GitLab MCP Server

An open-source Model Context Protocol server written in Go that connects AI assistants to GitLab. It exposes over 850 actions on Free/CE instances and over 1,000 on Ultimate tiers, covering REST and GraphQL APIs. It supports stdio and HTTP transports, allowing agents to review merge requests, triage pipelines, manage issues, and draft releases using plain language commands.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by jmrplens

You need:A personal, project or group access token with api , or read_api for the actions GitLab accepts from ita fine-grained token, judged action by action from its grantOAuth in HTTP mode

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What you can do with it

Review merge requests and check for risky diffs
Triage CI/CD pipelines and summarize job failures
Create and assign issues with specific labels
Draft release notes by comparing tags and commits

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 3.4.0

mcp-registry: io.github.jmrplens/gitlab-mcp-server@3.4.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC

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https://github.com/jmrplens/gitlab-mcp-server/releases/download/v3.4.0/gitlab-mcp-server-darwin.mcpb 3.4.0

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https://github.com/jmrplens/gitlab-mcp-server/releases/download/v3.4.0/gitlab-mcp-server-darwin.mcpb package definition

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  "version": "3.4.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "fileSha256": "4b2821bd5e0f5032d489c1d7aa6de65279169459c1af254cff23f764be0f9f52",
  "identifier": "https://github.com/jmrplens/gitlab-mcp-server/releases/download/v3.4.0/gitlab-mcp-server-darwin.mcpb",
  "registryType": "mcpb",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_URL",
      "default": "https://gitlab.com",
      "description": "GitLab instance URL (default: https://gitlab.com; set for self-managed instances)",
      "placeholder": "https://gitlab.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_TOKEN",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "GitLab Personal Access Token (glpat-...)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_MCP_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Skip TLS certificate verification for self-signed certs (default: false)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_MCP_TOOL_SURFACE",
      "choices": [
        "meta",
        "individual",
        "dynamic"
      ],
      "default": "dynamic",
      "description": "Tool catalog selector: dynamic, meta, or individual (default: dynamic)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_MCP_TIER",
      "choices": [
        "free",
        "ce",
        "premium",
        "ultimate"
      ],
      "description": "GitLab tier: free/ce, premium or ultimate, used as given. When unset, detected from the instance license, then from the plans of the namespaces the token administers, then, on GitLab.com, from the top-level groups the token is a member of, falling back to free. Gates Premium and Ultimate actions; GitLab.com Ultimate also serves the Orbit Knowledge Graph tools"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_MCP_READ_ONLY",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Read-only mode: removes every mutating action from the served surface; reads keep working (default: false)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_MCP_SAFE_MODE",
      "format": "boolean",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Safe mode: a mutating action returns a preview card naming the action and echoing its arguments instead of running; reads keep working (default: false)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "choices": [
        "debug",
        "info",
        "warn",
        "error"
      ],
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Logging verbosity (default: info)"
    }
  ]
}

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