renovate-mcp 0.2.0 → 0.4.0

package/README.md

@@ -4,26 +4,38 @@ An MCP server for designing [Renovate](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate)
 
 ## What it does
 
-Seven tools plus a preset reference:
+Eight tools plus a preset reference:
 
 | Tool | What it does |
 | --- | --- |
 | `check_setup` | Report Renovate CLI + validator availability, versions, env overrides, and install hints. Also runs at server startup and embeds the result in the server's `instructions` when anything's missing. |
 | `read_config` | Locate and parse `renovate.json` / `renovate.json5` / `.renovaterc*` / `.github/renovate.json` / `.gitlab/renovate.json` / `package.json#renovate` in a repo — in Renovate's priority order. |
-| `resolve_config` | Expand every `extends` preset against the committed catalogue and return the fully resolved config (offline; no `renovate` invocation). Flags unresolvable entries with a reason. Opt in to fetching `github>` / `gitlab>` presets over HTTPS with `externalPresets: true` (auth via `GITHUB_TOKEN` / `GITLAB_TOKEN` / `RENOVATE_TOKEN`). |
+| `resolve_config` | Expand every `extends` preset against the committed catalogue and return the fully resolved config (offline; no `renovate` invocation). Flags unresolvable entries with a reason. Opt in to fetching `github>` / `gitlab>` presets over HTTPS with `externalPresets: true` (auth via `RENOVATE_TOKEN`, or `GITHUB_TOKEN` / `GITLAB_TOKEN` as platform-specific fallbacks). For GitHub Enterprise or self-hosted GitLab, pass `endpoint` (API base URL) — and `platform` in addition to route `local>` presets through the same host. `bitbucket>`, `gitea>`, and npm presets remain in `presetsUnresolved` regardless. |
 | `preview_custom_manager` | Preview a `customManagers` (regex) entry against a local repo — offline, no `renovate` invocation. Shows which files match `fileMatch`, which lines match each `matchStrings` regex with named capture groups, and what dep info the template fields produce. Intended for fast regex iteration; run `dry_run` afterwards for full-fidelity confirmation. |
 | `validate_config` | Run `renovate-config-validator` against a file or inline object. |
-| `dry_run` | Run Renovate with `--platform=local --dry-run`, return the structured JSON report (no PRs, no pushes). |
+| `lint_config` | Semantic lint pass for Renovate-specific footguns schema validation misses — primarily malformed `/…/` regex patterns in `matchPackageNames` / `matchDepNames` / `matchSourceUrls` / `matchCurrentVersion`. Offline; does not shell out. Returns findings with JSON path, offending value, and a stable `ruleId` (`dead-regex-missing-slash`, `unwrapped-regex`) for suppression. Complements `validate_config`. |
+| `dry_run` | Run Renovate with `--platform=local --dry-run`, return the structured JSON report (no PRs, no pushes). Scans Renovate's logs for registry-auth failures (401/403/unauthorized/etc.) and surfaces them under `problems` so an empty-updates result isn't mistaken for "no updates available" when credentials were actually missing. Accepts an optional `hostRules` input for per-invocation private-registry credentials so callers don't have to restart the MCP server with new env vars (written to a mode-0600 temp file, passed via `--config-file`, cleaned up after the run; token/password values are scrubbed from any log output). |
 | `write_config` | Validate, then write a config to disk (temp-file → validate → atomic rename). Refuses to save invalid configs unless `force: true`. |
-| `renovate://presets` (resource) | Markdown index of every built-in preset (1000+), grouped by namespace. Snapshot from the installed `renovate` devDep. |
+| `renovate://presets` (resource) | Thin markdown index of every namespace (with preset counts) covering all 1000+ built-in presets. Snapshot from the installed `renovate` devDep. |
+| `renovate://presets/{namespace}` (resource template) | Markdown listing of every preset in a single namespace (e.g. `renovate://presets/config`). Fetch this instead of the full index when the LLM only cares about one namespace — cuts token cost by roughly 1/N where N is the number of namespaces. |
 | `renovate://preset/{name}` (resource template) | Expanded JSON body (description, extends, packageRules, …) for any single built-in preset. E.g. `renovate://preset/config:recommended`. |
 
