Can it approve or merge merge requests?

Treat it as a reviewer, not an approver. It reads a diff and tells you what looks wrong; whether that clears the merge is a judgement worth keeping with a person.

Does it work with self-managed GitLab?

This connector targets GitLab's hosted MCP server. Self-managed instances vary, so check with us before assuming your installation is reachable.

How good is the review, honestly?

Good at the mechanical layer — a diff that contradicts its own issue, an error path nobody handled, a test that asserts nothing. Weaker on architectural judgement, which still needs someone who knows why the system is shaped the way it is.

Developer tools

GitLab + Burrak AI

Put an agent to work on merge requests, issues and CI failures.

Connects with OAuth — revoke any time

Reviewing a merge request properly takes real attention, and most of what it takes is not hard — it is just slow. An agent with GitLab access can do the first pass: reading the diff, checking it against the issue it claims to close, and explaining what a red pipeline is actually complaining about.

In the connector catalogue: Browse projects, manage issues, review merge requests.

Things you could ask for

Written the way you would actually say them. An agent plans the steps itself.

“Review this merge request and comment on anything that looks like a correctness bug.”
“This pipeline failed — read the job log and tell me what broke and why.”
“Summarise everything merged into main this week as release notes.”
“Find open issues with no activity in 30 days and group them by what is blocking them.”
“Check whether this merge request actually does what its issue asked for.”

Connecting it

1Create a Burrak account — the free plan is enough to try this.
2Open Connectors and choose GitLab.
3Authorise Burrak in GitLab's own window. Your password never reaches us; we receive a token you can revoke whenever you like.
4Give an agent a task. It will use the connector when the work calls for it.

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GitLab and Burrak, in practice

Can it approve or merge merge requests?: Treat it as a reviewer, not an approver. It reads a diff and tells you what looks wrong; whether that clears the merge is a judgement worth keeping with a person.
Does it work with self-managed GitLab?: This connector targets GitLab's hosted MCP server. Self-managed instances vary, so check with us before assuming your installation is reachable.
How good is the review, honestly?: Good at the mechanical layer — a diff that contradicts its own issue, an error path nobody handled, a test that asserts nothing. Weaker on architectural judgement, which still needs someone who knows why the system is shaped the way it is.