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Gitlab CI MCP Server

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Gitlab CI MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 107 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 12 Aug 2026.

GitLab CI/CD MCP — pipelines, jobs, schedules, MRs, files. Any GitLab (SaaS or self-hosted).

Installs per day peak 305 · avg 30 · -29% w/w
a month agotoday
107
Installs / week
pypi · gitlab-ci-mcp
2
Stars
0 open issues
12 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Secret passed into the image build Dockerfile:11
ENV GITLAB_TOKEN=""

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add gitlab-ci-mcp -- uvx gitlab-ci-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-ci-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "gitlab-ci-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gitlab-ci-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["gitlab-ci-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-ci-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "gitlab-ci-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-ci-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "gitlab-ci-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GITLAB_URL (GitLab instance URL (e.g. https://gitlab.com or https://gitlab.example.com)), GITLAB_TOKEN (GitLab Personal Access Token with 'api' scope), GITLAB_PROJECT_PATH (Default project path (e.g. my-org/my-repo); can be overridden per call), GITLAB_SSL_VERIFY (Verify SSL certificates (true/false). Set to 'false' for self-hosted GitLab with self-signed certs.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Gitlab CI MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Gitlab CI MCP?
Gitlab CI MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package gitlab-ci-mcp was installed 107 times last week.
How do I connect Gitlab CI MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls gitlab-ci-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Gitlab CI MCP?
The pypi package gitlab-ci-mcp was installed 107 times in the last week. Week over week that is -29%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Gitlab CI MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.