+## What this is NOT
+
+- **Not a Renovate replacement.** This server doesn't open PRs, run scheduled updates, or execute in CI — it's a design-time companion for a local `renovate.json`. Use the real Renovate for the actual dependency-update pipeline.
+- **`resolve_config` is preview-quality.** Preset expansion runs against a committed snapshot, and template substitution implements only positional `{{argN}}` placeholders — non-positional tokens and Handlebars helpers are flagged in `warnings` and pass through verbatim. For authoritative output, run `dry_run`.
+- **`preview_custom_manager` is a subset of Renovate's regex manager.** It covers `customType: "regex"`, `matchStringsStrategy: "any"`, and `{{groupName}}` template substitution only — other custom types, other strategies, and full Handlebars (helpers, conditionals) are not implemented. Use it for fast regex iteration; confirm with `dry_run`.
+- **`validate_config` / `dry_run` aren't exercised in CI.** CI deliberately doesn't install Renovate, so tools that shell out to it are only covered by unit/integration tests that don't require the binary. Run them locally against the Renovate install you intend to deploy with.
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - Node.js ≥ 24 (aligns with Renovate's own engine requirement).
-- Renovate available on your `PATH` — either a global install (`npm i -g renovate`) or a project-local install that exposes `renovate` and `renovate-config-validator` via `npm exec`. Only needed for `validate_config`, `dry_run`, and `write_config`; the offline tools (`read_config`, `resolve_config`, `preview_custom_manager`) work without it.
+- Renovate available on your `PATH` — either a global install (`npm i -g renovate`) or a project-local install that exposes `renovate` and `renovate-config-validator` via `npm exec`. Only needed for `validate_config`, `dry_run`, and `write_config`; the offline tools (`read_config`, `resolve_config`, `preview_custom_manager`, `lint_config`) work without it.
 - Override binary locations with env vars if needed: `RENOVATE_BIN`, `RENOVATE_CONFIG_VALIDATOR_BIN`.
-- Optional for `resolve_config` with `externalPresets: true`: `GITHUB_TOKEN` / `GITLAB_TOKEN` (or `RENOVATE_TOKEN` as a fallback) for fetching presets from private repos or to avoid rate limits.
+- `RENOVATE_MCP_REQUIRE_CLI=false` suppresses the startup "partial availability" notice. Set this if you only intend to use the offline tools (`read_config`, `resolve_config`, `preview_custom_manager`) and don't want the missing-CLI notice in the server's MCP instructions.
+- Optional for `resolve_config` with `externalPresets: true`: `RENOVATE_TOKEN` (preferred — matches Renovate's own convention, where `RENOVATE_TOKEN` is the explicit Renovate-specific override), or `GITHUB_TOKEN` / `GITLAB_TOKEN` as platform-specific fallbacks, for fetching presets from private repos or to avoid rate limits. When both `RENOVATE_TOKEN` and a platform token are set, `RENOVATE_TOKEN` wins. For GitHub Enterprise / self-hosted GitLab, pass the `endpoint` tool input (and `platform` if you also want `local>` presets routed there); `RENOVATE_ENDPOINT` is **not** read.
+- Optional for `dry_run` against private package registries: whatever credentials Renovate itself would need at lookup time — e.g. `COMPOSER_AUTH` for private Packagist / Satis proxies, `NPM_TOKEN` or `.npmrc` for private npm, Docker registry credentials, or a `RENOVATE_HOST_RULES` JSON blob covering multiple hosts. Alternatively, encode these as `hostRules` directly in the Renovate config, or pass them per-call via the `hostRules` input on `dry_run` (no MCP server restart needed — useful while debugging an empty-updates result). Per-call `hostRules` are appended to any the repo's own config already declares. Values reach Renovate through the MCP tool-call transport as JSON, so the calling LLM sees them in its context; if that matters for a given token, use the env route instead. Without any of these Renovate's lookup step often returns 0 updates silently; `dry_run` will scan its logs for auth failures and surface them under `problems` in the output.
