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  "name": "io.github.vish288/mcp-gitlab",
  "title": "mcp-gitlab",
  "description": "GitLab MCP server (MCP 2026-07-28): projects, MRs, pipelines, CI/CD, issues; writes or read-only",
  "version": "0.21.2",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-22T21:10:25.501619Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-22T21:10:25.501619Z",
  "repoUrl": "https://github.com/vish288/mcp-gitlab",
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      "isRequired": false,
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    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_URL",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "GitLab instance URL (e.g. https://gitlab.com)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_READ_ONLY",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Alias for MCP_READ_ONLY. Any value other than false/0/no/off/empty locks the server read-only; --read-only can only raise the lock"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_READ_ONLY",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Locks the server read-only: write tools and write-workflow prompts are not listed and nothing lifts the lock at runtime. Shared name across the mcp-* servers; set it in the deployer's env"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_AUTH",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Authentication mode: token (default) or oauth (OAuth 2.1 proxy; streamable-http only)"
    },
    {
      "name": "GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID",
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      "isRequired": false,
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    },
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      "name": "GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Secret of the GitLab OAuth app (oauth mode)"
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    {
      "name": "GITLAB_OAUTH_BASE_URL",
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      "description": "Public URL of this server, no trailing slash (oauth mode); redirect URI is <base>/auth/callback"
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      "name": "GITLAB_OAUTH_SCOPES",
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      "description": "Space-separated GitLab scopes required on every request (oauth mode; default api)"
    },
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      "name": "GITLAB_OAUTH_JWT_KEY",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "FastMCP JWT signing key, >=32 random chars (oauth mode; defaults to one derived from the client secret)"
    },
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      "name": "GITLAB_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Bearer token (min 16 chars) required to bind an HTTP transport to a non-loopback host; clients send it as 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' (token mode; --auth oauth has its own sign-in)"
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      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Every package has an explicit version"
    },
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      "id": "secrets-requested",
      "label": "Secrets requested",
      "result": "warn",
      "detail": "Asks for 4 secrets: GITLAB_TOKEN, GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET, GITLAB_OAUTH_JWT_KEY, GITLAB_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN"
    },
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      "id": "known-registry",
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      "detail": "All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB"
    },
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      "id": "namespace",
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      "result": "info",
      "detail": "Name verified via GitHub account vish288"
    },
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      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI"
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      "id": "install-scripts",
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      "result": "pass",
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    },
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      "detail": "Read 63 files in mcp-gitlab 0.21.2: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found"
    },
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      "id": "ai-text",
      "label": "Text aimed at the AI",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 63 files, including comments and the README"
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