A robust, developer-ready, and LLM-ergonomic Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for both self-hosted GitLab Community Edition (CE) and GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE).
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add gitlab-server-sumirati --env GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN='<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @sumirati/mcp-gitlab~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gitlab-server-sumirati]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"]
env = { GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>" }
# codex mcp add gitlab-server-sumirati --env GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN='<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @sumirati/mcp-gitlab~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitlab-server-sumirati": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"gitlab-server-sumirati": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitlab-server-sumirati": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitlab-server-sumirati": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gitlab-server-sumirati": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sumirati/mcp-gitlab"
],
"env": {
"GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.