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Glab Config by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Glab Config
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: modbender

Glab Config

Manage glab CLI configuration settings including defaults, preferences, and per-host settings. Use when configuring glab behavior, setting defaults, or viewing current configuration. Triggers on config, configuration, settings, glab settings, set default.

modbender Updated Sep 22, 2026 12 repo stars

File contents

glab config

Overview


  Manage key/value strings.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                        
  Current respected settings:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                        
  - browser: If unset, uses the default browser. Override with environment variable $BROWSER.                           
  - check_update: If true, notifies of new versions of glab. Defaults to true. Override with environment variable       
  $GLAB_CHECK_UPDATE.                                                                                                   
  - display_hyperlinks: If true, and using a TTY, outputs hyperlinks for issues and merge request lists. Defaults to    
  false.                                                                                                                
  - editor: If unset, uses the default editor. Override with environment variable $EDITOR.                              
  - glab_pager: Your desired pager command to use, such as 'less -R'.                                                   
  - glamour_style: Your desired Markdown renderer style. Options are dark, light, notty. Custom styles are available    
  using [glamour](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glamour#styles).                                                     
  - host: If unset, defaults to `https://gitlab.com`.                                                                   
  - token: Your GitLab access token. Defaults to environment variables.                                                 
  - visual: Takes precedence over 'editor'. If unset, uses the default editor. Override with environment variable       
  $VISUAL.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
         
  USAGE  
         
    glab config [command] [--flags]  
            
  COMMANDS  
            
    edit [--flags]               Opens the glab configuration file.
    get <key> [--flags]          Prints the value of a given configuration key.
    set <key> <value> [--flags]  Updates configuration with the value of a given key.
         
  FLAGS  
         
    -g --global                  Use global config file.
    -h --help                    Show help for this command.

Quick start

glab config --help

v1.86.0 Changes

Per-host HTTPS proxy configuration

As of v1.86.0, you can configure an HTTPS proxy on a per-host basis. This is useful when different GitLab instances (e.g. gitlab.com vs a self-hosted instance) require different proxy settings.

# Set HTTPS proxy for a specific host
glab config set https_proxy "http://proxy.example.com:8080" --host gitlab.mycompany.com

# Set globally (applies to all hosts without a specific override)
glab config set https_proxy "http://proxy.example.com:8080" --global

# Verify
glab config get https_proxy --host gitlab.mycompany.com

Precedence: Per-host config overrides global config. Global config overrides the HTTPS_PROXY / https_proxy environment variables.

Common Settings

# View current config
glab config get --global

# Set default editor
glab config set editor vim --global

# Set pager
glab config set glab_pager "less -R" --global

# Disable update checks
glab config set check_update false --global

# Set default host
glab config set host https://gitlab.mycompany.com --global

Subcommands

See references/commands.md for full --help output.

---name: glab-config-2description: Manage glab CLI configuration settings including defaults, preferences, and per-host settings. Use when configuring glab behavior, setting defaults, or viewing current configuration. Triggers on config, configuration, settings, glab settings, set default.---# glab config## Overview``` Manage key/value strings. Current respected settings: - browser: If unset, uses the default browser. Override with environment variable $BROWSER. - check_update: If true, notifies of new versions of glab. Defaults to true. Override with environment variable $GLAB_CHECK_UPDATE. - display_hyperlinks: If true, and using a TTY, outputs hyperlinks for issues and merge request lists. Defaults to false. - editor: If unset, uses the default editor. Override with environment variable $EDITOR. - glab_pager: Your desired pager command to use, such as 'less -R'. - glamour_style: Your desired Markdown renderer style. Options are dark, light, notty. Custom styles are available using [glamour](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glamour#styles). - host: If unset, defaults to `https://gitlab.com`. - token: Your GitLab access token. Defaults to environment variables. - visual: Takes precedence over 'editor'. If unset, uses the default editor. Override with environment variable $VISUAL. USAGE glab config [command] [--flags] COMMANDS edit [--flags] Opens the glab configuration file. get <key> [--flags] Prints the value of a given configuration key. set <key> <value> [--flags] Updates configuration with the value of a given key. FLAGS -g --global Use global config file. -h --help Show help for this command.```## Quick start```bashglab config --help```## v1.86.0 Changes### Per-host HTTPS proxy configurationAs of v1.86.0, you can configure an HTTPS proxy on a per-host basis. This is useful when different GitLab instances (e.g. gitlab.com vs a self-hosted instance) require different proxy settings.```bash# Set HTTPS proxy for a specific hostglab config set https_proxy "http://proxy.example.com:8080" --host gitlab.mycompany.com# Set globally (applies to all hosts without a specific override)glab config set https_proxy "http://proxy.example.com:8080" --global# Verifyglab config get https_proxy --host gitlab.mycompany.com```**Precedence:** Per-host config overrides global config. Global config overrides the `HTTPS_PROXY` / `https_proxy` environment variables.## Common Settings```bash# View current configglab config get --global# Set default editorglab config set editor vim --global# Set pagerglab config set glab_pager "less -R" --global# Disable update checksglab config set check_update false --global# Set default hostglab config set host https://gitlab.mycompany.com --global```## SubcommandsSee [references/commands.md](references/commands.md) for full `--help` output.

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