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title: GitLab DevOps Engineer Prompts
description: "DevOps prompts for GitLab MCP. Manage pipelines, CI/CD variables, webhooks, integrations, and branch protection. Includes monitoring workflows and release management with AI assistance."
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# GitLab DevOps Engineer Prompts
Infrastructure, CI/CD, integrations, and deployment management.
## Pipeline Management
> "Show me all failed pipelines across my projects"
> "What scheduled pipelines are configured?"
> "Trigger a deployment pipeline on `main`"
::: code-group
```json [Failed pipelines]
{
"action": "list",
"project_id": "my-org/api",
"status": "failed",
"per_page": 20
}
```
```json [Trigger pipeline]
{
"action": "create",
"project_id": "my-org/api",
"ref": "main",
"variables": [
{ "key": "DEPLOY_ENV", "value": "production" }
]
}
```
:::
## CI/CD Variables
> "List all CI/CD variables for `my-org/api`"
> "Set the DEPLOY_URL variable for production"
> "Update the Docker registry password"
::: code-group
```json [List variables]
{
"action": "list",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"per_page": 50
}
```
```json [Create variable]
{
"action": "create",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"key": "DEPLOY_URL",
"value": "https://api.example.com",
"environment_scope": "production",
"protected": true,
"masked": false
}
```
```json [Update variable]
{
"action": "update",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"key": "REGISTRY_PASSWORD",
"value": "new-secure-password",
"masked": true,
"protected": true
}
```
:::
## Webhooks
> "List webhooks configured for `my-org/api`"
> "Create a webhook to notify Slack on pipeline failures"
> "Test the deployment webhook"
::: code-group
```json [List webhooks]
{
"action": "list",
"scope": "project",
"projectId": "my-org/api",
"per_page": 20
}
```
```json [Create webhook]
{
"action": "create",
"scope": "project",
"projectId": "my-org/api",
"url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxx",
"pipeline_events": true,
"push_events": false,
"enable_ssl_verification": true
}
```
```json [Test webhook]
{
"action": "test",
"scope": "project",
"projectId": "my-org/api",
"hookId": "123",
"trigger": "pipeline_events"
}
```
:::
## Integrations
> "What integrations are active in `my-org/api`?"
> "Set up Slack notifications for `my-org/api`"
> "Configure the Jira integration"
::: code-group
```json [List active]
{
"action": "list",
"project_id": "my-org/api",
"per_page": 50
}
```
```json [Setup Slack]
{
"action": "update",
"project_id": "my-org/api",
"integration": "slack",
"config": {
"webhook": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxx"
},
"push_events": true,
"pipeline_events": true,
"merge_requests_events": true
}
```
:::
## Branch Protection
> "Show protected branches in `my-org/api`"
> "Protect the `release/*` branches — only maintainers can push"
::: code-group
```json [List protected]
{
"action": "list_protected_branches",
"project_id": "my-org/api"
}
```
```json [Protect branch]
{
"action": "protect_branch",
"project_id": "my-org/api",
"name": "main",
"push_access_level": 40,
"merge_access_level": 30,
"allow_force_push": false
}
```
:::
## Release Management
> "Create a release for tag v2.0.0 with release notes"
> "Add binary assets to the latest release"
See [Release Notes](/prompts/project-management/release-notes) for the complete workflow.
## Monitoring Workflow
Daily DevOps checks:
1. > "Show me failed pipelines in the last 24 hours"
2. > "Are there any stalled manual jobs waiting for approval?"
3. > "List recent deployment events"
4. > "Check if any webhooks have delivery failures"
## Related
- [Debug Pipelines](/prompts/ci-cd/debug-failure) — Pipeline troubleshooting
- [Trigger Deploys](/prompts/ci-cd/trigger-deploy) — Deployment automation
- [Release Notes](/prompts/project-management/release-notes) — Release management
