First Steps

Your first interactions with GitLab MCP. These prompts help you explore what's available and understand the basics.

Discover Your Projects

"List all projects I have access to"

"Show me the projects in the my-org group"

"Find projects with the topic python"

List your projectsSearch by nameBrowse a group

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{
  "action": "list",
  "membership": true,
  "per_page": 20
}

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{
  "action": "search",
  "q": "backend-api",
  "per_page": 20
}

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

"What tasks need my attention?"

"Show me my pending review requests"

"Mark all my todos as done"

Pending todosReview requests

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{
  "per_page": 20,
  "state": "pending"
}

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{
  "per_page": 20,
  "action": "review_requested"
}

"Show me the file structure of my-org/backend-api"

"Read the README of my-org/frontend"

"What branches exist in my-org/api?"

File treeRead a fileList branches

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{
  "action": "tree",
  "project_id": "my-org/backend-api",
  "per_page": 100
}

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{
  "action": "content",
  "project_id": "my-org/backend-api",
  "file_path": "README.md"
}

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{
  "action": "list_branches",
  "project_id": "my-org/backend-api"
}

"Who are the members of my-org/backend-api?"

"Find the user with username alice"

Project membersSearch users

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{
  "project_id": "my-org/backend-api",
  "per_page": 50
}

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{
  "search": "alice",
  "per_page": 20
}