GitLab Skill This skill provides GitLab integration using the official glab CLI tool. A Python wrapper script produces markdown-formatted output for read/view operations. Action commands (create, merge, close, comment) should use glab directly. Prerequisites Install glab CLI : installation guide Authentication

Authenticate with GitLab

glab auth login

Verify authentication

glab auth status Supports GitLab.com, GitLab Dedicated, and GitLab Self-Managed instances. See GitLab CLI Authentication for details. Script Usage The wrapper script ( scripts/gitlab.py ) formats output as markdown. Use it for read/view operations to get agent-consumable output. Use glab directly for action commands (create, merge, close, comment). See permissions.md for read/write classification of each command.

Check glab CLI is installed and authenticated

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py check

Issues

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py issues list --repo GROUP/REPO $SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py issues view 123 --repo GROUP/REPO

Merge Requests

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py mrs list --repo GROUP/REPO $SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py mrs view 456 --repo GROUP/REPO

Pipelines

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py pipelines list --repo GROUP/REPO $SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py pipelines view 123456 --repo GROUP/REPO

Repositories

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py repos list $SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py repos view GROUP/REPO All commands support --limit N for list commands (default 30). Commands (Direct glab Usage) For action commands, use glab directly: Issues glab issue list

List issues

glab issue view 123

View issue details

glab issue create

Create new issue

glab issue note 123

Add comment

glab issue close 123

Close issue

glab issue update 123 --label bug

Edit issue

Full reference: glab issue Merge Requests glab mr list

List merge requests

glab mr view 456

View MR details

glab mr create

Create new MR

glab mr approve 456

Approve MR

glab mr merge 456

Merge MR

glab mr checkout 456

Checkout MR branch

glab mr diff 456

View MR diff

glab mr note 456

Add comment to MR

Full reference: glab mr Pipelines & CI/CD glab ci list

List pipelines

glab ci view 123456

View pipeline details

glab ci run

Trigger pipeline

glab ci trace

Watch pipeline logs

glab ci retry 123456

Retry failed pipeline

glab ci status

Show pipeline status

Full references: glab ci glab pipeline Repositories glab repo list

List repositories

glab repo view GROUP/REPO

View repository

glab repo create

Create repository

glab repo clone GROUP/REPO

Clone repository

glab repo fork GROUP/REPO

Fork repository

Full reference: glab repo Releases glab release list

List releases

glab release view v1.0.0

View release details

glab release create v1.0.0

Create release

glab release delete v1.0.0

Delete release

Full reference: glab release Examples Daily MR Review

List MRs assigned to you

glab mr list --assignee = @me

Review a specific MR

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py mrs view 456 glab mr diff 456 glab mr approve 456

Verify approval was recorded

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py mrs view 456

check approval status

Create Issue and Link MR

Create issue

glab issue create --title "Bug: Login fails" --description "Description" --label bug

Verify: note the issue number from output

Create MR that closes it (use issue number from above)

glab mr create --title "Fix login bug" --description "Closes #123"

Verify MR was created and linked

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py mrs view < number

Monitor CI Pipeline

Check current pipeline status

glab ci status

Watch pipeline logs in real-time

glab ci trace

Retry failed jobs

glab ci retry

Verify pipeline restarted

$SKILL_DIR /scripts/gitlab.py pipelines list See common-workflows.md for more examples. Advanced Usage JSON Output for Scripting

Get JSON output

glab issue list --output json

Process with jq

glab mr list --output json | jq '.[] | "(.iid): (.title)"' GitLab API Access For operations not covered by glab commands:

Make authenticated API request

glab api projects/:id/issues

POST request

glab api projects/:id/issues -X POST -f title = "Issue" -f description = "Text"

Process response

glab api projects/:id | jq '.star_count' Full reference: glab api Aliases for Frequent Operations

Create shortcuts

glab alias set mrs 'mr list --assignee=@me' glab alias set issues 'issue list --assignee=@me' glab alias set pipelines 'ci list'

Use them

glab mrs glab issues glab pipelines Configuration

View configuration

glab config get

Set default editor

glab config set editor vim

Set default Git protocol

glab config set git_protocol ssh Configuration stored in ~/.config/glab-cli/config.yml Model Guidance This skill wraps an official CLI. A fast, lightweight model is sufficient. Troubleshooting

Check authentication

glab auth status

Re-authenticate