Advanced GitLab MCP server

io.github.structured-world/gitlab-mcp·v7.2.0·Git & Code Hosting

Quality Score

/100

GitLab MCP server with 44 tools for projects, MRs, pipelines, and more

§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_TOKEN": "<your-gitlab_token>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<gitlab_api_url>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY_MODE": "<gitlab_read_only_mode>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_TOKEN": "<your-gitlab_token>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<gitlab_api_url>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY_MODE": "<gitlab_read_only_mode>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y @structured-world/gitlab-mcp

§02 Environment variables

GITLAB_TOKEN

requiredsecret

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)

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