| name | glab-mcp |
| description | Work with Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI assistant integration. Exposes GitLab features as tools for AI assistants (like Claude Code) to interact with projects, issues, merge requests, and pipelines. Use when integrating AI assistants with GitLab or working with MCP servers. Triggers on MCP, Model Context Protocol, AI assistant integration, glab mcp serve. |
glab mcp
Overview
Manage Model Context Protocol server features for GitLab integration.
The MCP server exposes GitLab features as tools for use by
AI assistants (like Claude Code) to interact with GitLab projects, issues,
merge requests, pipelines, and other resources.
This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use.
It might be unstable or removed at any time.
For more information, see
https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.
USAGE
glab mcp <command> [command] [--flags]
EXAMPLES
$ glab mcp serve
COMMANDS
serve Start a MCP server with stdio transport. (EXPERIMENTAL)
FLAGS
-h --help Show help for this command.
Quick start
glab mcp --help
v1.86.0 Changes
Auto-enabled JSON output
As of v1.86.0, glab mcp serve automatically enables JSON output format when running — no manual flag needed. This improves parsing reliability for AI assistants consuming the MCP server's tool responses.
Unannotated commands excluded
Commands that lack MCP annotations are no longer registered as MCP tools. This means only explicitly supported commands are exposed to AI assistants, reducing noise and improving reliability. If a GitLab operation you expect isn't available as an MCP tool, it may lack MCP annotations in the current release.
Subcommands
See references/commands.md for full --help output.
