Use Case
Stop doing repetitive developer & devops tasks manually. Gitlab lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Interact with GitLab using the `glab` CLI. Use when Claude needs to work with GitLab merge requests, CI/CD pipelines, issues, releases, or make API requests. Supports gitlab.com and self-hosted instances. This guide shows practical examples of using Gitlab to automate common developer & devops workflows and save hours every week.
Install Gitlab: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install glab-cli
Identify the repetitive developer & devops tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
Gitlab will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Gitlab
Automate my developer & devops tasks using Gitlab
What repetitive tasks can Gitlab handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs Gitlab every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install glab-cliOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install glab-cliβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/glab-cli/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.