GitLab MCP Server

GitLab MCP Server lets an AI agent (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Zed, VS Code, or any Model Context Protocol client) talk directly to GitLab. It is a typed, paginated, schema-validated…

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What is the GitLab MCP Server?

GitLab MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the yoda-digital/mcp-gitlab-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “GitLab MCP Server lets an AI agent (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Zed, VS Code, or any Model Context Protocol client) talk directly to GitLab…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is @yoda.digital/gitlab-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, GITLAB_API_URL. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the GitLab MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@yoda.digital/gitlab-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Yes
GITLAB_API_URLDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation