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io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab

NPM · EFFICIENT-GITLAB-MCP-SERVER · SCANNED SEP 20

Token-efficient GitLab MCP: 167 tools via 3 meta-tools, field projection, keyset pagination

0 this week 82 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security98
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
  • Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
  • Build provenance is cryptographically sound, but it attests a different repository to the one declared in the registry. Most often the declared URL is simply stale. View diagnostics → Unverified
  • Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 127 days ago).Pass
  • Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability69
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 219 tokens (~73/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management97
  • Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab MCP server?

io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y efficient-gitlab-mcp-server. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · efficient-gitlab-mcp-server

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab -- npx -y efficient-gitlab-mcp-server
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab -- npx -y efficient-gitlab-mcp-server
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab --command npx --arg -y --arg efficient-gitlab-mcp-server
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab -t stdio -c npx -a -y efficient-gitlab-mcp-server
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detailobsessed-efficient-gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "efficient-gitlab-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 19 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 17 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 15 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 14 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 12 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 10 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 9 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
  • 8 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/efficient-gitlab-mcp-server@2.33.0

Provenance Repository mismatch

The attestation is cryptographically sound but binds a different repository to the one the registry declares. Most often the declared URL is simply stale.

Result Repository mismatch
Ecosystem npm
Reason Repository mismatch
Discovered via Registry attestation endpoint
Certificate issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Certificate SAN https://github.com/detailobsessed/ci-components/.github/workflows/npm-publish-bun.yml@refs/heads/main
Rekor log index 1549110242
Predicate type https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1
Subject digest sha512:87d4f5df21d7d54090b8f154b3bb695505f12754cd88d8521c6dd911af713b97ae7f9a28c538bbff5eb050bd52c9aa73ba03f037c17a862976f2f0916

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 96 packages
Packages resolved 96
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 3 exposed · ~219 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
activate_tools ~84

Enable all tools in one or more categories. After activation, the tools will appear in your tool list automatically. Note: in Claude Code, freshly-activated tools become callable starting in the next turn, not the same turn that activated them — other clients may behave differently.

NameTypeReqDescription
categoriesarrayyesCategory names to activate (e.g., ['issues', 'merge-requests'])

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

deactivate_tools ~101

Disable all tools in one or more categories. After deactivation, those tools are removed from the active set and stop appearing in tools/list. Useful for reclaiming context-window budget on long sessions when a category is no longer needed. Note: in Claude Code, the deactivated tools stop being callable starting in the next turn — other clients may behave differently.

NameTypeReqDescription
categoriesarrayyesCategory names to deactivate (e.g., ['issues', 'merge-requests'])

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_categories ~34

List all available GitLab tool categories. Start here to discover what operations are available, then use activate_tools to enable a category.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab MCP server?

io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab. Token-efficient GitLab MCP: 167 tools via 3 meta-tools, field projection, keyset pagination. This page covers its npm package (efficient-gitlab-mcp-server).

Is the io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab MCP server safe to use?

io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

What tools does the io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab MCP server expose?

io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab exposes 3 tools: list_categories, activate_tools, deactivate_tools. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 219 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab MCP server still maintained?

io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab MCP server under?

io.github.detailobsessed/efficient-gitlab declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.