Interact with GitLab using the glab CLI. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Glab

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill glab -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills glab --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/glab .claude/skills/glab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
glab
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~741 tokens
SKILL.md length
176 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Interact with GitLab using the glab CLI. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • Claude needs to work with GitLab merge requests
  • SKILL.md covers Merge Requests, CI/CD Pipelines, Issues and API for Advanced Queries, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls glab, jq and gh
  • CI/CD pipelines

What it does

Glab is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. 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.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD. It works with GitLab. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Claude needs to work with GitLab merge requests
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Make API requests

Example prompts

  • “/glab”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • glab
    • jq
    • gh

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use glab and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Glab loads about 741 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 176 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~741

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 176 words (~741 tokens).

“Use the glab CLI to interact with GitLab. Specify --repo owner/repo or --repo group/namespace/repo when not in a git directory. Also accepts full URLs.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
glab

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/glab of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Megalinter Checknvuillam/npm-groovy-lint2481 repos~3.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
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CI CDEliasOulkadi/shokunin114—~3.4kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Questions about Glab

What does Glab do?

Interact with GitLab using the glab CLI. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Glab is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Interact with GitLab using the glab CLI.

When should I use Glab?

Glab fits situations like: Claude needs to work with GitLab merge requests; CI/CD pipelines; make API requests.

How do I install Glab in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill glab -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/glab in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/glab in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Glab in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill glab -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/glab in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/glab in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Glab in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill glab -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/glab, .gemini/skills/glab, .github/skills/glab and .opencode/skills/glab in your project.

What does Glab need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Glab needs the command-line tools its instructions call (glab, jq and gh).

Does Glab access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Glab safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Glab use?

No licence was found for Glab or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Glab use?

About 741 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Glab?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Glab: Megatron-LM Base Image Bump (NVIDIA/Megatron-LM, 18k stars), Megatron-LM CI/CD Guide (NVIDIA/Megatron-LM, 18k stars), Megalinter Check (nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint, 248 stars) and GitLab Explorer (Wide-Moat/open-computer-use, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Glab?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.