Efficient Gitlab runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 411 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 May 2026.
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claude mcp add efficient-gitlab -e 'GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>' -- npx -y efficient-gitlab-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"efficient-gitlab": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.efficient-gitlab]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"]
env = { GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"efficient-gitlab": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"efficient-gitlab": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN> (GitLab personal access token with API scope).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
GITLAB_API_URL (GitLab API base URL (default: https://gitlab.com)).
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