GitLab MCP Server

A developer-ready MCP server for GitLab API v4, supporting CE, EE, and GitLab.com. It features a 5-tool hybrid surface to reduce prompt context tax, offering eager tools for daily operations and dynamic discovery for the full platform surface.

Package and access

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by sumirati

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What you can do with it

Check system health and API latency
List and manage CI runners
Get file contents from a project
Discover and execute GitLab actions dynamically

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 3.2.0

mcp-registry: io.github.sumirati/mcp-gitlab@3.2.0 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@sumirati/mcp-gitlab 3.2.0

npm

@sumirati/mcp-gitlab package definition

{
  "version": "3.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "GitLab Personal Access Token with api scope"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_API_URL",
      "default": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4",
      "description": "GitLab instance API URL (defaults to https://gitlab.com/api/v4)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_READ_ONLY",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Enable read-only safety mode (true/false, default: false)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Set to true to expose all 90 catalog actions directly on ListTools instead of the 5-tool hybrid surface"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT",
      "default": "markdown",
      "description": "Default output format: 'markdown' (default, compact tables) or 'json'"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp-server-sumirati-mcp-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab@3.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<YOUR_GITLAB_API_URL>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GITLAB_READ_ONLY>",
        "GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS>",
        "MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT": "<YOUR_MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp-server-sumirati-mcp-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab@3.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<YOUR_GITLAB_API_URL>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GITLAB_READ_ONLY>",
        "GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS>",
        "MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT": "<YOUR_MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "gitlab-mcp-server-sumirati-mcp-gitlab": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab@3.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<YOUR_GITLAB_API_URL>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GITLAB_READ_ONLY>",
        "GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS>",
        "MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT": "<YOUR_MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp-server-sumirati-mcp-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab@3.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<YOUR_GITLAB_API_URL>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GITLAB_READ_ONLY>",
        "GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GITLAB_EXPOSE_ALL_TOOLS>",
        "MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT": "<YOUR_MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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