GitLab connector for AI agents

Tools your GitLab agent reaches for, scoped per user.

CALL ANY TOOL

Read repos, manage issues and MRs, inspect pipelines, and create project variables. Same toolkit, every framework, no auth plumbing.

gitlab_issues_list

List issues

List issues in a project with optional filters for state, assignee, labels, and milestone.

Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

project_id

string

Required

Project ID or URL-encoded path

state

string

Optional

Issue state: opened, closed, all

assignee_username

string

Optional

Filter by assignee username

labels

string

Optional

Comma-separated label names

gitlab_issue_create

Create issue

gitlab_merge_requests_list

List merge requests

gitlab_pipelines_list

List pipelines

gitlab_project_get

Get project

gitlab_label_create

Create label

Build your Agent

Drop the toolkit in, point it at the user, and your agent can manage GitLab issues, MRs, and CI pipelines from the first run.

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import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import { DynamicStructuredTool } from "@langchain/core/tools";
import { createReactAgent } from "@langchain/langgraph/prebuilt";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
  filter: { connectionNames: ["gitlab"], toolNames: ["gitlab_issues_list", "gitlab_merge_requests_list", "gitlab_pipelines_list"] },
  pageSize: 100,
});

const lcTools = tools.map((t) => new DynamicStructuredTool({
  name: t.tool.definition.name,
  description: t.tool.definition.description,
  schema: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
  func: async (args) => sk.tools.executeTool({
    toolName: t.tool.definition.name, identifier: "user_123", toolInput: args,
  }),
}));

const agent = createReactAgent({ llm, tools: lcTools });

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import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import OpenAI from "openai";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const openai = new OpenAI();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
  filter: { connectionNames: ["gitlab"], toolNames: ["gitlab_issues_list", "gitlab_merge_requests_list", "gitlab_pipelines_list"] },
  pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
  type: "function",
  function: {
    name: t.tool.definition.name,
    description: t.tool.definition.description,
    parameters: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
  },
}));

const resp = await openai.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-4o", input: prompt, tools: llmTools,
});

import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const anthropic = new Anthropic();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
  filter: { connectionNames: ["gitlab"], toolNames: ["gitlab_issues_list", "gitlab_merge_requests_list", "gitlab_pipelines_list"] },
  pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
  name: t.tool.definition.name,
  description: t.tool.definition.description,
  input_schema: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
}));

const msg = await anthropic.messages.create({
  model: "claude-sonnet-4-6", max_tokens: 1024,
  tools: llmTools,
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
});

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import { Agent } from "@google/adk/agents";
import {
  MCPToolset, StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
} from "@google/adk/tools/mcp";

const toolset = new MCPToolset({
  connectionParams: new StreamableHTTPConnectionParams({
    url: "https://mcp.scalekit.com/gitlab",
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${userScopedToken}` },
  }),
});

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "agent", model: "gemini-2.0-flash",
  tools: await toolset.getTools(),
});

Try these prompts

Paste any prompt into your agent to start managing GitLab DevOps workflows.

Search & recall

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List all open issues assigned to me in [project].

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Show me all failing CI pipelines in the last 24 hours.

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Find all MRs waiting for review in [project].

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What issues are labeled [bug] in [project]?

Action & creation

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Create an issue in [project]: [title] — [description].

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Add label [backend] to issue #[id] in [project].

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Assign MR #[id] to [username].

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Create a project variable [KEY]=[value] in [project].

CI/CD & pipelines

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Which pipeline stages are failing in [project] on main?

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List all pending MRs with pipeline status failed.

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Show me recent pipeline runs for [branch name].

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What are the open milestones in [project]?

SEE HOW AUTH WORKS

Users authorize GitLab once. Their account credentials stay vaulted, every call is checked, and every action is logged.

Authorize

Your user connects

GitLab

once. We tie it to their identity and the meetings they approved — no shared bot account, no org-wide access

Who:

user ‘A’

when:

Once per user

access:

A’s meetings only

Store

Their

GitLab

token lives in a vault scoped to them. User A's meetings are never reachable by an agent acting for user B, even on the same connection

vault:

encrypted

scope:

per-user

tokens:

auto-refreshed

Resolve

When your agent calls a

GitLab

tool, we fetch the right token server-side. It never touches your agent, never appears in the LLM context, never shows up in your logs

speed:

~40ms

check:

before every call

seen by:

nobody

Audit

Every

GitLab

tool call is logged — who triggered it, which meeting was fetched, what came back. 90 days of history, tied to the user who authorized it

history:

90 days

export:

SIEM-ready

logged:

every call

Test other agents

See the same per-user auth pattern across GitHub, Jira, and other developer tools connectors.

ENGINEERING

Engineering standup agent

Aggregate GitHub and GitLab activity, link to Jira tickets, and post a daily standup digest to Slack. No async updates to chase.

ENGINEERING

DevOps assistant agent

Triage GitHub incidents, open Linear tickets, and notify the on-call channel in Slack with context already attached.

Why Scalekit

Secure your agent's access. Connectors ship in minutes

Other connector libraries treat auth as a demo afterthought. Scalekit starts with user identity, scope enforcement, and audit.

01.

Shared tokens break per-user analytics

A shared token looks fine in a demo. In production every call looks like a service account. Scalekit resolves the real user credential so attribution, audit, and scope stay accurate.

// shared token
 audit → bot_service_account
 user_filter → broken

 // scalekit
 audit → user_abc
 scope → enforced ✓

02.

Authentication is not authorization

03.

Multi-tenancy is architectural

04.

GitLab today. Others tomorrow.

Capability

DIY

Scalekit AgentKit

Token storage

Build + maintain yourself

AES-256 vault, managed

Per-user isolation

Custom credential map

Per-tenant namespace, default

Scope enforcement

Manual checks or none

Per-request, pre-API call

Token refresh

Cron job you maintain

Automatic

Audit trail

Build your own logging

90-day, SIEM-exportable

New connector

New OAuth implementation

Same pattern, one config

Multi-framework

Per-framework adapter code

8 adapters included

“Our agents act across Salesforce, Gong, Google Drive, and more, on behalf of every customer. Scalekit behind the scenes meant we can keep adding tools without ever rebuilding how credentials or tool calling work.”

Venu Madhav Kattagoni

Head of Engineering / Von

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Tool and actions Framework Compatibility Starter Prompt Auth Lifecycle Try Other Agents Why Scalekit

Start in your coding agent

Up and running in one command

Install the Scalekit skill in your editor of choice. Connector, auth, tools, prompt, all wired up

Claude Code REPL

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/plugin marketplace add scalekit-inc/claude-code-authstack
/plugin install agentkit@scalekit-auth-stack

Cursor Code REPL

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# ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
""mcpServers"": {
""gitlab"": {
""url"": ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/gitlab"",
""headers"": { ""Authorization"": ""Bearer $SCALEKIT_TOKEN"" }
}
}
}

Codex Code REPL

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# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gitlab]
url = ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/gitlab""
auth_env = ""SCALEKIT_TOKEN""

Copilot Code REPL

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# .vscode/mcp.json
{
""servers"": {
""gitlab"": {
""url"": ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/gitlab"",
""type"": ""http""
}
}
}