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Glab Ssh Key by vince-winkintel — Agent Skill

Name: Glab Ssh Key
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: vince-winkintel

Glab Ssh Key

Manage SSH keys for GitLab account including add, list, and delete operations. Use when setting up SSH authentication, managing SSH keys, or configuring Git over SSH. Triggers on SSH key, add SSH key, SSH authentication, Git SSH.

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glab ssh-key

Overview


  Manage SSH keys registered with your GitLab account.
  USAGE
    glab ssh-key <command> [command] [--flags]
  COMMANDS
    add [key-file] [--flags]     Add an SSH key to your GitLab account.
    delete [<key-id>] [--flags]  Deletes a single SSH key specified by the ID.
    get [<key-id>] [--flags]     Returns a single SSH key specified by the ID.
    list [--flags]               Get a list of SSH keys for the currently authenticated user.
  FLAGS
    -h --help                    Show help for this command.
    -R --repo                    Select another repository. Can use either `OWNER/REPO` or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format. Also accepts full URL or Git URL.

⚠️ Security Warning: Public Keys Only

Always verify you are uploading a PUBLIC key, not a private key.

✅ Public keys: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub (.pub extension)
❌ Private keys: ~/.ssh/id_rsa, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 (no extension — NEVER upload these)

Uploading a private key to GitLab would expose your credentials. Double-check the filename before running glab ssh-key add.

# ✅ Safe — public key
glab ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub --title "My Laptop"

# ❌ NEVER do this — private key
# glab ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 --title "My Laptop"

Before uploading, verify your key is public:

# Should start with 'ssh-rsa', 'ssh-ed25519', 'ecdsa-sha2-*', etc.
head -c 20 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Quick start

glab ssh-key --help

Structured output

glab ssh-key list and glab ssh-key get support --output json / -F json for structured output, which is useful for agent automation.

# List SSH keys with JSON output
glab ssh-key list --output json
glab ssh-key list -F json

# Get a specific SSH key with JSON output
glab ssh-key get <key-id> --output json
glab ssh-key get <key-id> -F json

Subcommands

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

---name: glab-ssh-keydescription: Manage SSH keys for GitLab account including add, list, and delete operations. Use when setting up SSH authentication, managing SSH keys, or configuring Git over SSH. Triggers on SSH key, add SSH key, SSH authentication, Git SSH.--- # glab ssh-key ## Overview ``` Manage SSH keys registered with your GitLab account. USAGE glab ssh-key <command> [command] [--flags] COMMANDS add [key-file] [--flags] Add an SSH key to your GitLab account. delete [<key-id>] [--flags] Deletes a single SSH key specified by the ID. get [<key-id>] [--flags] Returns a single SSH key specified by the ID. list [--flags] Get a list of SSH keys for the currently authenticated user. FLAGS -h --help Show help for this command. -R --repo Select another repository. Can use either `OWNER/REPO` or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format. Also accepts full URL or Git URL. ``` ## ⚠️ Security Warning: Public Keys Only **Always verify you are uploading a PUBLIC key, not a private key.** - ✅ Public keys: `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`, `~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub` (`.pub` extension) - ❌ Private keys: `~/.ssh/id_rsa`, `~/.ssh/id_ed25519` (no extension — NEVER upload these) Uploading a private key to GitLab would expose your credentials. Double-check the filename before running `glab ssh-key add`. ```bash # ✅ Safe — public key glab ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub --title "My Laptop" # ❌ NEVER do this — private key # glab ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 --title "My Laptop" ``` **Before uploading, verify your key is public:** ```bash # Should start with 'ssh-rsa', 'ssh-ed25519', 'ecdsa-sha2-*', etc. head -c 20 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub ``` ## Quick start ```bash glab ssh-key --help ``` ## Structured output `glab ssh-key list` and `glab ssh-key get` support `--output json` / `-F json` for structured output, which is useful for agent automation. ```bash # List SSH keys with JSON output glab ssh-key list --output json glab ssh-key list -F json # Get a specific SSH key with JSON output glab ssh-key get <key-id> --output json glab ssh-key get <key-id> -F json ``` ## Subcommands See [references/commands.md](references/commands.md) for full `--help` output.

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