fix: persist issue tracker provider type in projects.json (#193) (#194)

Problem: Provider type (github/gitlab) was auto-detected on every
createProvider() call but never persisted, causing loss of
configuration after session restart.

Solution:
- Add 'provider' field to Project type
- Store detected provider type during project registration
- Pass stored provider type to createProvider() calls

Changes:
- lib/projects.ts: Add provider field to Project type
- lib/tools/project-register.ts: Save providerType to projects.json
- lib/tool-helpers.ts: Pass project.provider to createProvider
- lib/services/*.ts: Pass project.provider to createProvider

Impact: Issue tracker source now persists across restarts. Existing
projects will auto-detect on next use and should be re-registered or
manually edited to add provider field.

Fixes #193

lib/projects.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export type Project = {
   deployBranch: string;
   /** Messaging channel for this project's group (e.g. "telegram", "whatsapp", "discord", "slack"). Stored at registration time. */
   channel?: string;
+  /** Issue tracker provider type (github or gitlab). Auto-detected at registration, stored for reuse. */
+  provider?: "github" | "gitlab";
   /** Project-level role execution: parallel (DEV+QA can run simultaneously) or sequential (only one role at a time). Default: parallel */
   roleExecution?: "parallel" | "sequential";
   maxDevWorkers?: number;

lib/services/heartbeat.ts

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ async function performHealthPass(
   project: any,
   sessions: SessionLookup | null,
 ): Promise<number> {
-  const { provider } = await createProvider({ repo: project.repo });
+  const { provider } = await createProvider({ repo: project.repo, provider: project.provider });
   let fixedCount = 0;
 
   for (const role of getAllRoleIds()) {

lib/services/queue.ts

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function fetchProjectQueues(
   project: Project,
   workflow: WorkflowConfig = DEFAULT_WORKFLOW,
 ): Promise<Record<string, Issue[]>> {
-  const { provider } = await createProvider({ repo: project.repo });
+  const { provider } = await createProvider({ repo: project.repo, provider: project.provider });
   const queueLabels = getQueueLabelsWithPriority(workflow);
   const queues: Record<string, Issue[]> = {};
 

lib/services/tick.ts

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export async function projectTick(opts: {
   const project = (await readProjects(workspaceDir)).projects[groupId];
   if (!project) return { pickups: [], skipped: [{ reason: `Project not found: ${groupId}` }] };
 
-  const provider = opts.provider ?? (await createProvider({ repo: project.repo })).provider;
+  const provider = opts.provider ?? (await createProvider({ repo: project.repo, provider: project.provider })).provider;
   const roleExecution = project.roleExecution ?? "parallel";
   const roles: Role[] = targetRole ? [targetRole] : getAllRoleIds() as Role[];
 

lib/tool-helpers.ts

@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ export async function resolveProject(
 
 /**
  * Create an issue provider for a project.
+ * Uses stored provider type from project config if available, otherwise auto-detects.
  */
 export async function resolveProvider(project: Project): Promise<ProviderWithType> {
-  return createProvider({ repo: project.repo });
+  return createProvider({ repo: project.repo, provider: project.provider });
 }
 
 /**

lib/tools/project-register.ts

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ export function createProjectRegisterTool() {
         baseBranch,
         deployBranch,
         channel,
+        provider: providerType,
         roleExecution,
         dev: emptyWorkerState([...getLevelsForRole("dev")]),
         qa: emptyWorkerState([...getLevelsForRole("qa")]),