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Gitlab CLI by tomevault-io — Agent Skill

Name: Gitlab CLI
Author: tomevault-io

File contents

GitLab CLI helper skill for common glab operations. Requires glab CLI installed and authenticated.

Note: For creating/updating MR descriptions, use /mr-description-creator instead.

Actions

MR Operations

View MR status:

/gitlab-cli mr status

View MR in browser:

/gitlab-cli mr view --web

List MRs:

/gitlab-cli mr list

Merge MR:

/gitlab-cli mr merge

Issue Operations

List issues:

/gitlab-cli issue list

Create issue:

/gitlab-cli issue create

View issue:

/gitlab-cli issue view <number>

CI/CD Operations

View CI status:

/gitlab-cli ci status

View pipeline:

/gitlab-cli ci view

List jobs:

/gitlab-cli job list

Repository Operations

View repo:

/gitlab-cli repo view

Instructions

Step 1: Validate Environment

# Check glab is installed
glab --version

# Check glab is authenticated
glab auth status

If not installed, report: "Install glab CLI: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli" If not authenticated, report: "Run: glab auth login"

Step 2: Parse and Execute

Parse $ARGUMENTS and pass directly to glab:

glab $ARGUMENTS

Step 3: Report Result

Show glab output directly to user.

Examples

# View MR status
/gitlab-cli mr status

# View MR in browser
/gitlab-cli mr view --web

# List open MRs
/gitlab-cli mr list

# Merge current MR
/gitlab-cli mr merge

# List issues
/gitlab-cli issue list

# Create issue interactively
/gitlab-cli issue create

# View repo info
/gitlab-cli repo view

# View CI status
/gitlab-cli ci status

# View pipeline
/gitlab-cli ci view

# List jobs
/gitlab-cli job list

# API calls
/gitlab-cli api projects/:id/merge_requests

# Any glab command works
/gitlab-cli release list
/gitlab-cli label list

Error Handling

Scenario	Action
glab not installed	"Install glab: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli"
Not authenticated	"Run: glab auth login"
glab command fails	Show glab error output

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---name: gitlab-clidescription: GitLab CLI (glab) wrapper for MR status, issues, and repository operations Use when this capability is needed.---GitLab CLI helper skill for common `glab` operations. Requires `glab` CLI installed and authenticated.**Note**: For creating/updating MR descriptions, use `/mr-description-creator` instead.## Actions### MR Operations**View MR status:**```/gitlab-cli mr status```**View MR in browser:**```/gitlab-cli mr view --web```**List MRs:**```/gitlab-cli mr list```**Merge MR:**```/gitlab-cli mr merge```### Issue Operations**List issues:**```/gitlab-cli issue list```**Create issue:**```/gitlab-cli issue create```**View issue:**```/gitlab-cli issue view <number>```### CI/CD Operations**View CI status:**```/gitlab-cli ci status```**View pipeline:**```/gitlab-cli ci view```**List jobs:**```/gitlab-cli job list```### Repository Operations**View repo:**```/gitlab-cli repo view```## Instructions### Step 1: Validate Environment```bash# Check glab is installedglab --version# Check glab is authenticatedglab auth status```If not installed, report: "Install glab CLI: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli"If not authenticated, report: "Run: glab auth login"### Step 2: Parse and ExecuteParse `$ARGUMENTS` and pass directly to `glab`:```bashglab $ARGUMENTS```### Step 3: Report ResultShow `glab` output directly to user.## Examples```bash# View MR status/gitlab-cli mr status# View MR in browser/gitlab-cli mr view --web# List open MRs/gitlab-cli mr list# Merge current MR/gitlab-cli mr merge# List issues/gitlab-cli issue list# Create issue interactively/gitlab-cli issue create# View repo info/gitlab-cli repo view# View CI status/gitlab-cli ci status# View pipeline/gitlab-cli ci view# List jobs/gitlab-cli job list# API calls/gitlab-cli api projects/:id/merge_requests# Any glab command works/gitlab-cli release list/gitlab-cli label list```## Error Handling| Scenario | Action ||----------|--------|| glab not installed | "Install glab: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli" || Not authenticated | "Run: glab auth login" || glab command fails | Show glab error output |---> Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/gantisstorm) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.

Frequently asked questions

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