Includes the glab v1.116.0 skills refresh and the reviewed follow-up corrections. The resulting release also contains the inline-comment authentication hardening merged in PR #87.
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GitLab CLI Skills
A collection of skills for AI coding agents following the Agent Skills format. These skills enable AI agents to use the GitLab CLI (glab) effectively.
Available Skills
Available Skills
gitlab-cli-skills— top-level overview, routing, and shared workflowsglab-authglab-aliasglab-apiglab-artifact-registryglab-attestationglab-changelogglab-check-updateglab-ciglab-clusterglab-completionglab-configglab-dependency-firewallglab-deploy-keyglab-duoglab-gpg-keyglab-helpglab-incidentglab-issueglab-iterationglab-jobglab-labelglab-mcpglab-milestoneglab-mrglab-opentofuglab-orbitglab-releaseglab-repoglab-scheduleglab-securefileglab-securityglab-skillsglab-snippetglab-ssh-keyglab-stackglab-tokenglab-todoglab-userglab-variableglab-versionglab-workitems
Installation
OpenClaw / Agent Skills
This repository is a collection of skills: a top-level gitlab-cli-skills
overview plus 40+ standalone glab-* sub-skills, each in its own directory with
its own SKILL.md. npx skills add discovers all of them and lets you pick
which to install.
# List every skill in the repo (no install)
npx skills add vince-winkintel/gitlab-cli-skills --list
# Interactive picker (default)
npx skills add vince-winkintel/gitlab-cli-skills
# Install everything
npx skills add vince-winkintel/gitlab-cli-skills --all
# Install specific skills only
npx skills add vince-winkintel/gitlab-cli-skills --skill gitlab-cli-skills --skill glab-mr
Claude.ai (Organization Skills)
Claude.ai requires a zip containing exactly one SKILL.md. Download the pre-built claude-skill.zip from the latest release and upload it in your organization's Settings → Custom Skills.
The zip contains a single merged SKILL.md combining all 40+ sub-skills into one comprehensive glab reference.
Build it yourself:
bash scripts/build-claude-skill.sh
# Output: ./claude-skill.zip
Usage
Skills are automatically activated when relevant tasks are detected. Example prompts:
- "Log into GitLab CLI"
- "Check glab auth status"
- "Configure GitLab Docker auth"
Prerequisites
- GitLab CLI installed (
glab) - GitLab access token or browser auth
Install glab (Homebrew)
brew install glab
License
MIT