Agent skill · software engineering · aiskillstore
gitlab
GitLab operations via glab CLI. Use when user mentions: MR, merge request, gitlab issue, pipeline, CI status, glab, or when git remote shows gitlab.com or self-hosted GitLab.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific glab CLI commands for GitLab operations that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires glab installed locally. Requires gitlab account access. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
GitLab CLI (glab) When to Use This Skill Use glab for GitLab repositories. To detect GitLab: If the remote contains gitlab.com or a known GitLab instance, use this skill. Before Any Operation Always verify authentication first: If not authenticated, guide the user to run glab auth login. Behavioral Guidelines 1. Creating MRs: Always check for uncommitted changes first with git status 2. Viewing MRs/Issues: Prefer --comments flag when user wants full context 3. CI Operations: Check glab ci status before suggesting glab ci run 4. Use --web: When the user might benefit from the browser UI Command Reference Merge Requests Action Command -------- --------- Create glab mr create --title "Title" --description "Desc" Create draft glab mr create --draft --title "Title" List glab mr list View glab mr view <id> View with comments glab mr view <id> --comments Checkout glab mr checkout <id> Merge glab mr merge <id> Approve glab mr approve <id> Issues Action Command -------- --------- Create glab issue create --title "Title" --description "Desc" List glab issue list List mine glab issue list --assignee=@me View glab issue view <id> Close glab issue close <id> Comment glab issue note <id> --message "Comment" CI/CD Pipelines Action Command -------- --------- Status glab ci status List glab ci list View logs glab ci trace Run new glab ci run Retry failed glab ci retry Repository Action Command -------- --------- View info glab repo view Clone glab repo clone <repo> Open in browser glab repo view --web
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/gitlab