to `list`,
+// and watch/unwatch need repoFullName. labels filter which issues a watch surfaces.
+const watchIssuesShape = {
+  login: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  action: z.enum(["watch", "unwatch", "list"]).default("list"),
+  repoFullName: z.string().min(3).max(200).optional(),
+  labels: z.array(z.string().min(1).max(100)).max(50).optional(),
+};
+
 const loginRepoShape = {
   login: z.string().min(1),
   owner: z.string().min(1),
@@ -1255,6 +1265,12 @@ const STDIO_TOOL_DESCRIPTORS = [
     description:
       "Mark a contributor's own delivered notifications as read (clears the badge). Self-scoped; pass `ids` to clear specific notifications or omit to clear all.",
   },
+  {
+    name: "loopover_watch_issues",
+    category: "utility",
+    description:
+      "Watch repos for NEW grabbable, high-multiplier issues (maintainer-created, not WIP). action=watch subscribes a repo (optional label filter), unwatch removes it, list (default) returns your watches. When a matching issue opens you're notified via loopover_list_notifications. Self-scoped to the authenticated login.",
+  },
   {
     name: "loopover_compare_pr_variants",
     category: "branch",
@@ -2348,6 +2364,23 @@ registerStdioTool(
   },
 );
 
+// #7763: stdio mirror of the remote loopover_watch_issues + the `watch` CLI. Reuses the shared
+// watchIssuesRequest helper (same /v1/contributors/:login/watches routes the CLI calls); login resolves the
+// same way (arg / active session / LOOPOVER_LOGIN), action defaults to list, watch/unwatch need repoFullName.
+registerStdioTool(
+  "loopover_watch_issues",
+  {
+    description: stdioToolDescription("loopover_watch_issues"),
+    inputSchema: watchIssuesShape,
+  },
+  async ({ login, action, repoFullName, labels }: any) => {
+    const contributorLogin = login ?? activeProfile.session?.login ?? process.env.LOOPOVER_LOGIN ?? process.env.GITHUB_LOGIN;
+    if (!contributorLogin) throw new Error("No GitHub login: pass `login`, log in with `loopover-mcp login`, or set LOOPOVER_LOGIN.");
+    if ((action === "watch" || action === "unwatch") && !repoFullName) throw new Error(`action "${action}" requires repoFullName.`);
+    return toolResult(`Issue-watch subscriptions for ${contributorLogin}.`, await watchIssuesRequest(contributorLogin, action, repoFullName, labels));
+  },
+);
+
 registerStdioTool(
   "loopover_compare_pr_variants",
   {
@@ -4368,6 +4401,16 @@ async function notificationsCli(options: any) {
   }
 }
 
+// #7763: shared REST dispatch for a contributor's issue-watch subscriptions, reused by the `watch` CLI and the
+// loopover_watch_issues stdio tool so there is no duplicated HTTP logic. action maps list=GET, watch=POST,
+// unwatch=DELETE on the /v1/contributors/:login/watches route family (the same routes the CLI already hit).
+function watchIssuesRequest(login: any, action: any, repoFullName?: any, labels?: any) {
+  const base = `/v1/contributors/${encodeURIComponent(login)}/watches`;
+  if (action === "watch") return apiPost(base, { repoFullName, ...(labels && labels.length > 0 ? { labels } : {}) });
+  if (action === "unwatch") return apiDelete(base, { repoFullName });
+  return apiGet(base);
+}
+
 // #6746: contributor-scoped mirror of the loopover_watch_issues MCP tool and the /v1/contributors/{login}/watches
 // route family. The MCP tool's action enum maps to subcommands here: list=GET, add=POST, remove=DELETE.
 async function watchCli(args: any) {
@@ -4377,7 +4420,6 @@ async function watchCli(args: any) {
   const options = parseOptions(args.slice(1));
   const login = options.login ?? activeProfile.session?.login ?? process.env.LOOPOVER_LOGIN ?? process.env.GITHUB_LOGIN;
   if (!login) throw new Error("Pass --login <github-login>, log in with `loopover-mcp login`, or set LOOPOVER_LOGIN.");
-  const base = `/v1/contributors/${encodeURIComponent(login)}/watches`;
   // The API chooses `changed` / repo / label text, so the plain-text path is sanitized (#6261); `login` is the
   // user's own value.
   const render = (payload: any) =>
@@ -4394,7 +4436,7 @@ async function watchCli(args: any) {
   };
 