+- Any env vars the tools read (tokens, `COMPOSER_AUTH`, `RENOVATE_HOST_RULES`, binary overrides, …) must be set on the MCP server process itself — via the `env` key in `claude_desktop_config.json` / `.mcp.json`, not your shell, since the MCP server runs as a child of Claude and does not inherit shell env.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -77,6 +89,65 @@ Add to `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`:
 }
 ```
 
+## Example prompts
+
+Once the server is wired up, try prompts like these. They're written for Claude but work with any MCP-capable client.
+
+**Understanding an existing config**
+
+- "Read the Renovate config in this repo and summarize what it actually does — expand every preset so I can see the real effective behavior."
+- "Resolve my config and list anything that landed in `presetsUnresolved`, with the reason for each."
+
+**Browsing presets**
+
+- "List the presets in the `config` namespace." (uses the `renovate://presets/config` sub-resource — cheaper than pulling the whole index)
+- "What does `config:recommended` actually enable? Show me its expanded JSON."
+- "Find a built-in preset that pins GitHub Actions digests."
+
+**Self-hosted GitLab / GitHub Enterprise**
+
+- "Resolve my config with external presets enabled, fetching `gitlab>platform/renovate-presets` from our self-hosted GitLab at `https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4`. Route `local>` presets through the same host."
+- "Expand `github>acme/renovate-config//base` from our GitHub Enterprise at `https://github.acme.corp/api/v3`."
+
+(Reminder: auth tokens must be set on the MCP server process — via the `env` key in `.mcp.json` / `claude_desktop_config.json`, not your shell.)
+
+**Authoring a custom manager (regex)**
+
+- "I have `# renovate: datasource=docker depName=...` comments above image tags in my Dockerfiles. Draft a `customManagers` regex entry and preview it against this repo so I can see what it extracts."
+- "Here's a `customManagers` entry — preview it and tell me which files match, which lines hit each `matchStrings` regex, and what dep info gets extracted."
+
+**Validating, previewing, saving**
+
+- "Validate this proposed config against Renovate's schema without writing it anywhere."
+- "Do a dry run and show me which PRs Renovate would open — no pushes."
+- "Add `:semanticCommits` to my `extends`, validate it, and save back to `renovate.json`."
+
+## Example session
+
+A transcript-style walkthrough: design a Dockerfile custom manager from scratch, validate it, dry-run, and save. Turns are abbreviated — your client will show the actual tool-call JSON.
+
+> **You:** I've got `# renovate: datasource=docker depName=<image>` comments above `FROM` lines in my Dockerfiles. Draft a `customManagers` entry and preview it against this repo.
+>
+> **Claude** calls `preview_custom_manager` with a first-draft `fileMatch` + `matchStrings`.
+> → 4 Dockerfiles matched `fileMatch`, 0 lines matched `matchStrings`. The regex anchored on `ARG`, but the Dockerfiles use `FROM`.
+>
+> **You:** Rewrite `matchStrings` to anchor on the renovate comment, then `FROM <image>:<version>` on the next line.
+>
+> **Claude** calls `preview_custom_manager` again with the fixed regex.
+> → 4 files, 4 line hits. Extracted: `postgres:15.3-alpine`, `redis:7.2`, `nginx:1.25`, `node:20.11`. Named groups `depName` and `currentValue` populated on every hit.
+>
+> **You:** Good. Validate the full config inline, with this `customManagers` entry alongside my existing `extends`.
+>
+> **Claude** calls `validate_config` with the inline config. → valid.
+>
+> **You:** Now dry-run so I can see what Renovate would actually open.
+>
+> **Claude** calls `dry_run`. → 2 updates: `postgres` 15.3-alpine → 15.5-alpine, `redis` 7.2 → 7.4. No entries in `problems`.
+>
+> **You:** Save it.
+>
+> **Claude** calls `write_config` on `renovate.json`. → validated, written atomically.
+
 ## Development
 
