| name | gitlab |
| description | GitLab repository workflows and glab CLI usage. Trigger when working with GitLab repos, merge requests, issues, pipelines, releases, or the glab command. |
GitLab Skill
Use this skill for GitLab repository tasks, especially when the user mentions GitLab, merge requests, issues, pipelines, releases, or glab.
Read the relevant reference based on the user's question:
| Reference | Read when |
|---|
| glab-context | Before any repository-specific GitLab action. Covers glab availability, auth, repository remote detection, current branch, and working tree checks. |
| glab-mr | Working with GitLab merge requests: list, view, create, checkout, approve, comment, close, reopen, merge, diff, or changes. Examples: "close the MR 102399", "open a draft MR", "check out merge request 17", "merge this MR". |
| glab-issue | Working with GitLab issues: list, view, create, comment, close, reopen, labels, or assignees. |
| glab-pipeline | Checking GitLab CI, pipelines, jobs, traces, retries, cancellations, or branch pipeline status. |
| glab-release | Listing, viewing, creating, uploading assets to, or deleting GitLab releases. |
Command Composition
For a direct request such as "close the MR 102399":
- Read
glab-context to verify glab auth and repository context.
- Read
glab-mr to choose the MR close command.
- Prefer viewing the target first when context is ambiguous:
glab mr view 102399.
- Run the requested action only if the user's instruction clearly authorizes it:
glab mr close 102399.
Operating Principles
- Prefer
glab for GitLab API-backed tasks when it is available and authenticated.
- Check context before acting: repository remote, current branch, working tree status, and existing merge request state.
- Use non-interactive commands when possible.
- Never print, commit, or store access tokens.
- Do not push, merge, close issues, rerun pipelines, or create releases unless the user asks for that action.
- When
glab is unavailable, fall back to plain git for repository operations and explain which GitLab-specific action could not be completed.
