gitlabhq

Use the `glab orbit` CLI for questions about code structure, blast radius, cross-project links, and relationships across GitLab entities, and to build a repo map. It works on hosted or local data. Skip it for single-entity lookups or writes that `glab`…

Index and query a local checkout offline with the Orbit CLI (`orbit`, or `glab orbit`). Reach for it when a question names a symbol or spans code structure. Examples: who calls or extends this, where it is defined, what a file defines, how definitions are…

Use the `glab orbit` CLI for questions about code structure, blast radius, cross-project links, and relationships across GitLab entities, and to build a repo map. It works on hosted or local data. Skip it for single-entity lookups or writes that `glab`…

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Build a new GraphQL-backed MCP server tool in gitlab-org/gitlab. Use when adding or scaffolding a GitLab Duo Agent Platform MCP tool that follows the app/services/mcp/tools/ *Tool + Graphql*Service pattern — covers GraphQL API discovery, the…

Analyze the changes on the current branch — both uncommitted work and commits already made (e.g. a PoC or existing MR) — and reason about whether they should be split into smaller, more focused MRs. Identifies natural boundaries (backend/frontend, model/spec,…

MUST USE before planning, implementing, refactoring, OR reviewing any GitLab code changes (including merge request reviews, code review feedback, new features, bug fixes). Evaluate every principle group to ensure cross-domain coverage. Triggers: review,…

Act on automated review feedback left on the weekly AI principles distillation sync merge requests. Use when asked to address, respond to, or work through Duo review comments on `docs-sync/principles-*` branches, or on merge requests titled "Update AI…

Run EXPLAIN / EXPLAIN ANALYZE, test indexes, and measure query cost on PostgresAI Database Lab thin clones with the PostgresAI CLI (postgresai, pgai, Joe). Use when asked to explain or optimize a query, check a plan at production scale, try an index on…

GitLab CLI (glab) for working with GitLab from the command line. Read this skill before running any `glab` or GitLab API command — it applies to every GitLab operation, whether reading or writing (for example merge requests, issues, work items, discussions…

Manage stacked diffs and merge requests with the GitLab CLI. Use when the user wants to create, save, amend, sync, navigate, or reorder a stack of dependent merge requests. Triggers on tasks involving stacked diffs, stacked MRs, dependent merge requests, or…

GitLab CLI (glab) for working with GitLab from the command line. Read this skill before running any `glab` or GitLab API command — it applies to every GitLab operation, whether reading or writing (for example merge requests, issues, work items, discussions…

Give a team approval and merge rights over a subtree of the GitLab CLI repository without granting the Maintainer role. Use when someone asks to add a group or user to CODEOWNERS, to let a team review and merge its own paths, or when a team asks for…

Integrating a new advanced component with OAK (Omnibus Adjacent Kubernetes). Use this skill when a task involves adding NGINX reverse proxy configuration, Helm values generation, component database documentation, CI jobs, or operator documentation for a new…

Integrating a new advanced component with OAK (Omnibus Adjacent Kubernetes). Use this skill when a task involves adding NGINX reverse proxy configuration, Helm values generation, component database documentation, CI jobs, or operator documentation for a new…