Awesome-omni-skill glab-cli

GitLab CLI (glab) utilities - pipeline debugging, MR management, release automation. Use when working with GitLab via CLI for anything beyond basic git commands.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/diegosouzapw/awesome-omni-skill

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/diegosouzapw/awesome-omni-skill "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/cli-automation/glab-cli" ~/.claude/skills/diegosouzapw-awesome-omni-skill-glab-cli && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/cli-automation/glab-cli/SKILL.md

source content

GitLab CLI Power Utilities

Intelligent wrappers and patterns for GitLab CLI operations.

When to Use

Debugging failed GitLab CI/CD pipelines
Managing merge requests across projects
Automating releases
Bulk operations on issues/MRs
Project health checks

Prerequisites

# macOS
brew install glab

# Or download from https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli

# Authenticate
glab auth login

Core Capabilities

1. Pipeline Debugging

Get actionable errors from failed pipelines.

# Diagnose most recent failure
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py diagnose

# Specific project
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py diagnose --project group/project

# With suggested fixes
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py diagnose --suggest-fixes

Output: Job failures, error excerpts, timing info.

2. MR Operations

Merge request management at scale.

# List MRs needing review
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py mr-review-queue

# MRs ready to merge (approved + passing)
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py mr-merge-ready --dry-run

# MR health check
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py mr-status 123

3. Release Automation

Create releases with changelogs.

# Preview release
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py release --dry-run

# Create minor release
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py release --bump minor

# With custom notes
python3 scripts/glab_ops.py release --notes "Breaking: API v2"

Quick Patterns

# Watch pipeline
glab ci view --live

# Retry failed jobs
glab ci retry

# View job logs
glab ci trace <job-id>

# Create MR from current branch
glab mr create --fill

# Checkout MR locally
glab mr checkout 123

# View MR changes
glab mr diff 123

# Approve MR
glab mr approve 123

# Merge MR
glab mr merge 123 --squash --remove-source-branch

glab vs gh Quick Reference

Task	GitHub (gh)	GitLab (glab)
Create PR/MR	`gh pr create`	`glab mr create`
List CI runs	`gh run list`	`glab ci list`
View CI logs	`gh run view --log`	`glab ci trace`
Watch CI	`gh run watch`	`glab ci view --live`
Retry CI	`gh run rerun --failed`	`glab ci retry`
Checkout PR/MR	`gh pr checkout 123`	`glab mr checkout 123`

Integration

Works with:

wicked-search: Find code, create issues via glab
wicked-kanban: Track MR status alongside tasks

References

```
refs/glab-ops.md
```
- Full script documentation
```
refs/patterns.md
```
- Common workflow patterns
```
refs/ci-debugging.md
```
- Pipeline troubleshooting