   if (subcommand === "list") {
-    emit(await apiGet(base));
+    emit(await watchIssuesRequest(login, "list"));
     return;
   }
   if (subcommand === "add" || subcommand === "remove") {
@@ -4404,9 +4446,9 @@ async function watchCli(args: any) {
     if (subcommand === "add") {
       const labels =
         typeof options.labels === "string" ? options.labels.split(",").map((label: any) => label.trim()).filter(Boolean) : [];
-      emit(await apiPost(base, { repoFullName: positional, ...(labels.length > 0 ? { labels } : {}) }));
+      emit(await watchIssuesRequest(login, "watch", positional, labels));
     } else {
-      emit(await apiDelete(base, { repoFullName: positional }));
+      emit(await watchIssuesRequest(login, "unwatch", positional));
     }
     return;
   }

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js";
+import { InMemoryTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/inMemory.js";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { closeFixtureServer, startFixtureServer } from "./support/mcp-cli-harness";
+
+// #7763: in-process coverage for the loopover_watch_issues stdio tool. Same #7764 entrypoint-guard pattern as
+// mcp-cli-repo-focus-manifest -- import the .ts, hold the exported `server`, connect an InMemoryTransport so
+// v8/Codecov attributes the registerStdioTool block + the shared watchIssuesRequest helper (a subprocess spawn
+// can't be instrumented). Drives all three actions (list=GET, watch=POST, unwatch=DELETE) end to end.
+const MODULES = ["../../packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.ts"] as const;
+
+type BinModule = {
+  server: { connect: (transport: unknown) => Promise<void> };
+};
+
+let tempDir = "";
+const watchGets: Array<{ method: string; url: string }> = [];
+const watchWrites: Array<{ method: string; body: { repoFullName?: string; labels?: string[] } }> = [];
+const loaded = new Map<string, BinModule>();
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "loopover-watch-issues-"));
+  const apiUrl = await startFixtureServer({
+    onApiRequest: (r) => {
+      if (r.method === "GET" && r.url && r.url.includes("/watches")) watchGets.push({ method: r.method ?? "", url: r.url ?? "" });
+    },
+    onWatchRequest: (req) => watchWrites.push(req),
+  });
+  process.env.LOOPOVER_API_URL = apiUrl;
+  process.env.LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN = "in-process-token";
+  process.env.LOOPOVER_API_TIMEOUT_MS = "2000";
+  process.env.LOOPOVER_CONFIG_DIR = tempDir;
+  process.env.LOOPOVER_SKIP_NPM_VERSION_CHECK = "1";
+  for (const specifier of MODULES) {
+    loaded.set(specifier, (await import(specifier)) as unknown as BinModule);
+  }
+}, 120_000);
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await closeFixtureServer();
+  if (tempDir) rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  delete process.env.LOOPOVER_API_URL;
+  delete process.env.LOOPOVER_API_TOKEN;
+  delete process.env.LOOPOVER_CONFIG_DIR;
+  delete process.env.LOOPOVER_SKIP_NPM_VERSION_CHECK;
+});
+
+async function connectClient(specifier: (typeof MODULES)[number], name: string) {
+  const mod = loaded.get(specifier)!;
+  const [clientTransport, serverTransport] = InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair();
+  await mod.server.connect(serverTransport);
+  const client = new Client({ name, version: "0.1.0" }, { capabilities: {} });
+  await client.connect(clientTransport);
+  return client;
+}
+
+describe("bin loopover_watch_issues stdio tool (in-process, #7763)", () => {
+  it.each(MODULES)("proxies list=GET, watch=POST (with/without labels), unwatch=DELETE — %s", async (specifier) => {
+    watchGets.length = 0;
+    watchWrites.length = 0;
+    const client = await connectClient(specifier, "watch-issues-test");
+    try {
+      const tool = (await client.listTools()).tools.find((entry) => entry.name === "loopover_watch_issues");
+      expect(tool).toBeDefined();
+      expect(tool?.description).toMatch(/watch repos|grabbable/i);
+
+      const list = await client.callTool({ name: "loopover_watch_issues", arguments: { login: "octocat", action: "list" } });
+      expect(list.isError).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(watchGets.at(-1)).toEqual({ method: "GET", url: "/v1/contributors/octocat/watches" });
+      expect(JSON.stringify(list)).toContain("watching");
+
+      const watch = await client.callTool({
+        name: "loopover_watch_issues",
+        arguments: { login: "octocat", action: "watch", repoFullName: "acme/widgets", labels: ["bug"] },
+      });
+      expect(watch.isError).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(watchWrites.at(-1)).toEqual({ method: "POST", body: { repoFullName: "acme/widgets", labels: ["bug"] } });
+
+      // No labels -> the shared helper omits the labels key entirely.
+      await client.callTool({ name: "loopover_watch_issues", arguments: { login: "octocat", action: "watch", repoFullName: "acme/gadgets" } });
+      expect(watchWrites.at(-1)).toEqual({ method: "POST", body: { repoFullName: "acme/gadgets" } });
+
+      const unwatch = await client.callTool({
+        name: "loopover_watch_issues",
+        arguments: { login: "octocat", action: "unwatch", repoFullName: "acme/widgets" },
+      });
+      expect(unwatch.isError).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(watchWrites.at(-1)).toEqual({ method: "DELETE", body: { repoFullName: "acme/widgets" } });
+    } finally {
+      await client.close().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it.each(MODULES)("errors (no request) when watch/unwatch is missing repoFullName — %s", async (specifier) => {
+    watchWrites.length = 0;
+    const client = await connectClient(specifier, "watch-issues-guard");
+    try {
+      const result = await client.callTool({ name: "loopover_watch_issues", arguments: { login: "octocat", action: "watch" } });
+      expect(result.isError).toBe(true);
+      expect(JSON.stringify(result.content)).toMatch(/requires repoFullName/i);
+      expect(watchWrites).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      await client.close().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it.each(MODULES)("errors when no login can be resolved from arg/session/env — %s", async (specifier) => {
+    const savedLogin = process.env.LOOPOVER_LOGIN;
+    const savedGh = process.env.GITHUB_LOGIN;
+    delete process.env.LOOPOVER_LOGIN;
+    delete process.env.GITHUB_LOGIN;
+    const client = await connectClient(specifier, "watch-issues-nologin");
+    try {
+      const result = await client.callTool({ name: "loopover_watch_issues", arguments: { action: "list" } });
+      expect(result.isError).toBe(true);
+      expect(JSON.stringify(result.content)).toMatch(/No GitHub login|LOOPOVER_LOGIN/i);
+    } finally {
+      await client.close().catch(() => undefined);
+      if (savedLogin !== undefined) process.env.LOOPOVER_LOGIN = savedLogin;
+      if (savedGh !== undefined) process.env.GITHUB_LOGIN = savedGh;
+    }
+  });
+});
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 // (#7797 registered the loopover_get_ams_miner_cohort remote+stdio tool, taking the count from 87 to 88.)
 // (#7808 registered the loopover_get_repo_focus_manifest remote+stdio tool, taking the count from 88 to 89.)
 // (#7762 registered the loopover_mark_notifications_read stdio tool, taking the count from 89 to 90.)
+// (#7763 registered the loopover_watch_issues stdio tool, taking the count from 90 to 91.)
 import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js";
 import { StdioClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/stdio.js";
 import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -78,14 +79,14 @@ describe("MCP legacy alias retirement (#4777) — discovery invariants", () => {
   });
   afterEach(disconnect);
 
