GitLab MCP Server

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Computer or cloud
• Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
• Category: Developer tools
• You need to fill in: GITLAB_TOKEN, Authorization

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

claude mcp add --transport http gitlab https://mcp.jmrp.io/gitlab --header 'Authorization: your-value'

claude mcp add gitlab --env GITLAB_URL=your-value --env GITLAB_TOKEN=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_TOOL_SURFACE=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_CAPABILITY_SURFACE=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_META_PARAM_SCHEMA=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_TIER=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_READ_ONLY=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_SAFE_MODE=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_EXCLUDE_TOOLS=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_IGNORE_SCOPES=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILE_SIZE=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_UPLOAD_DIRS=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_DOWNLOAD_DIRS=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_IMPORT_DIRS=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_RPS=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_BURST=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=your-value --env GITLAB_MCP_LANGUAGE=your-value -- npx -y @jmrp.io/gitlab-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "url": "https://mcp.jmrp.io/gitlab",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jmrp.io/gitlab-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_URL": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_TOOL_SURFACE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_CAPABILITY_SURFACE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_META_PARAM_SCHEMA": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_TIER": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_READ_ONLY": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_SAFE_MODE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_EXCLUDE_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_IGNORE_SCOPES": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILE_SIZE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_UPLOAD_DIRS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_DOWNLOAD_DIRS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_IMPORT_DIRS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_RPS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_BURST": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_LANGUAGE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.jmrp.io/gitlab",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@jmrp.io/gitlab-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_URL": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_TOOL_SURFACE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_CAPABILITY_SURFACE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_META_PARAM_SCHEMA": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_TIER": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_READ_ONLY": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_SAFE_MODE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_EXCLUDE_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_IGNORE_SCOPES": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILE_SIZE": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_UPLOAD_DIRS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_DOWNLOAD_DIRS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_IMPORT_DIRS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_RPS": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_BURST": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "your-value",
        "GITLAB_MCP_LANGUAGE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• GITLAB_URL env
  GitLab instance URL (default: https://gitlab.com; set for self-managed instances)
• GITLAB_TOKEN secret required env
  GitLab Personal Access Token (glpat-...)
• GITLAB_MCP_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY env
  Skip TLS certificate verification for self-signed certs (default: false)
• GITLAB_MCP_TOOL_SURFACE env
  Tool catalog selector: dynamic, meta, or individual (default: dynamic)
• GITLAB_MCP_CAPABILITY_SURFACE env
  Resource and prompt catalog selector: full or minimal (default: full); resource subscriptions require full
• GITLAB_MCP_META_PARAM_SCHEMA env
  Meta-tool input schema detail: opaque, compact, or full (default: opaque)
• GITLAB_MCP_TIER env
  GitLab tier: free/ce, premium or ultimate, used as given. When unset, detected from the instance license, then from the plans of the namespaces the token administers, then, on GitLab.com, from the to…
• GITLAB_MCP_READ_ONLY env
  Read-only mode: removes every mutating action from the served surface; reads keep working (default: false)
• GITLAB_MCP_SAFE_MODE env
  Safe mode: a mutating action returns a preview card naming the action and echoing its arguments instead of running; reads keep working (default: false)
• GITLAB_MCP_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES env
  Append EmbeddedResource content blocks (clickable links to MCP resources) to get_* tool results (default: true)
• GITLAB_MCP_EXCLUDE_TOOLS env
  Comma-separated tool names, group names or canonical action IDs to exclude, on every surface (e.g. gitlab_admin,gitlab_runner)
• GITLAB_MCP_IGNORE_SCOPES env
  Skip the scope filter and the read_api narrowing and register all tools regardless of token permissions; a token carrying neither read_api nor api is still refused (default: false)
• GITLAB_MCP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILE_SIZE env
  Largest local file an upload or file-reading action accepts, in bytes or with a KB, MB or GB suffix (e.g. 2GB); at most 1 TB (default: 2147483648, 2 GB)
• GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_UPLOAD_DIRS env
  Extra OS path-list-separated directories an action may read a local file from; the working directory (unless it is the filesystem root or your home directory) and the OS temp directory are always all…
• GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_DOWNLOAD_DIRS env
  Extra OS path-list-separated directories an action may write a downloaded file into; the working directory (unless it is the filesystem root or your home directory) and the OS temp directory are alwa…
• GITLAB_MCP_ALLOWED_IMPORT_DIRS env
  Extra OS path-list-separated directories a project or group import archive may be read from; the working directory (unless it is the filesystem root or your home directory) and the OS temp directory…
• GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_RPS env
  Rate limit per credential, in requests per second, on every call that reaches GitLab, with tools/list charged to a bucket of its own; 0, the default on stdio, disables it (default: 0)
• GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_BURST env
  Token-bucket burst size when GITLAB_MCP_RATE_LIMIT_RPS is greater than 0 (default: 40)
• GITLAB_MCP_LOG_LEVEL env
  Logging verbosity (default: info)
• GITLAB_MCP_LANGUAGE env
  Language of the elicitation questions, form field titles and progress messages a client shows the user: en or es (default: en). What the model reads stays English
• Authorization secret HTTP header
  Bearer . The endpoint runs in OAuth mode: a client that speaks the OAuth flow needs no header at all and discovers the authorization server from the 401 challenge. A GitLab personal access token also…

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README from the maker

export GITLAB_TOKEN=glpat-xxxx

npx -y @jmrp.io/gitlab-mcp-server                   # npm, nothing installed first