 ```bash
@@ -108,8 +179,14 @@ Secrets required on the repo: `RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN` (a PAT for release-please).
 
 ## Design notes
 
+Scope and non-goals are summarized in [What this is NOT](#what-this-is-not); this section covers implementation decisions behind the scope that *is* supported.
+
 - `validate_config`, `dry_run`, and `write_config` shell out to the Renovate CLI rather than importing Renovate as a library — this decouples our Node version from Renovate's (currently Node 24).
-- `resolve_config` and `preview_custom_manager` are fully in-process and never invoke the Renovate CLI, so they work without a Renovate install.
-- `resolve_config` expands `extends` against a committed snapshot of Renovate's built-in presets (`src/data/presets.generated.ts`). External `github>` / `gitlab>` fetching is opt-in, uses each platform's contents API with a 10 s timeout, and caches results per call.
-- `dry_run` uses `--report-type=file` so we get a structured JSON report instead of scraping stdout.
+- `resolve_config`, `preview_custom_manager`, and `lint_config` are fully in-process and never invoke the Renovate CLI, so they work without a Renovate install.
+- `lint_config` is a semantic lint pass that sits alongside `validate_config` rather than replacing it: schema validation catches structural bugs, the linter catches Renovate-specific footguns that schema validation declares valid — most commonly a pattern like `"matchPackageNames": ["/devops\\/pipelines\\/.+"]` where a trailing `/` is missing and Renovate silently degrades the value to an exact-string match that never hits. The ruleset is intentionally small (two rules: `dead-regex-missing-slash`, `unwrapped-regex`), scoped to the four regex-aware fields named in the proposal, and tuned to avoid false positives on benign exact strings containing a `.`. Rule IDs are stable so findings can be suppressed by callers.
+- `preview_custom_manager` honors `.gitignore` (including nested `.gitignore`s and `.git/info/exclude`) when walking the repo, so generated/vendored directories like `dist/`, `.next/`, `target/`, `__pycache__/` don't crowd out real hits against the `maxFilesScanned` cap. `node_modules/` and `.git/` are always skipped as a safety net even when no `.gitignore` is present.
+- `resolve_config` expands `extends` against a committed snapshot of Renovate's built-in presets (`src/data/presets.generated.ts`). External `github>` / `gitlab>` fetching is opt-in, uses each platform's contents API with a 10 s timeout, and caches results per call. The `endpoint` input swaps in a custom API base for GHE / self-hosted GitLab; `platform` additionally rewrites `local>` presets to be fetched against that endpoint.
+- `resolve_config` merges preset bodies with a close approximation of Renovate's own `mergeChildConfig` — arrays concat, objects recursively merge, scalars overwrite — not a bit-identical port. Rule-specific semantics for `hostRules`, `regexManagers` / `customManagers`, and certain boolean flags aren't modeled here. Every response carries `mergeQuality: "preview"` plus a human-readable `disclaimer` so callers can't miss the limitation; run `dry_run` for authoritative output.
+- When `resolve_config` encounters template tokens outside its supported subset, it records a structured entry in `warnings`: under-argument cases (`{{arg2}}` referenced when only one arg was passed) substitute an empty string, while non-positional tokens (`{{packageRules}}`, Handlebars helpers like `{{#if …}}`) pass through verbatim.
+- `dry_run` uses `--report-type=file` so we get a structured JSON report instead of scraping stdout. When a `hostRules` input is passed it's written to a mode-0600 temp file in `os.tmpdir()`, handed to Renovate via `--config-file=`, and deleted in a `finally` block. Token/password values are scrubbed from both the detected `problems` list and the `logTail` fallback before returning.
 - `write_config` writes to a temp file, validates, then atomically renames — so a failed validation never leaves a broken config on disk.

package/dist/index.js

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js"
 import { registerCheckSetup } from "./tools/checkSetup.js";
 import { registerReadConfig } from "./tools/readConfig.js";
 import { registerValidateConfig } from "./tools/validateConfig.js";
+import { registerLintConfig } from "./tools/lintConfig.js";
 import { registerResolveConfig } from "./tools/resolveConfig.js";
 import { registerPreviewCustomManager } from "./tools/previewCustomManager.js";
 import { registerDryRun } from "./tools/dryRun.js";
 import { registerWriteConfig } from "./tools/writeConfig.js";
 import { registerPresetResources } from "./resources/presets.js";
-import { checkSetup, describeSetup } from "./lib/setupCheck.js";
+import { checkSetup, startupBanner } from "./lib/setupCheck.js";
 const BASE_INSTRUCTIONS = [
     "Design and debug Renovate configurations interactively.",
     "",
@@ -18,23 +19,28 @@ const BASE_INSTRUCTIONS = [
     "  2. resolve_config         — expand built-in presets to see what a config actually becomes (offline)",
     "  3. preview_custom_manager — iterate on a regex-based customManagers entry; shows file/line hits and extracted deps",
     "  4. validate_config        — check a proposed config against Renovate's schema",
-    "  5. dry_run                — preview what Renovate would actually do (no PRs)",
-    "  6. write_config           — save the agreed-upon config (validates first)",
+    "  5. lint_config            — semantic lint pass: catches Renovate-specific footguns schema validation misses (e.g. malformed /…/ regex patterns)",
+    "  6. dry_run                — preview what Renovate would actually do (no PRs)",
+    "  7. write_config           — save the agreed-upon config (validates first)",
     "",
     "If any tool fails unexpectedly, call check_setup to diagnose CLI availability.",
-    "Built-in preset reference is available at renovate://presets.",
+    "Built-in preset reference: renovate://presets (namespace index), renovate://presets/{namespace} (one namespace), renovate://preset/{name} (one preset's expanded JSON).",
 ].join("\n");
 const setup = await checkSetup();
-const instructions = setup.ok
-    ? BASE_INSTRUCTIONS
-    : [BASE_INSTRUCTIONS, "", "Startup setup check:", describeSetup(setup)].join("\n");
-const SERVER_VERSION = "0.2.0"; // x-release-please-version
+// `RENOVATE_MCP_REQUIRE_CLI=false` is the opt-out for users who have
+// consciously chosen the offline subset and don't want the startup notice.
+const requireCliRaw = process.env.RENOVATE_MCP_REQUIRE_CLI?.trim().toLowerCase();
+const suppressBanner = requireCliRaw === "false" || requireCliRaw === "0";
+const banner = suppressBanner ? null : startupBanner(setup);
+const instructions = banner ? [BASE_INSTRUCTIONS, "", banner].join("\n") : BASE_INSTRUCTIONS;
+const SERVER_VERSION = "0.4.0"; // x-release-please-version
 const server = new McpServer({ name: "renovate-mcp", version: SERVER_VERSION }, { instructions });
 registerCheckSetup(server);
 registerReadConfig(server);
 registerResolveConfig(server);
 registerPreviewCustomManager(server);
 registerValidateConfig(server);
+registerLintConfig(server);
 registerDryRun(server);
 registerWriteConfig(server);
 registerPresetResources(server);

