Mcp-gitlab MCP Server

Mcp-gitlab is an MCP integration. GitLab MCP server for MCP 2026-07-28: projects, MRs, files, reviews, pipelines, CI/CD, issues.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is mcp-gitlab, version 0.19.0. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares GITLAB_TOKEN: GitLab personal access token (token mode). Optional after mcp-gitlab auth login; also accepts GITLAB_PAT, GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, GITLAB_API_TOKEN; GITLAB_URL (required): GitLab instance URL (e.g. https://gitlab.com); GITLAB_READ_ONLY: Restrict to read-only operations (true/false); GITLAB_AUTH: Authentication mode: token (default) or oauth (OAuth 2.1 proxy; streamable-http only); GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: Application ID of the GitLab OAuth app (oauth mode, or local sign-in on a self-managed instance); GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: Secret of the GitLab OAuth app (oauth mode); GITLAB_OAUTH_BASE_URL: Public URL of this server, no trailing slash (oauth mode); redirect URI is /auth/callback; GITLAB_OAUTH_SCOPES: Space-separated GitLab scopes required on every request (oauth mode; default api); GITLAB_OAUTH_JWT_KEY: FastMCP JWT signing key, >=32 random chars (oauth mode; defaults to one derived from the client secret).

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 0.19.0 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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