Gitlab Rest Api
Helps with REST APIs, API as part of developing backend services and APIs workflows.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add gitlab-rest-api npx -- -y @trustedskills/gitlab-rest-api
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitlab-rest-api": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/gitlab-rest-api"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows AI agents to interact with the GitLab REST API. It enables programmatic access to GitLab resources, such as projects, issues, merge requests, and pipelines. Specifically, this includes creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting these resources using standard HTTP methods.
When to use it
- Automated Project Management: Automatically create new projects based on templates or external data sources.
- Issue Tracking & Reporting: Generate reports on open issues, assignees, and resolution times within a GitLab project.
- CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Trigger pipeline runs, check build statuses, and manage deployment workflows.
- Merge Request Management: Automate merge request reviews or create new merge requests based on code changes.
Key capabilities
- Access to GitLab projects
- Management of issues
- Manipulation of merge requests
- Control over CI/CD pipelines
Example prompts
- "Create a new project named 'My New Project' with the description 'A test project'."
- "List all open issues in the 'my-project' repository."
- "Trigger a pipeline run for the 'main' branch of my project."
Tips & gotchas
- Requires appropriate authentication credentials (API token or personal access token) to interact with GitLab. Ensure these are securely provided to the AI agent.
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