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title: Sprint Planning with GitLab MCP
description: "Plan sprints and manage milestones with GitLab MCP. View progress, create milestones, track burndown data, manage iterations, and coordinate sprint lifecycle with AI-assisted prompts."
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content: gitlab sprint planning, milestones, iterations, burndown chart, sprint lifecycle, agile planning, issue assignment
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# Sprint Planning with GitLab MCP
Use GitLab MCP for milestone management, sprint planning, and iteration tracking.
## View Current Milestones
> "Show me active milestones in `my-org/api`"
> "What milestones are coming up in the `my-org` group?"
::: code-group
```json [Active milestones]
{
"action": "list",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"state": "active",
"per_page": 20
}
```
```json [All milestones]
{
"action": "list",
"namespace": "my-org",
"per_page": 20
}
```
:::
## Create a Sprint Milestone
> "Create a milestone 'Sprint 15' for `my-org/api` starting next Monday"
> "Set up milestone 'v2.1' with a two-week deadline"
```json [Create milestone]
{
"action": "create",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"title": "Sprint 15",
"description": "Focus: Auth refactor and API performance",
"start_date": "2025-02-03",
"due_date": "2025-02-14"
}
```
## View Sprint Progress
> "Show me issues in milestone 'Sprint 14'"
> "What MRs are associated with milestone 'v2.0'?"
::: code-group
```json [Milestone issues]
{
"action": "issues",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"milestone_id": "42",
"per_page": 50
}
```
```json [Milestone MRs]
{
"action": "merge_requests",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"milestone_id": "42",
"per_page": 50
}
```
```json [Burndown data]
{
"action": "burndown",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"milestone_id": "42",
"per_page": 20
}
```
:::
## Group Iterations (Premium)
> "Show me the current iteration in `my-org`"
> "What's upcoming in our sprint cadence?"
::: code-group
```json [Current iteration]
{
"group_id": "my-org",
"state": "current",
"per_page": 5
}
```
```json [Upcoming]
{
"group_id": "my-org",
"state": "upcoming",
"per_page": 5
}
```
:::
## Manage Sprint Lifecycle
> "Close milestone 'Sprint 14' — it's complete"
> "Update the due date for 'v2.0' to next Friday"
::: code-group
```json [Close milestone]
{
"action": "update",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"milestone_id": "42",
"state_event": "close"
}
```
```json [Update dates]
{
"action": "update",
"namespace": "my-org/api",
"milestone_id": "43",
"due_date": "2025-02-28"
}
```
:::
## Sprint Planning Workflow
1. > "Show me closed issues from the last sprint that weren't completed"
2. > "Create a new milestone 'Sprint 15' for next two weeks"
3. > "List unassigned issues with label 'priority::high'"
4. > "What's the team's current workload — show open MRs per person"
## Next Steps
- [Issue Triage](/prompts/project-management/issue-triage) — Organize incoming issues
- [Release Notes](/prompts/project-management/release-notes) — Generate changelogs
