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Connect GitLab and Anthropic Claude integrations

Explore ready-made GitLab and Anthropic Claude templates and start automating in minutes.

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Create a custom workflow

Transform your development workflow by connecting GitLab repository events with Anthropic Claude's AI capabilities to automatically generate code reviews, commit summaries, and intelligent documentation. Empower your team with instant AI-powered insights triggered by merge requests, pipeline events, and repository changes—no manual intervention required.

Create a custom workflow

Every automation starts with a trigger and an action. Select one from each app to generate a workflow tailored to your needs.

GitLab
Trigger: Watch Issue Notes
Anthropic Claude
Action: Select an action
1. Select a trigger

  • Triggers on note events.

  • Triggers when a new issue is created or an existing issue was updated/closed/reopened.

  • Triggers on status change of a job.

  • Triggers when a new merge request is created, an existing merge request was updated/merged/closed or a commit is added in the source branch.

  • Triggers on pipeline events.

  • Triggers when a new project is added of which the authenticated user is a member.

  • Triggers on push events.

  • Triggers on tag push events.

  • Triggers when a new todo is added. When no filter is applied, the trigger is run when a new pending todo is added.

  • Triggers when a wiki page is created or edited.

2. Select an action

  • Creates a memory in a memory store.

  • Creates a memory store.

  • Creates a new prompt based on a structured list of input messages.

  • Creates a session.

  • Creates a new Skill.

  • Creates a new Skill version.

  • Deletes an existing file.

  • Deletes an existing Skill.

  • Deletes an existing Skill version.

  • Downloads a Claude-generated file.

  • Retrieves an existing file's metadata.

  • Retrieves an existing Skill.

  • Retrieves an existing Skill version.

  • Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

  • Sends events to a session.

  • Generates text responses from prompts without requiring an account or connection.

  • Uploads a new file.

Select a trigger and an action

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Triggers and actions

Anthropic Claude functions as a trigger by monitoring repository activities, merge requests, and pipeline events that initiate automated workflows. When specific events occur in your Anthropic Claude repositories, they activate GitLab as an action to generate AI-powered responses such as code review analysis, automated commit summaries, documentation generation, and intelligent issue triage. This integration enables development teams to automatically receive AI-generated insights based on version control system events, with data mapped from Anthropic Claude triggers to GitLab's language model capabilities for processing pull requests, repository changes, and other development activities.

Accept a Merge Request
Merges changes submitted with merge request.
Action
Cancel a Job
Cancels a single build of a project.
Action
Cancel a Pipeline's Jobs
Cancels a pipeline's builds.
Action
Cancel Merge When Pipeline Succeeds
Cancels a merge request when the pipeline succeeds.
Action
Cherry Pick a Commit
Cherry picks a commit to a given branch.
Action
Create a File in a Repository
Creates a file in a repository.
Action
Create a Group
Creates a group.
Action
Create a Label
Creates a new label for the given repository with the given name and color.
Action
Create a memory
Creates a memory in a memory store.
Action
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How to set up GitLab and Anthropic Claude in 5 easy steps

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Step 1

Get your access credentials from the app

Log into the application you want to connect (like Anthropic Claude or GitLab) and navigate to the settings area where security credentials are managed. Find the section for API keys or applications—in Anthropic Claude, click the key icon in the bottom-left corner; in GitLab, click your avatar and select Edit profile, then find Applications. Generate new credentials by clicking the appropriate button and give them a recognizable name so you can identify them later.

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Copy and save your credentials safely

After creating your credentials, you'll see important information like an API Key, Client ID, or Client Secret displayed on screen. Copy these values immediately and store them in a safe place, such as a password manager, because some applications won't show them again for security reasons. Make sure to save everything before closing the window to avoid having to regenerate new credentials.

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Open your Make scenario and add the module

Log into your Make account and open the scenario where you want to add the connection. Add the module for the specific application you're connecting, such as Anthropic Claude or GitLab. When you add the module, you'll see an option to create a new connection—click this button to begin setting up the connection between Make and your chosen application.

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Enter your credentials into Make

In the connection setup window that appears in Make, paste the credentials you copied earlier into the appropriate fields—for Anthropic Claude, this will be your API Key; for GitLab, you'll need both the Client ID and Client Secret. Optionally, give your connection a descriptive name like 'My Work GitLab' to help you identify it later, especially if you plan to create multiple connections. Be careful to paste the values without any extra spaces or characters.

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Save and start automating

Click the Save button to store your connection information in Make. You may be redirected to confirm access or authenticate your account one more time as a security measure. Once your connection is successfully created, it will be saved and available for use in future scenarios as well, allowing you to automate tasks between Make and your connected applications without setting it up again.

Supercharge GitLab development with AI-powered automation

Integrate GitLab and Anthropic Claude to automate code reviews, improve documentation, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and manage issues more effectively with advanced AI capabilities and intelligent analysis.

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Automated code review and analysis

Automatically send GitLab merge requests and code changes to Claude for intelligent review, security analysis, and improvement suggestions without manual intervention.

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AI-powered issue management

Use Claude's 100K+ token context window to automatically analyze, categorize, and suggest solutions for GitLab issues based on your entire project history and documentation.

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Intelligent documentation generation

Automatically generate comprehensive, personalized documentation from GitLab repository changes using Claude's advanced language capabilities tailored to your team's voice and standards.

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Smart commit message generation

Improve developer productivity by using Claude to automatically generate detailed, contextual commit messages and release notes from GitLab activity logs.

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By connecting GitLab with Anthropic Claude on Make, you can automate intelligent code reviews, generate documentation from commits, analyze merge requests for potential issues, and create smart summaries of project changes. Claude's 100K+ token window means it can process entire codebases or lengthy discussions, providing contextual insights that help your team work more efficiently. This integration eliminates manual tasks and brings AI-powered assistance directly into your development pipeline.

With Make connecting GitLab and Claude, you can automatically generate release notes from commit messages, create AI-powered code review comments on merge requests, translate technical documentation into user-friendly language, analyze issue descriptions to suggest relevant labels or assignments, and generate project status reports from GitLab activity. These automations save hours of manual work while leveraging Claude's Constitutional AI to ensure helpful, accurate, and brand-safe outputs.

Yes, your data remains secure. Claude offers best-in-class data retention policies and does not train on your data, ensuring your proprietary code and information stay confidential. Make uses secure authentication methods to connect your applications, and you control exactly what information flows between GitLab and Claude. This integration is designed with enterprise security in mind, reducing brand risk through Claude's Constitutional AI framework while maintaining the privacy standards developers require.

No coding skills are required. Make provides a visual, drag-and-drop interface that lets you connect GitLab and Claude through pre-built modules and triggers. You select the GitLab events you want to monitor (like new commits or merge requests), choose what data to send to Claude, and define what actions to take with Claude's responses. Make handles all the technical complexity of API connections and data formatting, allowing you to create powerful AI-enhanced development workflows in minutes, not hours.