An AI agent skill that provides comprehensive GitLab integration — fetch issues and merge requests, generate executive summaries, perform structured code reviews, and automate end-to-end issue resolution workflows.

Gitlab Skill

An AI agent skill for GitLab integration — fetch issues and merge requests, generate executive summaries, perform structured code reviews, and automate issue resolution workflows.

Built as a Claude Code / Cursor skill, it works with any AI coding assistant that supports skill-based orchestration.

Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ekohe/gitlab-skill/main/install.sh | bash

This clones the repo into your skills directory, installs dependencies, and creates a config file for you to fill in. Re-run to update.

Manual install:

git clone https://github.com/ekohe/gitlab-skill.git ~/.cursor/skills/gitlab-skill
cd ~/.cursor/skills/gitlab-skill
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp gitlab_config.json.template gitlab_config.json

Features

• Multi-instance — manage multiple GitLab servers from one config
• Project aliases — short names with automatic instance routing
• Issue summaries — executive-level summaries focused on business impact
• Code reviews — structured analysis across Security, Logic, Performance, and Quality
• Issue resolution — end-to-end: fetch issue, branch, implement, MR, comment
• Project insights — aggregate statistics and trend analysis

Creating a GitLab Personal Access Token

A Personal Access Token (PAT) is required to authenticate with the GitLab API.

Steps

1. Sign in to your GitLab instance
2. Go to User Settings > Access Tokens
   • GitLab.com: https://gitlab.com/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens
   • Self-hosted: https://<your-gitlab>/–/user_settings/personal_access_tokens
3. Click Add new token
4. Fill in the fields:
   • Token name: e.g. Gitlab Skill
   • Expiration date: set a reasonable expiry (max 1 year recommended)
   • Scopes: select api (full API access — required for reading issues/MRs and posting comments)
5. Click **Create