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Advanced GitLab MCP server for Claude Desktop

io.github.structured-world/gitlab-mcp

58 CQRS tools exposing 230 GitLab operations across 26 entity types

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Advanced GitLab MCP server in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@structured-world/gitlab-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITLAB_TOKEN": "<GITLAB_TOKEN>",
        "GITLAB_API_URL": "<GITLAB_API_URL>",
        "GITLAB_READ_ONLY_MODE": "<GITLAB_READ_ONLY_MODE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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