-  it("lists exactly 90 loopover_ tools and zero gittensory_-prefixed aliases", async () => {
+  it("lists exactly 91 loopover_ tools and zero gittensory_-prefixed aliases", async () => {
     const { tools } = await client.listTools();
     const names = tools.map((t) => t.name);
     const primary = names.filter((n) => n.startsWith("loopover_"));
     const legacy = names.filter((n) => n.startsWith("gittensory_"));
-    expect(primary.length).toBe(90);
+    expect(primary.length).toBe(91);
     expect(legacy.length).toBe(0);
-    expect(names.length).toBe(90);
+    expect(names.length).toBe(91);
   });
 
   it("no loopover_ tool's description carries a stale deprecation notice", async () => {
@@ -97,14 +98,14 @@ describe("MCP legacy alias retirement (#4777) — discovery invariants", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("`loopover-mcp tools --json` reports the same 90-tool count the live server registers", async () => {
+  it("`loopover-mcp tools --json` reports the same 91-tool count the live server registers", async () => {
     const { tools } = await client.listTools();
     const payload = JSON.parse(run(["tools", "--json"])) as {
       count: number;
       tools: Array<{ name: string }>;
     };
     expect(payload.count).toBe(tools.length);
-    expect(payload.count).toBe(90);
+    expect(payload.count).toBe(91);
     expect([...payload.tools.map((t) => t.name)].sort()).toEqual(
       [...tools.map((t) => t.name)].sort(),
     );