🚀 GitLab MR MCP

Name: 🚀 GitLab MR MCP
Author: kopfrechner

@kopfrechner

About 🚀 GitLab MR MCP

Interact seamlessly with GitLab repositories to manage merge requests and issues. Fetch details, add comments, and streamline your code review process with ease.

#gitlab #mcp #merge-requests #mcp-server

Basic information

Config

Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mr-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli@latest",
        "install",
        "@kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp",
        "--client",
        "claude",
        "--config",
        "\"{\"gitlabMrMcpToken\":\"YOUR_GITLAB_TOKEN\", \"gitlabMrMcpHost\": \"YOUR_GITLAB_HOST\"}\""
      ]
    }
  }
}

Tools

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Overview

What is 🚀 GitLab MR MCP?

🚀 GitLab MR MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents to interact with GitLab repositories. It provides tools for reading and modifying merge requests and issues, making it useful for developers and automation workflows that need AI-assisted code review and project management.

How to use 🚀 GitLab MR MCP?

Install via Smithery (npx @smithery/cli install @kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp) or manually by cloning the repository and adding the server configuration to your MCP client. The server requires environment variables MR_MCP_GITLAB_TOKEN and MR_MCP_GITLAB_HOST to authenticate with your GitLab instance. Optional variables MR_MCP_MIN_ACCESS_LEVEL and MR_MCP_PROJECT_SEARCH_TERM can filter accessible projects.

Key features of 🚀 GitLab MR MCP

List accessible GitLab projects
View open merge requests and detailed information
Retrieve and add general comments to merge requests
Get merge request diffs and add line-specific comments
Fetch issue details
Modify merge request title and description

Use cases of 🚀 GitLab MR MCP

AI agent reviewing open merge requests and providing feedback
Automatically adding comments or summaries to code diffs
Assisting developers with issue triage from chat or coding assistants
Generating release notes by querying merge request details
Updating merge request metadata in bulk via automation

FAQ from 🚀 GitLab MR MCP

What does 🚀 GitLab MR MCP do?

It allows AI agents to list, read, comment on, and modify GitLab merge requests and issues using the Model Context Protocol. It covers tasks like viewing diffs, adding line-specific comments, and changing titles or descriptions.

What are the prerequisites?

Node.js, a GitLab personal access token with api or read_api scope, and the host URL of your GitLab instance. You also need the project ID(s) you wish to access.

How do I install and configure it?

You can install via Smithery or manually. For manual setup, clone the repository, run npm install, then add the server to your MCP client configuration with command: "node", args: ["/path/to/index.js"], and environment variables MR_MCP_GITLAB_TOKEN and MR_MCP_GITLAB_HOST.

How do I troubleshoot permission errors?

Ensure your GitLab token has the required scopes (api, read_api), the token’s user has the correct access level to the projects, and the project IDs are accurate.

What tools are available?

The server provides tools such as get_projects, list_open_merge_requests, get_merge_request_details, get_merge_request_comments, add_merge_request_comment, add_merge_request_diff_comment, get_merge_request_diff, get_issue_details, set_merge_request_title, and set_merge_request_description.