Gitlab

GitLab CLI (glab)

When to Use This Skill

Use glab for GitLab repositories. To detect GitLab:

git remote -v | grep -i gitlab

If the remote contains gitlab.com or a known GitLab instance, use this skill.

Before Any Operation

Always verify authentication first:

glab auth status

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