Sprint Planning

Use GitLab MCP for milestone management, sprint planning, and iteration tracking.

View Current Milestones

"Show me active milestones in my-org/api"

"What milestones are coming up in the my-org group?"

Active milestones

{
  "action": "list",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "state": "active",
  "per_page": 20
}

All milestones

{
  "action": "list",
  "namespace": "my-org",
  "per_page": 20
}

Create a Sprint Milestone

"Create a milestone 'Sprint 15' for my-org/api starting next Monday"

"Set up milestone 'v2.1' with a two-week deadline"

{
  "action": "create",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "title": "Sprint 15",
  "description": "Focus: Auth refactor and API performance",
  "start_date": "2025-02-03",
  "due_date": "2025-02-14"
}

View Sprint Progress

"Show me issues in milestone 'Sprint 14'"

"What MRs are associated with milestone 'v2.0'?"

Milestone issues

{
  "action": "issues",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "milestone_id": "42",
  "per_page": 50
}

Milestone MRs

{
  "action": "merge_requests",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "milestone_id": "42",
  "per_page": 50
}

Burndown data

{
  "action": "burndown",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "milestone_id": "42",
  "per_page": 20
}

Group Iterations (Premium)

"Show me the current iteration in my-org"

"What's upcoming in our sprint cadence?"

Current iteration

{
  "group_id": "my-org",
  "state": "current",
  "per_page": 5
}

Upcoming

{
  "group_id": "my-org",
  "state": "upcoming",
  "per_page": 5
}

Manage Sprint Lifecycle

"Close milestone 'Sprint 14' — it's complete"

"Update the due date for 'v2.0' to next Friday"

Close milestone

{
  "action": "update",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "milestone_id": "42",
  "state_event": "close"
}

Update dates

{
  "action": "update",
  "namespace": "my-org/api",
  "milestone_id": "43",
  "due_date": "2025-02-28"
}

Sprint Planning Workflow

1. "Show me closed issues from the last sprint that weren't completed"

2. "Create a new milestone 'Sprint 15' for next two weeks"

3. "List unassigned issues with label 'priority::high'"

4. "What's the team's current workload — show open MRs per person"

Next Steps

• Issue Triage — Organize incoming issues
• Release Notes — Generate changelogs