Better GitLab MCP Server
@zereight/mcp-gitlab

GitLab MCP(Model Context Protocol) Server. Includes bug fixes and improvements over the original GitLab MCP server.

Usage
Using with Claude App, Cline, Roo Code
When using with the Claude App, you need to set up your API key and URLs directly.
{
"mcpServers": {
"GitLab communication server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@zereight/mcp-gitlab"],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_gitlab_token",
"GITLAB_API_URL": "your_gitlab_api_url"
}
}
}
}
Using with Cursor
When using with Cursor, you can set up environment variables and run the server as follows:
env GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_gitlab_token GITLAB_API_URL=your_gitlab_api_url npx @zereight/mcp-gitlab
GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
: Your GitLab personal access token.GITLAB_API_URL
: Your GitLab API URL. (Default: https://gitlab.com/api/v4
)
Tools 🛠️
-
create_or_update_file
- Create or update a single file in a GitLab project. 📝
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathfile_path
(string): Path to create/update the filecontent
(string): File contentcommit_message
(string): Commit messagebranch
(string): Branch to create/update the file inprevious_path
(optional string): Previous file path when renaming a file
- Returns: File content and commit details
-
push_files
- Push multiple files in a single commit. 📤
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathbranch
(string): Branch to push tofiles
(array): Array of files to push, each with file_path
and content
propertiescommit_message
(string): Commit message
- Returns: Updated branch reference
-
search_repositories
- Search for GitLab projects. 🔍
- Inputs:
search
(string): Search querypage
(optional number): Page number (default: 1)per_page
(optional number): Results per page (default: 20, max: 100)
- Returns: Project search results
-
create_repository
- Create a new GitLab project. ➕
- Inputs:
name
(string): Project namedescription
(optional string): Project descriptionvisibility
(optional string): Project visibility level (public, private, internal)initialize_with_readme
(optional boolean): Initialize with README
- Returns: Details of the created project
-
get_file_contents
- Get the contents of a file or directory. 📂
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathfile_path
(string): Path to the file/directoryref
(optional string): Branch, tag, or commit SHA (default: default branch)
- Returns: File/directory content
-
create_issue
- Create a new issue. 🐛
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathtitle
(string): Issue titledescription
(string): Issue descriptionassignee_ids
(optional number[]): Array of assignee IDsmilestone_id
(optional number): Milestone IDlabels
(optional string[]): Array of labels
- Returns: Details of the created issue
-
create_merge_request
- Create a new merge request. 🚀
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathtitle
(string): Merge request titledescription
(string): Merge request descriptionsource_branch
(string): Branch with changestarget_branch
(string): Branch to merge intoallow_collaboration
(optional boolean): Allow collaborators to push commits to the source branchdraft
(optional boolean): Create as a draft merge request
- Returns: Details of the created merge request
-
fork_repository
- Fork a project. 🍴
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_path to forknamespace
(optional string): Namespace to fork into (default: user namespace)
- Returns: Details of the forked project
-
create_branch
- Create a new branch. 🌿
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathname
(string): New branch nameref
(optional string): Ref to create the branch from (branch, tag, commit SHA, default: default branch)
- Returns: Created branch reference
-
get_merge_request
- Get details of a merge request. ℹ️
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathmerge_request_iid
(number): Merge request IID
- Returns: Merge request details
-
get_merge_request_diffs
- Get changes (diffs) of a merge request. diff
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathmerge_request_iid
(number): Merge request IIDview
(optional string): Diff view type ('inline' or 'parallel')
- Returns: Array of merge request diff information
-
update_merge_request
- Update a merge request. 🔄
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathmerge_request_iid
(number): Merge request IIDtitle
(optional string): New titledescription
(string): New descriptiontarget_branch
(optional string): New target branchstate_event
(optional string): Merge request state change event ('close', 'reopen')remove_source_branch
(optional boolean): Remove source branch after mergeallow_collaboration
(optional boolean): Allow collaborators to push commits to the source branch
- Returns: Updated merge request details
-
create_note
- Create a new note (comment) to an issue or merge request. 💬
- Inputs:
project_id
(string): Project ID or namespace/project_pathnoteable_type
(string): Type of noteable ("issue" or "merge_request")noteable_iid
(number): IID of the issue or merge requestbody
(string): Note content
- Returns: Details of the created note
Environment Variable Configuration
Before running the server, you need to set the following environment variables:
GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_gitlab_token
GITLAB_API_URL=your_gitlab_api_url # Default: https://gitlab.com/api/v4
License
MIT License