# GitLab

> Use this tool when you need to automate and manage GitLab projects, issues, and workflows through a comprehensive API coverage. It solves problems related to project management, CI/CD pipelines, and administrative tasks by providing a wide range of tools and domain packages. With API token authentication, it connects to cloud or self-hosted GitLab instances, offering token-efficient domain dispatch and AI-optimized prompts for streamlined interactions.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/jmrplens-gitlab  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jmrplens-gitlab

## Description

This MCP server provides comprehensive coverage of the GitLab API through 1006 individual tools organized into 162 domain packages covering projects, merge requests, issues, pipelines, CI/CD, groups, users, wikis, and administrative settings. It also includes 28 meta-tools for token-efficient domain dispatch, 11 LLM-assisted sampling actions, 24 resources, and 38 AI-optimized prompts. Built in Go as a single static binary, it connects to cloud or self-hosted GitLab via API token authentication.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** version-control
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/jmrplens-gitlab)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jmrplens/gitlab-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "jmrplens-gitlab"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jmrplens-gitlab` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jmrplens-gitlab/pull`

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