# zereight/gitlab-mcp

First gitlab mcp for you, building together

Repository: https://github.com/zereight/gitlab-mcp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitlab-mcp
Homepage: https://zereight.github.io/gitlab-mcp/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T04:28:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 40
- inputs: {"age_days": 569, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 110}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1926, forks 342 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.752989+00:00)

## What it is
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposing GitLab APIs (projects, merge requests, issues, pipelines, wikis, releases, and more) to AI clients like Claude, Cursor, and Copilot. It offers ~217 granular tools with runtime discovery, multiple auth methods, and stdio/SSE/Streamable HTTP transports.

## Use cases
- let an AI agent review and comment on GitLab merge requests
- manage GitLab issues and pipelines from Claude or Cursor
- connect my coding assistant to a self-hosted GitLab instance
- browse repository files and diffs through an MCP client
- automate GitLab release and milestone management via AI
- set up a GitLab MCP server with OAuth or a personal access token

## When to choose
- you want an agent-workflow-optimized GitLab MCP with many granular tools and runtime tool discovery
- you need flexible auth (PAT, OAuth2, proxy, remote authorization) and multiple transports
- you use self-hosted GitLab instances or need dynamic API URL routing
- you want batched two-step MR diff review for AI code review

## When to avoid
- you prefer a small grouped toolset (CQRS-style) for enterprise multi-instance setups
- you need a non-GitLab platform like GitHub or Bitbucket
- you don't use any MCP-compatible AI client

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, api-framework, developer-tools, auth
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, large-language-models
- platform: cli, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: gitlab, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, ai-agent-tools, devops-automation, merge-requests, ci-pipelines, ai-agents, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- zereight/gitlab-mcp (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.752989+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:09:20.889129+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zereight/gitlab-mcp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.752989+00:00, sha 2af428fc28f0)
  - homepage: https://zereight.github.io/gitlab-mcp/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:02.852534+00:00, sha aefee7bb572b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.