package/dist/lib/configLinter.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export type LintRuleId = "dead-regex-missing-slash" | "unwrapped-regex";
+export interface LintFinding {
+    ruleId: LintRuleId;
+    path: string;
+    value: string;
+    message: string;
+}
+export declare function lintConfig(config: unknown): LintFinding[];

package/dist/lib/configLinter.js

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+const REGEX_AWARE_FIELDS = new Set([
+    "matchPackageNames",
+    "matchDepNames",
+    "matchSourceUrls",
+    "matchCurrentVersion",
+]);
+export function lintConfig(config) {
+    const findings = [];
+    walk(config, "", findings);
+    return findings;
+}
+function walk(node, pathStr, findings) {
+    if (Array.isArray(node)) {
+        node.forEach((item, i) => walk(item, `${pathStr}[${i}]`, findings));
+        return;
+    }
+    if (node && typeof node === "object") {
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(node)) {
+            const childPath = pathStr ? `${pathStr}.${key}` : key;
+            if (REGEX_AWARE_FIELDS.has(key)) {
+                if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+                    value.forEach((entry, i) => {
+                        if (typeof entry === "string") {
+                            checkPattern(entry, `${childPath}[${i}]`, findings);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+                else if (typeof value === "string") {
+                    checkPattern(value, childPath, findings);
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                walk(value, childPath, findings);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+function checkPattern(raw, path, findings) {
+    // `!` is Renovate's exclusion prefix; strip it before checking regex wrapping.
+    const stripped = raw.startsWith("!") ? raw.slice(1) : raw;
+    // Too short to meaningfully be a /…/ regex or trigger a metachar rule.
+    if (stripped.length < 2)
+        return;
+    const startsSlash = stripped.startsWith("/");
+    const endsSlash = stripped.endsWith("/");
+    if (startsSlash !== endsSlash) {
+        findings.push({
+            ruleId: "dead-regex-missing-slash",
+            path,
+            value: raw,
+            message: startsSlash
+                ? "Value starts with '/' but does not end with '/'. Renovate will treat this as an exact-match string, not a regex. Add the trailing '/' if a regex match was intended, otherwise remove the leading '/'."
+                : "Value ends with '/' but does not start with '/'. Renovate will treat this as an exact-match string, not a regex. Add the leading '/' if a regex match was intended, otherwise remove the trailing '/'.",
+        });
+        return;
+    }
+    if (startsSlash && endsSlash)
+        return;
+    if (hasStrongRegexSignal(stripped)) {
+        findings.push({
+            ruleId: "unwrapped-regex",
+            path,
+            value: raw,
+            message: `Value contains regex metacharacters but is not wrapped in '/…/'. Renovate will treat it as an exact-match string. Wrap it as '/${stripped}/' (or '!/${stripped}/' to negate) if a regex match was intended.`,
+        });
+    }
+}
+function hasStrongRegexSignal(s) {
+    return (/\\[dwsbDWSB]/.test(s) ||
+        /\.[+*?]/.test(s) ||
+        /\\\./.test(s) ||
+        /\(\?[:!=<]/.test(s) ||
+        /\[[^\]]+\]/.test(s));
+}

