MCP GitLab Server

v2025.3.2

GitLab Community

MCPgitgitlabdevopsci-cd
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Strong
About This MCP

MCP server providing AI models with comprehensive GitLab integration capabilities. Enables merge request management, CI/CD pipeline inspection, issue tracking, and code review workflows for enterprise teams using GitLab.

Last Evaluated: January 14, 2025
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Trust Vector Analysis

Dimension Breakdown

🚀Performance & Reliability
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api reliability

API stability and uptime analysis

Evidence
GitLab API Documentation — Built on GitLab's REST and GraphQL APIs with 99.95% uptime SLA
highVerified: 2025-01-14
operation success rate

Operation success testing

Evidence
MCP GitLab Server — High success rate for MR operations, CI/CD inspection, and issue management
highVerified: 2025-01-14
rate limit handling

Rate limiting behavior testing

Evidence
GitLab Rate Limits — Respects GitLab rate limits with configurable throttling
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
ci cd integration

CI/CD integration testing

Evidence
GitLab CI/CD API — Full access to pipeline status, jobs, and artifacts
highVerified: 2025-01-14
error recovery

Error handling testing

Evidence
MCP Implementation — Handles API errors with retry logic and graceful degradation
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
🛡️Security
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authentication security

Authentication mechanism review

Evidence
GitLab Personal Access Tokens — Uses GitLab PAT or OAuth with fine-grained scopes
highVerified: 2025-01-14
token exposure risk

Token security analysis

Evidence
MCP Security Model — Token stored locally; AI can perform actions within token scope
highVerified: 2025-01-14
scope limitation

Permission scope testing

Evidence
GitLab Token Scopes — Supports granular scopes: read_api, write_repository, api, etc.
highVerified: 2025-01-14
action auditability

Audit logging review

Evidence
GitLab Audit Events — All actions logged in GitLab's audit system (Premium/Ultimate)
highVerified: 2025-01-14
self hosted option

Deployment options review

Evidence
GitLab Self-Managed — Full support for self-managed GitLab instances
highVerified: 2025-01-14
🔒Privacy & Compliance
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code exposure

Data flow analysis

Evidence
MCP Data Flow — Repository code and metadata sent to LLM provider for analysis
highVerified: 2025-01-14
sensitive data protection

Privacy controls assessment

Evidence
MCP Security Guidelines — No built-in secret detection; CI/CD variables may be exposed
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
data residency

Data residency review

Evidence
GitLab Data Residency — Self-hosted option provides full data residency control
highVerified: 2025-01-14
third party data sharing

Data sharing analysis

Evidence
LLM Provider Policies — Repository data shared with configured LLM provider
highVerified: 2025-01-14
👁️Trust & Transparency
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documentation quality

Documentation completeness review

Evidence
GitLab MCP Docs — Good documentation with setup guides and operation examples
highVerified: 2025-01-14
operation visibility

Logging and traceability assessment

Evidence
MCP Protocol — Operations visible in MCP logs and GitLab audit trail
highVerified: 2025-01-14
open source transparency

Source code review

Evidence
GitLab Repository — Open source implementation with MIT license
highVerified: 2025-01-14
api coverage clarity

API documentation review

Evidence
MCP Server Documentation — Clear documentation of supported GitLab API operations
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
⚙️Operational Excellence
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ease of setup

Setup complexity assessment

Evidence
MCP Setup Guide — Simple setup requiring GitLab PAT and instance URL
highVerified: 2025-01-14
api performance

Performance benchmarking

Evidence
GitLab API Performance — Response times typically 100-400ms depending on operation
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
reliability

Uptime analysis

Evidence
GitLab Status — GitLab.com uptime historically >99.95%
highVerified: 2025-01-14
feature coverage

Feature completeness assessment

Evidence
MCP GitLab Server — Covers MRs, issues, pipelines, projects, and file operations
highVerified: 2025-01-14
enterprise features

Enterprise capabilities assessment

Evidence
GitLab Enterprise — Full support for GitLab Premium/Ultimate enterprise features
highVerified: 2025-01-14
Strengths
  • +Comprehensive GitLab API coverage (MRs, pipelines, issues)
  • +Full CI/CD integration for pipeline management
  • +Excellent for enterprise DevOps workflows
  • +Supports self-managed GitLab instances for data control
  • +Strong audit logging capabilities (Premium/Ultimate)
  • +Fine-grained token scopes for security
Limitations
  • !Repository code exposed to LLM provider APIs
  • !CI/CD variables and secrets may be inadvertently exposed
  • !Some features require GitLab Premium/Ultimate
  • !Subject to GitLab API rate limits
  • !No built-in secret detection in code
  • !Newer than GitHub MCP, smaller community
Metadata
license: MIT
supported platforms
0: All platforms with Node.js/Python
programming languages
0: TypeScript
1: Python
mcp version: 1.0
github repo: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-mcp-server
api dependency: GitLab REST API v4 / GraphQL
authentication: GitLab Personal Access Token or OAuth
first release: 2025-02
maintained by: GitLab Community
transport types
0: stdio
installation methods
0: npm
1: pip

Use Case Ratings

code generation

Excellent for AI-assisted development, MR creation, and code review

customer support

Useful for creating issues and tracking feature requests

content creation

Good for managing wiki and documentation in GitLab

data analysis

Useful for analyzing repository metrics and CI/CD data

research assistant

Good for researching codebases and tracking issues

legal compliance

Self-hosted option helps with compliance requirements

healthcare

Self-hosted deployment recommended for healthcare use

financial analysis

Self-hosted option suitable with proper access controls

education

Great for teaching DevOps and code review practices

creative writing

Limited applicability for creative writing tasks