What CoIsland watches in GitLab

Each monitor kind brings its own query and its own card in the notch.

How to monitor GitLab from your Mac’s notch

GitLab emails you about reviews, failed pipelines and mentions, among everything else it emails. A CoIsland monitor checks what you pick on its own schedule and speaks up only about what changed.

scope:reviews -is:draft
scope:authored state:merged
project:acme/api ref:main
state:pending action:review_requested,mentioned

Connect GitLab walks through the token and every monitor kind.

Connect it in three steps

  1. Create a personal access token with the read_api scope in GitLab under Edit profile › Access › Personal access tokens.

  2. Add a GitLab connector with the token, and your GitLab's address when it is not gitlab.com. Test connector shows who it is, its scopes and its expiry.

  3. Pick a monitor kind or an example, name the projects, and choose when it alerts.

Built for GitLab

  • Read only: it never merges, approves, retries a job or marks a to-do done.
  • Works on gitlab.com and self-managed GitLab, including one served under a path.
  • A failed pipeline shows the jobs that failed and why.
  • The token stays in the macOS Keychain and goes only to your GitLab.

Then hand it to an agent

A click on the alert opens the agent in a terminal under it, with the whole alert as its first message.

GitLab questions

How do I get notified on my Mac when a GitLab review is requested?

Add a GitLab connector in CoIsland, then a Review requests monitor. The first check learns what already waits and stays quiet; after that each new merge request that asks for your review opens the notch.

Does it work with a self-managed GitLab?

Yes. Enter your GitLab's https address, with its path if it has one, such as gitlab.example.com/gitlab.

Can CoIsland watch GitLab vulnerabilities?

No. GitLab's vulnerability API needs the Ultimate tier and is being deprecated, so CoIsland leaves it out.

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