package/dist/lib/customManagerPreview.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
+import ignore from "ignore";
 const DEFAULT_MAX_FILES_SCANNED = 2000;
 const DEFAULT_MAX_HITS_PER_FILE = 100;
 const SKIP_DIRS = new Set([".git", "node_modules"]);
@@ -125,29 +126,79 @@ function lineNumberAt(content, index) {
     }
     return line;
 }
-async function* walk(root) {
-    const stack = [""];
-    while (stack.length > 0) {
-        const relDir = stack.pop();
-        const absDir = path.join(root, relDir);
-        let entries;
-        try {
-            entries = await fs.readdir(absDir, { withFileTypes: true });
-        }
-        catch {
+async function readMaybe(abs) {
+    try {
+        return await fs.readFile(abs, "utf8");
+    }
+    catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+async function loadGitignore(root, relDir, levels) {
+    const content = await readMaybe(path.join(root, relDir, ".gitignore"));
+    if (!content)
+        return levels;
+    const posixPrefix = relDir === "" ? "" : `${toPosix(relDir)}/`;
+    return [...levels, { prefix: posixPrefix, ig: ignore().add(content) }];
+}
+function isIgnored(relPath, isDir, levels) {
+    for (const level of levels) {
+        const sub = level.prefix === ""
+            ? relPath
+            : relPath.startsWith(level.prefix)
+                ? relPath.slice(level.prefix.length)
+                : null;
+        if (sub === null || sub === "")
             continue;
+        // `ignore` treats a trailing slash as "this is a directory", which is what
+        // lets patterns like `dist/` match directory paths.
+        if (level.ig.ignores(isDir ? `${sub}/` : sub))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+function toPosix(p) {
+    return p.split(path.sep).join("/");
+}
+async function* walk(root) {
+    // Seed the root level with `.gitignore` plus `.git/info/exclude` (the
+    // per-clone exclude file). Both are optional.
+    const rootIg = ignore();
+    const rootGitignore = await readMaybe(path.join(root, ".gitignore"));
+    if (rootGitignore)
+        rootIg.add(rootGitignore);
+    const infoExclude = await readMaybe(path.join(root, ".git", "info", "exclude"));
+    if (infoExclude)
+        rootIg.add(infoExclude);
+    const rootLevels = [{ prefix: "", ig: rootIg }];
+    yield* walkDir(root, "", rootLevels);
+}
+async function* walkDir(root, relDir, levels) {
+    let entries;
+    try {
+        entries = await fs.readdir(path.join(root, relDir), { withFileTypes: true });
+    }
+    catch {
+        return;
+    }
+    // A nested `.gitignore` only affects this directory's subtree — add it to
+    // the stack on entry. (The root `.gitignore` is already in `levels`.)
+    const dirLevels = relDir === "" ? levels : await loadGitignore(root, relDir, levels);
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        const relPath = relDir === "" ? entry.name : `${toPosix(relDir)}/${entry.name}`;
+        if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+            if (SKIP_DIRS.has(entry.name))
+                continue;
+            if (isIgnored(relPath, true, dirLevels))
+                continue;
+            yield* walkDir(root, path.join(relDir, entry.name), dirLevels);
         }
-        for (const entry of entries) {
-            if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-                if (SKIP_DIRS.has(entry.name))
-                    continue;
-                stack.push(path.join(relDir, entry.name));
-            }
-            else if (entry.isFile()) {
-                // Always emit POSIX-style paths so users on macOS/Linux/Windows write
-                // the same fileMatch regexes.
-                yield path.join(relDir, entry.name).split(path.sep).join("/");
-            }
+        else if (entry.isFile()) {
+            if (isIgnored(relPath, false, dirLevels))
+                continue;
+            // Always emit POSIX-style paths so users on macOS/Linux/Windows write
+            // the same fileMatch regexes.
+            yield toPosix(relPath);
         }
     }
 }

package/dist/lib/externalPresetFetcher.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import type { ParsedPreset } from "./presetResolver.js";
+import { type ParsedPreset } from "./presetResolver.js";
 export interface FetchOptions {
     timeoutMs?: number;
     cache?: Map<string, Promise<FetchResult>>;
+    /**
+     * Override the API base URL. For `github>` presets, defaults to
+     * `https://api.github.com` (pass `https://ghe.example.com/api/v3` for GitHub
+     * Enterprise). For `gitlab>`, defaults to `https://gitlab.com/api/v4` (pass
+     * `https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4` for self-hosted).
+     */
+    endpoint?: string;
     /** Injectable for tests. Defaults to globalThis.fetch. */
     fetchImpl?: typeof fetch;
 }

