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GitLab Merge Requests, CI Pipelines & Issue Tracker MCP Server
Connect AI coding agents to GitLab self-hosted or cloud instances: inspect Merge Request diffs, debug failed GitLab CI jobs, and update issues.
⚡ 1-Click Agent & Developer Install
Zero Auth · Ready for Grok Bot, Claude Code & Cursorclaude mcp add gitlab -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab
Copy-Paste System Prompt / Routine Blueprint:
Connect to the GitLab Merge Requests, CI Pipelines & Issue Tracker MCP Server (gitlab-mcp) MCP server using `claude mcp add gitlab -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab`. First run a read-only discovery check invoking `gitlab_get_merge_request` to verify connectivity and credentials, then summarize the structured response and ask before executing any state-modifying tool calls.
Synthesized Engineering Blueprint & Setup Guide
### Server Architecture & Capability Summary
**GitLab Merge Requests, CI Pipelines & Issue Tracker MCP Server** (`gitlab-mcp`) is a verified **STDIO** Model Context Protocol (MCP) server curated with **@steipete** for Grok Bot, Claude Code, and Cursor.
Connect AI coding agents to GitLab self-hosted or cloud instances: inspect Merge Request diffs, debug failed GitLab CI jobs, and update issues.
### 1-Click CLI Installation
Run the command below to register `gitlab-mcp` in Claude Code or your MCP client:
```bash
claude mcp add gitlab -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab
```
### Standard `mcpServers` JSON Configuration (`.cursor/mcp.json` / `claude_desktop_config.json`)
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitlab-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "glpat-your_token",
"GITLAB_API_URL": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4"
}
}
}
}
```
### Exposed MCP Tools
- `gitlab_get_merge_request` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `gitlab-mcp`.
- `gitlab_list_pipeline_jobs` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `gitlab-mcp`.
- `gitlab_create_note` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `gitlab-mcp`.
- `gitlab_search_projects` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `gitlab-mcp`.
### Authentication & Environment Variables
- **Transport Protocol:** `stdio`
- **Auth Mechanism:** `api_key`
- `GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN`: `glpat-your_token`
- `GITLAB_API_URL`: `https://gitlab.com/api/v4`
- **Documentation / Source:** [https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers)
Tags: #gitlab-mcp#stdio#engineering#mcp-server#gitlab-get-merge-request#gitlab-list-pipeline-jobs
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