glab(1)

💅 glab-mcp-serve — the glab(1) glow-up

okay bestie, welcome to the glab manual page, but make it fun. this one's about glab-mcp-serve, and yes it's EXPERIMENTAL so read the whole thing before you go feral 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

glab-mcp-serve — Start a MCP server with stdio transport. (EXPERIMENTAL)

like. that's the whole job. she serves. she transports. she's experimental. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

glab mcp serve [flags]

that's it. that's the summoning spell. no cap.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Start a Model Context Protocol server to expose GitLab features as tools for AI assistants like Claude Code. 🔥

so basically you're opening a lil doorway between your GitLab and your AI bestie. iconic behavior.

The server uses stdio (standard input and output) transport for communication, and provides tools to:

• Manage issues (list, create, update, close, add notes) 📝
• Manage merge requests (list, create, update, merge, add notes) 🔀
• Manage projects (list, get details) 📦
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and jobs ⚙️

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🎀 configuring it in Claude Code 🎀

To configure this server in Claude Code, add this code to your MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glab": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "glab",
      "args": ["mcp", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

copy it, paste it, slay it. literally that exact JSON, don't freestyle it 💖

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⚠️ okay listen up, this part matters. This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use. It might be unstable or removed at any time. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

so like… adorable, powerful, but do NOT put this on prod. she could ghost you at any moment 😭

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⭐ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS ⭐

• -h, --help[=false] — Show help for this command.

that's the whole options list, bestie. one option. she's low maintenance 💅

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

glab mcp serve

chef's kiss. run it, boom, MCP server. periodt. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

glab-mcp(1)

go read that one too, iykyk 🦋

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and that's the whole page!! this one was auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026, and it's page glab(1) of the manual — so like, when you flip to it in man, that's the vibe. stay experimental, stay hydrated, and don't run unstable servers in prod. mwah 💜🎀