package/dist/lib/externalPresetFetcher.js

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+import { classifyExternalSource } from "./presetResolver.js";
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
+const DEFAULT_GITHUB_API_BASE = "https://api.github.com";
+const DEFAULT_GITLAB_API_BASE = "https://gitlab.com/api/v4";
+function trimTrailingSlash(url) {
+    return url.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+}
 export async function fetchExternalPreset(parsed, options = {}) {
     const cache = options.cache;
     const cacheKey = parsed.key;
@@ -10,64 +16,66 @@ export async function fetchExternalPreset(parsed, options = {}) {
     return promise;
 }
 function dispatch(parsed, options) {
+    if (!parsed.source) {
+        return Promise.resolve({ ok: false, reason: "Unknown preset source: (none)" });
+    }
+    const classification = classifyExternalSource(parsed.source);
+    if (!classification.fetchable) {
+        return Promise.resolve({ ok: false, reason: classification.reason });
+    }
     const timeoutMs = options.timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS;
     const fetchImpl = options.fetchImpl ?? globalThis.fetch;
+    const endpoint = options.endpoint ? trimTrailingSlash(options.endpoint) : undefined;
     switch (parsed.source) {
         case "github":
-            return fetchGitHub(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl);
+            return fetchGitHub(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl, endpoint);
         case "gitlab":
-            return fetchGitLab(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl);
-        case "bitbucket":
-        case "gitea":
-            return Promise.resolve({
-                ok: false,
-                reason: `${parsed.source}> presets are not yet supported. Track progress in issue #10.`,
-            });
-        case "local":
-            return Promise.resolve({
-                ok: false,
-                reason: "local> presets require platform/repo context that resolve_config does not have; out of scope.",
-            });
-        case "npm":
-            return Promise.resolve({
-                ok: false,
-                reason: "npm-hosted presets are not yet supported. Host the preset on GitHub or GitLab, or track progress in issue #10.",
-            });
+            return fetchGitLab(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl, endpoint);
         default:
             return Promise.resolve({
                 ok: false,
-                reason: `Unknown preset source: ${parsed.source ?? "(none)"}`,
+                reason: `Unknown preset source: ${parsed.source}`,
             });
     }
 }
-async function fetchGitHub(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl) {
+async function fetchGitHub(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl, endpoint) {
     if (!parsed.repoPath || !parsed.repoPath.includes("/")) {
         return { ok: false, reason: `Invalid github preset: ${parsed.original}` };
     }
     const file = presetFileName(parsed);
     const ref = parsed.ref ?? "HEAD";
-    const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${parsed.repoPath}/contents/${encodeFilePath(file)}?ref=${encodeURIComponent(ref)}`;
-    const token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN || process.env.RENOVATE_TOKEN;
+    const apiBase = endpoint ?? DEFAULT_GITHUB_API_BASE;
+    const url = `${apiBase}/repos/${parsed.repoPath}/contents/${encodeFilePath(file)}?ref=${encodeURIComponent(ref)}`;
+    const credential = resolveCredential(["RENOVATE_TOKEN", "GITHUB_TOKEN"]);
     const headers = {
         Accept: "application/vnd.github.raw",
         "User-Agent": "renovate-mcp",
     };
-    if (token)
-        headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
-    return fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, parsed.original, fetchImpl);
+    if (credential.token)
+        headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${credential.token}`;
+    return fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, parsed.original, fetchImpl, "github", credential);
 }
-async function fetchGitLab(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl) {
+async function fetchGitLab(parsed, timeoutMs, fetchImpl, endpoint) {
     if (!parsed.repoPath) {
         return { ok: false, reason: `Invalid gitlab preset: ${parsed.original}` };
     }
     const file = presetFileName(parsed);
     const ref = parsed.ref ?? "HEAD";
-    const url = `https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${encodeURIComponent(parsed.repoPath)}/repository/files/${encodeURIComponent(file)}/raw?ref=${encodeURIComponent(ref)}`;
-    const token = process.env.GITLAB_TOKEN || process.env.RENOVATE_TOKEN;
+    const apiBase = endpoint ?? DEFAULT_GITLAB_API_BASE;
+    const url = `${apiBase}/projects/${encodeURIComponent(parsed.repoPath)}/repository/files/${encodeURIComponent(file)}/raw?ref=${encodeURIComponent(ref)}`;
+    const credential = resolveCredential(["RENOVATE_TOKEN", "GITLAB_TOKEN"]);
     const headers = { "User-Agent": "renovate-mcp" };
-    if (token)
-        headers["PRIVATE-TOKEN"] = token;
-    return fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, parsed.original, fetchImpl);
+    if (credential.token)
