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The GitLab MR Management Tool lets DinoAI work with merge requests from the Paradime Code IDE. DinoAI can open a merge request, read its diff, pipeline status, and threads, list merge requests, and comment on them. It does all of this with your own GitLab account, so GitLab shows you as the author.
These merge request tools are available in Copilot. Standalone agents (Slack Bot, Programmable, Bolt Pipeline) work with GitLab through the glab CLI in the Terminal Tool instead. See DinoAI agents on GitLab.

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Before you start

  • Your workspace’s repository is a project on a GitLab connection. The tool uses the workspace’s project. You don’t choose the project in the prompt.
  • You linked your GitLab account in Settings > Integrations > Personal. If you didn’t, every action answers with a link to connect your account. If GitLab revoked your token, DinoAI asks you to link the account again.
The tool doesn’t approve or merge merge requests.

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Capabilities

Each action asks for your approval before it runs, by default. You can change this in DinoAI settings.

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create_merge_request

Opens a merge request from a branch in the workspace’s project.
  • Takes a title, a description (Markdown), and the source branch.
  • The target branch is the project’s default branch, unless you name another one.
  • For a draft, DinoAI adds Draft: to the title.

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read_merge_request

Reads one merge request by its number, for example 42 for !42. It can get:
  • Details: the title, state, branches, and merge status.
  • Code diff: every changed file.
  • CI status: the pipeline and commit statuses of the latest commit, Paradime Turbo CI included.
  • Discussions: every comment and review thread, with the file and line of inline comments and whether each thread is resolved.

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list_merge_requests

Lists merge requests in the workspace’s project.
  • Filter by state (opened, merged, closed, or all), target branch, or source branch.
  • Sort by created or updated date, newest or oldest first.
  • Up to 100 results per page.

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add_merge_request_note

Posts a comment on a merge request’s conversation, as you. The comment is published at once.

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Example prompts

Open a draft merge request
DinoAI asks for approval, then opens the merge request with Draft: in its title and returns its link. Catch up on review feedback
DinoAI reads the merge request’s discussions and lists the open threads with their files and lines. Check the pipeline
DinoAI reads the statuses on the latest commit, for example Paradime Turbo CI and each Turbo CI schedule. Find work in flight

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Working with other tools

  • Use Git Lite to commit and push before you open a merge request. Create PR with DinoAI in Git Lite opens the merge request for you.
  • Use the Terminal Tool to run dbt™ commands before you open a merge request.
  • Use the Jira or Linear tool to put the issue key in the title or description.
On GitHub, use the GitHub PR Management Tool instead.