Project Management

GitLab Issue Boards

Interact with GitLab issue boards, merge requests, and CI/CD pipelines from your coding agent.

Claude Code Cursor Windsurf

Overview

GitLab Issue Boards provide Kanban-style project management tightly integrated with GitLab repositories. AI agents can manage issues, update board states, and coordinate merge request workflows programmatically.

The GitLab MCP server enables agents to create issues, move them across board columns, assign labels, set milestones, and manage merge request pipelines. This allows developers to manage their entire GitLab workflow through natural language commands.

Teams using GitLab CI/CD benefit from the ability to monitor pipeline status, review merge request feedback, and automate repetitive project management tasks directly from their editor.

Who Is This For?

Move issues across board columns based on MR status
Create issues from code review comments
Monitor and report CI/CD pipeline failures
Bulk update issue labels and milestones

Installation

Setup for Claude Code

npx @anthropic-ai/claude-code mcp add gitlab -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab

Configuration

// .mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab"],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-token>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4"
      }
    }
  }
}