+        headers["PRIVATE-TOKEN"] = credential.token;
+    return fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, parsed.original, fetchImpl, "gitlab", credential);
+}
+function resolveCredential(vars) {
+    for (const envVar of vars) {
+        const value = process.env[envVar];
+        if (value)
+            return { envVar, token: value, triedVars: vars };
+    }
+    return { envVar: null, token: undefined, triedVars: vars };
 }
 function presetFileName(parsed) {
     if (parsed.subpath)
@@ -82,12 +90,48 @@ function ensureJson(name) {
 function encodeFilePath(file) {
     return file.split("/").map(encodeURIComponent).join("/");
 }
-async function fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, presetName, fetchImpl) {
+function detectRateLimit(res, platform, presetName) {
+    if (platform === "github" && res.status === 403) {
+        if (res.headers.get("x-ratelimit-remaining") !== "0")
+            return undefined;
+        const resetIso = parseEpochHeader(res.headers.get("x-ratelimit-reset"));
+        const resetClause = resetIso ? ` (resets at ${resetIso})` : "";
+        return `GitHub API rate limit exceeded${resetClause} when fetching ${presetName}. Set GITHUB_TOKEN for an authenticated limit, or wait for reset.`;
+    }
+    if (platform === "gitlab" && res.status === 429) {
+        const resetIso = parseEpochHeader(res.headers.get("ratelimit-reset"));
+        const resetClause = resetIso ? ` (resets at ${resetIso})` : "";
+        return `GitLab API rate limit exceeded${resetClause} when fetching ${presetName}. Set GITLAB_TOKEN for an authenticated limit, or wait for reset.`;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+function parseEpochHeader(raw) {
+    if (!raw)
+        return undefined;
+    const seconds = Number.parseInt(raw, 10);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(seconds) || seconds <= 0)
+        return undefined;
+    const date = new Date(seconds * 1000);
+    if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime()))
+        return undefined;
+    return date.toISOString();
+}
+async function fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, presetName, fetchImpl, platform, credential) {
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), timeoutMs);
     try {
         const res = await fetchImpl(url, { headers, signal: controller.signal });
         if (!res.ok) {
+            const rateLimit = detectRateLimit(res, platform, presetName);
+            if (rateLimit)
+                return { ok: false, reason: rateLimit };
+            if (res.status === 401 || res.status === 403) {
+                const body = await safeReadText(res);
+                return {
+                    ok: false,
+                    reason: formatAuthFailure(res.status, presetName, url, credential, body),
+                };
+            }
             return {
                 ok: false,
                 reason: `HTTP ${res.status}${res.statusText ? ` ${res.statusText}` : ""} when fetching ${presetName}`,
@@ -128,3 +172,30 @@ async function fetchJson(url, headers, timeoutMs, presetName, fetchImpl) {
         clearTimeout(timer);
     }
 }
+const AUTH_BODY_MAX = 500;
+async function safeReadText(res) {
+    try {
+        return await res.text();
+    }
+    catch {
+        return "";
+    }
+}
+function formatAuthFailure(status, presetName, url, credential, body) {
+    const lines = [`HTTP ${status} when fetching ${presetName}`];
+    lines.push(`  URL:         ${url}`);
+    lines.push(`  Credential:  ${formatCredential(credential)}`);
+    const trimmed = body.trim();
+    if (trimmed) {
+        const snippet = trimmed.length > AUTH_BODY_MAX
+            ? `${trimmed.slice(0, AUTH_BODY_MAX)}… [truncated]`
+            : trimmed;
+        lines.push(`  Response:    ${snippet}`);
+    }
+    return lines.join("\n");
+}
+function formatCredential(credential) {
+    if (credential.envVar)
+        return `${credential.envVar} (present)`;
+    return `none (tried ${credential.triedVars.join(", ")})`;
+}

package/dist/lib/hostRulesConfig.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+export type HostRule = Record<string, unknown>;
+/**
+ * Write a throwaway Renovate config containing just `{ hostRules: [...] }` to
+ * `os.tmpdir()` with mode 0600, and return the absolute path. The caller is
+ * responsible for unlinking the file (in a `finally` block) once Renovate has
+ * consumed it — we do not keep a reference here.
+ *
+ * Renovate merges CLI `--config-file` rules with any repo-level `hostRules`
+ * (array concatenation, most-specific match wins), so callers can combine
+ * per-invocation credentials with whatever the repo itself already declares.
+ */
+export declare function writeHostRulesConfig(hostRules: HostRule[]): Promise<string>;
+/**
+ * Pull the token/password values out of the provided hostRules so callers can
+ * scrub them from log output. Usernames are intentionally not treated as
+ * secrets — Renovate echoes them in diagnostics and they are not typically
+ * sensitive on their own.
+ */
+export declare function collectSecrets(hostRules: HostRule[]): string[];
+/**
+ * Replace every literal occurrence of any secret in `text` with `[REDACTED]`.
+ * No-op when `secrets` is empty.
+ */
+export declare function scrubSecrets(text: string, secrets: string[]): string;