GitLab MCP Server

Enable powerful LLM-driven exploration and analysis of GitLab instances with comprehensive search, code browsing, and issue management tools. Seamlessly integrate with self-hosted or GitLab.com environments using flexible authentication modes. Optimize AI workflows with automatic GraphQL schema discovery and dynamic query capabilities.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

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You'll be asked for 3 credentials: GITLAB_READ_TOKEN, GITLAB_SHARED_ACCESS_TOKEN, GITLAB_TOKEN

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configGITLAB_AUTH_MODE— the three-way enum is gone. Pick your deployment shape by which env var you set; see [Choose your deployment](#choose-your-deployment).

configGITLAB_MAX_PAGE_SIZE— Maximum items per page (1–100) 50

configGITLAB_MCP_PORT— HTTP server port 8008

🔐 secretGITLAB_READ_TOKEN— glpat-readonly-service-token # read_api scope only

🔐 secretGITLAB_SHARED_ACCESS_TOKEN— rename to GITLAB_TOKEN (full access) or GITLAB_READ_TOKEN (read-only).

configGITLAB_TIMEOUT— Request timeout in milliseconds 30000

🔐 secretGITLAB_TOKEN— env =glpat-your-pat \

configGITLAB_URL— env =https://gitlab.com \

configMCP_TRANSPORT— Transport mode (http for LibreChat) stdio

// full audit trail

The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.

// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

We have 1 concrete improvement we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.

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commit: a0726fdc8cefa04542d716a00c7b6122258b1c13

code hash: 802d82373be30d730aa2f22134ca758743d907fa05d9a18b81f66f3b3d45ec82

verified: 6/9/2026, 10:32:14 AM

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