Advanced GitLab MCP server

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

    const result = spawnSync(cmd, args, {

  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(process.env)) {

# Root needed to add files under node_modules; dropped back to the app user after
USER root

# Install the db package as a real node module so core's lazy
# require('@structured-world/gitlab-mcp-db') resolves at runtime. Its generated
# Prisma client lives inside the package (custom output dir).

# ============================================================================
# ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION
# ============================================================================

# Core GitLab connection settings (required)
ENV GITLAB_TOKEN=""

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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.

claude mcp add gitlab-mcp -- npx -y @structured-world/gitlab-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.gitlab-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GITLAB_TOKEN (GitLab Personal Access Token with 'api' and 'read_user' scopes), GITLAB_API_URL (GitLab instance API URL for self-hosted instances (defaults to https://gitlab.com)), GITLAB_READ_ONLY_MODE (Enable read-only mode (disable all manage_* write operations)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.