Gitlab

Connects Claude directly to your GitLab instance through Membrane's CLI, handling all the OAuth plumbing so you can query projects, issues, merge requests, and pipelines without touching API tokens. The workflow is straightforward: authenticate once with `membrane login`, create a connection to your GitLab domain, then either use pre-built actions for common tasks or proxy raw API calls when you need something specific. Membrane manages credential refresh automatically, which is honestly the main reason to use this over rolling your own integration. Best for teams already neck-deep in GitLab who want an AI agent that can actually read their repos and update issues without constant credential babysitting.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill gitlab --agent claude-code

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Gitlab

GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides version control, CI/CD, and issue tracking. It's primarily used by software development teams to manage their code, automate their workflows, and collaborate on projects.

Official docs: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/

Gitlab Overview

Project
- Issue
- Merge Request
- Pipeline
User

Use action names and parameters as needed.

Working with Gitlab

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Gitlab. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run membrane from the terminal:

npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest

Authentication

membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>

This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.

Headless environments: The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:

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