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+# Sprint 9 - Gitea Labels API Requires Org Context
+
+**Date**: 2026-01-17
+**Tags**: gitea, mcp, api, labels, projman, configuration
+
+---
+
+## Context
+Creating Gitea issues with labels via MCP tools during Sprint 9 planning for the personal-portfolio project.
+
+## Problem
+When calling `create_issue` with a `labels` parameter, received:
+```
+404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://gitea.hotserv.cloud/api/v1/orgs/lmiranda/labels
+```
+
+The API attempted to fetch labels from an **organization** endpoint, but `lmiranda` is a **user account**, not an organization.
+
+## Solution
+Created issues without the `labels` parameter and documented intended labels in the issue body instead:
+```markdown
+**Labels:** Type/Feature, Priority/Medium, Complexity/Simple, Efforts/XS, Component/Docs, Tech/Python
+```
+
+This provides visibility into intended categorization while avoiding the API error.
+
+## Prevention
+- When working with user-owned repos (not org repos), avoid using the `labels` parameter in `create_issue`
+- Document labels in issue body as a workaround
+- Consider creating a repo-level label set for user repos (Gitea supports this)
+- Update projman plugin to handle user vs org repos differently