How to connect GitLab to Cursor

1. 1. Enable GitLab in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the GitLab MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add Metorial to your MCP config

   Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.

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   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "metorial": {
         "url": "<your-magic-mcp-url>"
       }
     }
   }

3. 3. Sign in

   Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load GitLab tools.

• Create Release: Create a new release for a project, or list existing releases.
• Manage Pipeline: Trigger, retry, or cancel a CI/CD pipeline.
• Manage Project: Create, update, fork, or delete a GitLab project.
• Manage Issue: Create, update, close, reopen, or delete a GitLab issue.
• List Merge Requests: List GitLab merge requests, optionally scoped to a project.
• Manage Merge Request: Create, update, or merge a GitLab merge request.
• List Issues: List GitLab issues filtered by project, state, labels, milestone, assignee, author, or search term.
• List Pipelines: List CI/CD pipelines for a project.
• Add Comment: Add a comment (note) to an issue or merge request.
• Get Project: Retrieve detailed information about a specific GitLab project by its ID or URL-encoded path (e.g.
• Browse Repository: Browse a project's repository tree, read file contents, or compare branches.
• Manage Branch: List, create, or delete branches in a project repository.
• Search: Search across GitLab for projects, issues, merge requests, milestones, code (blobs), commits, wiki content, and users.
• List Groups: List GitLab groups accessible to the authenticated user.
• List Projects: List GitLab projects accessible to the authenticated user.
• And 15 more on the GitLab MCP server page.

• Cursor picks MCP tools automatically when they are relevant, including in Plan Mode. Name a GitLab tool to steer it.
• Cursor asks for approval before it uses an MCP tool by default. Click the arrow next to the tool name to check the arguments first.
• Switch the Metorial server off from Customize in the sidebar without removing it.
• Cursor shows each GitLab tool response in chat, with expandable views of the arguments and the result.

Metorial connects but tools are missing or failing

Open the Output panel (Cmd+Shift+U), choose MCP Logs, and look for authentication or connection errors.

Your company blocks the server

Enterprise admins approve remote servers in Team Settings, then MCP Configuration. Ask them to add a URL entry for your Metorial URL.

Cursor asks before every tool call

That is the default. Allowlist the Metorial tools you trust in your Run Mode settings to run them without a prompt.

Based on the Cursor MCP documentation.