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Gitlab CLI Skills by ruc-nlpir — Agent Skill

Name: Gitlab CLI Skills
Author: ruc-nlpir

Gitlab CLI Skills

Comprehensive GitLab CLI (glab) command reference and workflows for all GitLab operations. Use when working with merge requests, CI/CD pipelines, issues, releases, repositories, authentication, variables, labels, milestones, snippets, or any glab command. Covers 37+ sub-commands including glab mr, glab ci, glab issue, glab repo, glab release, glab variable, and more.

ruc-nlpir 305f993 2.6 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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GitLab CLI Skills — Comprehensive glab Reference

This skill provides complete reference and workflows for the GitLab CLI (glab). It covers authentication, merge requests, CI/CD pipelines, issues, releases, repositories, and 30+ other glab commands.

Quick start

# First time setup
glab auth login

# Common operations
glab mr create --fill              # Create MR from current branch
glab issue create                  # Create issue
glab ci view                       # View pipeline status
glab repo view --web              # Open repo in browser

Common workflows

Daily development

# Start work on issue
glab issue view 123
git checkout -b 123-feature-name

# Create MR when ready
glab mr create --fill --draft

# Mark ready for review
glab mr update --ready

# Merge after approval
glab mr merge --when-pipeline-succeeds --remove-source-branch

Code review

# List your review queue
glab mr list --reviewer=@me --state=opened

# Review an MR
glab mr checkout 456
glab mr diff
npm test

# Approve
glab mr approve 456
glab mr note 456 -m "LGTM! Nice work on the error handling."

CI/CD debugging

# Check pipeline status
glab ci status

# View failed jobs
glab ci view

# Get job logs
glab ci trace <job-id>

# Retry failed job
glab ci retry <job-id>

When to use glab vs web UI

Use glab when:

Automating GitLab operations in scripts
Working in terminal-centric workflows
Batch operations (multiple MRs/issues)
Integration with other CLI tools
CI/CD pipeline workflows

Use web UI when:

Complex diff review with inline comments
Visual merge conflict resolution
Configuring repo settings and permissions
Advanced search/filtering across projects

Multi-agent identity note

When you want different agents to appear as different GitLab users, give each agent its own GitLab bot/service account. Multiple personal access tokens on the same GitLab user still act as that same visible identity.

Required pre-flight before any GitLab write

Run this immediately before any GitLab write:

glab auth status
glab api user

Do not post until both commands clearly show the intended visible actor.

---name: gitlab-cli-skillsdescription: Comprehensive GitLab CLI (glab) command reference and workflows for all GitLab operations. Use when working with merge requests, CI/CD pipelines, issues, releases, repositories, authentication, variables, labels, milestones, snippets, or any glab command. Covers 37+ sub-commands including glab mr, glab ci, glab issue, glab repo, glab release, glab variable, and more.---# GitLab CLI Skills — Comprehensive glab ReferenceThis skill provides complete reference and workflows for the GitLab CLI (`glab`).It covers authentication, merge requests, CI/CD pipelines, issues, releases,repositories, and 30+ other glab commands.---## Quick start```bash# First time setupglab auth login# Common operationsglab mr create --fill # Create MR from current branchglab issue create # Create issueglab ci view # View pipeline statusglab repo view --web # Open repo in browser```## Common workflows### Daily development```bash# Start work on issueglab issue view 123git checkout -b 123-feature-name# Create MR when readyglab mr create --fill --draft# Mark ready for reviewglab mr update --ready# Merge after approvalglab mr merge --when-pipeline-succeeds --remove-source-branch```### Code review```bash# List your review queueglab mr list --reviewer=@me --state=opened# Review an MRglab mr checkout 456glab mr diffnpm test# Approveglab mr approve 456glab mr note 456 -m "LGTM! Nice work on the error handling."```### CI/CD debugging```bash# Check pipeline statusglab ci status# View failed jobsglab ci view# Get job logsglab ci trace <job-id># Retry failed jobglab ci retry <job-id>```## When to use glab vs web UI**Use glab when:**- Automating GitLab operations in scripts- Working in terminal-centric workflows- Batch operations (multiple MRs/issues)- Integration with other CLI tools- CI/CD pipeline workflows**Use web UI when:**- Complex diff review with inline comments- Visual merge conflict resolution- Configuring repo settings and permissions- Advanced search/filtering across projects## Multi-agent identity noteWhen you want different agents to appear as different GitLab users, give each agent its own GitLab bot/service account. Multiple personal access tokens on the same GitLab user still act as that same visible identity.### Required pre-flight before any GitLab writeRun this immediately before any GitLab write:```bashglab auth statusglab api user```Do not post until both commands clearly show the intended visible actor.

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