CLI Arguments¶

Some MCP clients (like GitHub Copilot CLI) don't pass environment variables reliably. For those clients, configure the server with CLI arguments instead.

CLI arguments take precedence over environment variables.

Example config¶

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@zereight/mcp-gitlab",
        "--token=YOUR_GITLAB_TOKEN",
        "--api-url=https://gitlab.com/api/v4"
      ],
      "tools": ["*"]
    }
  }
}

Available arguments¶

Argument	Equivalent env var	Description
`--token`	`GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN`	GitLab Personal Access Token.
`--api-url`	`GITLAB_API_URL`	GitLab API URL (e.g., `https://gitlab.com/api/v4`).
`--read-only=true`	`GITLAB_READ_ONLY_MODE`	Enable read-only mode.
`--use-wiki=true`	`USE_GITLAB_WIKI`	Enable wiki API tools.
`--use-milestone=true`	`USE_MILESTONE`	Enable milestone API tools.
`--use-pipeline=true`	`USE_PIPELINE`	Enable pipeline API tools.

For the full list of configuration options, see Environment Variables.