create_project

Instructions

Args:
    name: Project name
    description: Project description (optional)
    visibility: Project visibility (private, internal, public)
    token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
    ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)

Implementation Reference

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:54-77 (handler)

  The 'create_project' tool handler function. It creates a new GitLab project by calling the GitLab API POST /projects endpoint. Parameters: name (required), description (optional), visibility (optional, defaults to 'private'), token (optional), ctx (auto-injected MCP context). It sends a POST request with project data to GitLab and returns the created project's name, ID, and URL.

  @mcp.tool()
  async def create_project(name: str, description: str = "", visibility: str = "private", token: str = None, ctx=None) -> str:
      """Create a new GitLab project.
      
      Args:
          name: Project name
          description: Project description (optional)
          visibility: Project visibility (private, internal, public)
          token: GitLab Personal Access Token (optional)
          ctx: MCP context (automatically injected)
      """
      data = {
          "name": name,
          "description": description,
          "visibility": visibility,
          "initialize_with_readme": True
      }
      
      result = await make_gitlab_request("/projects", "POST", data, ctx, token=token)
      
      if isinstance(result, dict) and "error" in result:
          return f"Error creating project: {result['error']}"
      
      return f"Project created: {result['name']} (ID: {result['id']})\nURL: {result['web_url']}"

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:54-55 (registration)

  The tool is registered using the @mcp.tool() decorator on the FastMCP instance 'mcp' (line 9: mcp = FastMCP('GitLab MCP Server', ...)). The decorator registers 'create_project' as an MCP tool within the FastMCP framework.

  @mcp.tool()
  async def create_project(name: str, description: str = "", visibility: str = "private", token: str = None, ctx=None) -> str:

• gitlab_clone_mcp_server/server.py:11-52 (helper)

  Helper function called by create_project to execute the actual HTTP request to the GitLab API. It handles token resolution (from parameter, context headers, or environment variable), builds the GitLab API URL, and executes GET/POST/PUT/DELETE requests using httpx.

  async def make_gitlab_request(endpoint: str, method: str = "GET", data: dict = None, ctx=None, token: str = None) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
      """Make a request to GitLab API with proper error handling."""
      # Priority: 1. Explicit token parameter, 2. Context headers, 3. Environment variable
      
      # If no explicit token provided, try to get from context
      if not token and ctx and hasattr(ctx, 'request_context') and ctx.request_context:
          # Try to get from request headers
          if hasattr(ctx.request_context, 'headers'):
              token = ctx.request_context.headers.get('GITLAB_TOKEN')
      
      # Fallback to environment variable
      if not token:
          token = os.getenv("GITLAB_TOKEN")
      
      if not token:
          return {"error": "GitLab token not provided. Please provide a token parameter, GITLAB_TOKEN in the request headers, or set the environment variable."}
      
      # Get GitLab URL (from context or environment)
      gitlab_url = os.getenv("GITLAB_URL", "https://gitlab.com")
      
      headers = {
          "PRIVATE-TOKEN": token,
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
      }
      
      url = f"{gitlab_url}/api/v4{endpoint}"
      
      async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
          try:
              if method == "GET":
                  response = await client.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
              elif method == "POST":
                  response = await client.post(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=30.0)
              elif method == "PUT":
                  response = await client.put(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=30.0)
              elif method == "DELETE":
                  response = await client.delete(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
              
              response.raise_for_status()
              return response.json() if response.content else {"success": True}
          except Exception as e:
              return {"error": str(e)}