diff --git a/cli/workflow_sync.php b/cli/workflow_sync.php
index f2dc323..72c29ec 100644
--- a/cli/workflow_sync.php
+++ b/cli/workflow_sync.php
@@ -593,8 +593,10 @@ class WorkflowSyncCli extends CliFramework
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read a repo's manifest.xml and extract the platform value.
-     * Returns 'generic' if the manifest is missing or has no platform field.
+     * Read a repo's platform from the MokoGitea metadata API.
+     * Returns 'generic' if metadata is missing or has no platform field.
+     * (Replaces the retired .mokogitea/manifest.xml lookup — platform now lives
+     *  in the repo Metadata endpoint: GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/metadata.)
      */
     private function getRepoPlatform(
         string $giteaUrl,
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@ class WorkflowSyncCli extends CliFramework
             $giteaUrl,
             $token,
             'GET',
-            "/api/v1/repos/{$org}/{$repoName}/contents/.mokogitea/manifest.xml?ref={$branch}"
+            "/api/v1/repos/{$org}/{$repoName}/metadata"
         );
 
         if ($response['code'] !== 200) {
@@ -616,74 +618,11 @@ class WorkflowSyncCli extends CliFramework
 
         $data = json_decode($response['body'], true);
 
-        if (!is_array($data) || !isset($data['content'])) {
+        if (!is_array($data) || empty($data['platform'])) {
             return 'generic';
         }
 
-        $xmlContent = base64_decode($data['content']);
-
-        if ($xmlContent === false || $xmlContent === '') {
-            return 'generic';
-        }
-
-        // Suppress XML warnings for malformed manifests
-        $previous = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
-        $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlContent);
-        libxml_use_internal_errors($previous);
-
-        if ($xml === false) {
-            return 'generic';
-        }
-
-        // Try <governance><platform> (standard location)
-        $platform = '';
-
-        // Register namespace if present
-        $namespaces = $xml->getNamespaces(true);
-
-        if (!empty($namespaces)) {
-            $ns = reset($namespaces);
-            $xml->registerXPathNamespace('mp', $ns);
-
-            $nodes = $xml->xpath('//mp:governance/mp:platform');
-
-            if (!empty($nodes)) {
-                $platform = trim((string) $nodes[0]);
-            }
-
-            // Fallback: <identity><platform>
-            if ($platform === '') {
-                $nodes = $xml->xpath('//mp:identity/mp:platform');
-
-                if (!empty($nodes)) {
-                    $platform = trim((string) $nodes[0]);
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Fallback: top-level <platform>
-            if ($platform === '') {
-                $nodes = $xml->xpath('//mp:platform');
-
-                if (!empty($nodes)) {
-                    $platform = trim((string) $nodes[0]);
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            // No namespace
-            if (isset($xml->governance->platform)) {
-                $platform = trim((string) $xml->governance->platform);
-            } elseif (isset($xml->identity->platform)) {
-                $platform = trim((string) $xml->identity->platform);
-            } elseif (isset($xml->platform)) {
-                $platform = trim((string) $xml->platform);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if ($platform === '') {
-            return 'generic';
-        }
-
-        return strtolower($platform);
+        return strtolower(trim((string) $data['platform']));
     }
 
     /**