feat: bypass Cloudflare block & convert close/mark issue shell scripts to Python

README.md

@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ The MCP tools can also be used as standalone CLI scripts:
 |---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `create_issue.py`   | Create an issue (`--remote`, `--title`, `--body`, `--body-file`)   |
 | `create_pr.py`      | Open a Pull Request (`--remote`, `--title`, `--head`, `--base`)    |
-| `close_issue.sh`    | Close a specific issue (dadeschools only)                          |
-| `mark_issue.sh`     | Claim/release an issue via `status:in-progress` label              |
+| `close_issue.py`    | Close a specific issue                                             |
+| `mark_issue.py`     | Claim/release an issue via `status:in-progress` label              |
 | `manage_labels.py`  | Create label set and apply label mappings (`--dry` to preview)     |
 | `mirror_refs.sh`    | Mirror branches + tags between dadeschools ⇄ prgs                  |
 
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ The MCP tools can also be used as standalone CLI scripts:
 ./create_pr.py --title "feat: add validation" --head feat/validation --body "Closes #12"
 
 # Close issue #5
-./close_issue.sh 5
+./close_issue.py 5
 
 # Claim an issue before working on it
-./mark_issue.sh 10 start
+./mark_issue.py 10 start
 
 # Release when done
-./mark_issue.sh 10 done
+./mark_issue.py 10 done
 
 # Mirror refs (dry-run by default)
 ./mirror_refs.sh
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ mcp_server.py    ← MCP server (FastMCP, stdio transport)
 create_issue.py  ← CLI: create issues
 create_pr.py     ← CLI: create PRs
 manage_labels.py ← CLI: label management
-close_issue.sh   ← CLI: close issues
-mark_issue.sh    ← CLI: claim/release issues
+close_issue.py   ← CLI: close issues
+mark_issue.py    ← CLI: claim/release issues
 mirror_refs.sh   ← CLI: ref mirroring
 ```
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ python3 -m pytest tests/ -v
 | `test_create_pr.py`     | CLI arg parsing, remote resolution, payload, auth, errors |
 | `test_credentials.py`   | `get_credentials()`, `get_auth_header()`, `repo_api_url()` |
 | `test_manage_labels.py` | Label create/skip, dry run, mapping, constant validation |
-| `test_shell_scripts.py` | `close_issue.sh` + `mark_issue.sh` arg validation |
+| `test_python_cli.py`    | `close_issue.py` + `mark_issue.py` CLI validation       |
 | `test_mirror_refs.py`   | Flags, safety defaults, local integration tests |
 
 All tests mock network and keychain access — no real API calls are made.