# ns-gitlab-board-sync

Syncs local planning and execution state with existing GitLab issues. Use it to keep milestones, labels, assignees, estimates, and spent time aligned.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 569 installs
- Author: nextstage-brasil
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/nextstage-brasil/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync

## What it does

This skill mirrors local task state onto existing GitLab issues. It can update a milestone, replace RF and status labels, assign an issue, set an estimate when none exists, and post wall-clock time after work. It does not create issues.

GitLab MCP must be available for the tool calls. If several GitLab MCP servers are configured, the agent asks which one to use. The skill checks `docs/context/gitlab-sync-config.md`; batch syncing also needs `gitlab-issue-feature-map.md`. Label changes use one atomic `set_issue_labels` call, and status moves through `backlog`, `in_progress`, then `done`. Without GitLab MCP, issue synchronization cannot run.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitLab

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nextstage-brasil/skills --skill ns-gitlab-board-sync -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nextstage-brasil/skills --skill ns-gitlab-board-sync -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nextstage-brasil/skills --skill ns-gitlab-board-sync -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nextstage-brasil/skills ns-gitlab-board-sync
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nextstage-brasil/skills --skill ns-gitlab-board-sync -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/nextstage-brasil/skills --path skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nextstage-brasil/skills --skill ns-gitlab-board-sync -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/nextstage-brasil/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ns-gitlab-board-sync/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- sync local plans with existing GitLab issues
- move an issue through backlog, in progress, and done
- set an issue milestone and assignee
- replace RF and status labels atomically
- record wall-clock time spent on an issue

## Example prompts
- Sync the issues linked in `gitlab-issue-feature-map.md` with their existing GitLab records.
- Before coding, move the linked issue from `status_backlog` to `status_in_progress`.
- After validation, update the issue with its RF label and post spent time calculated from `START_EPOCH`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: ns-gitlab-board-sync
description: "(NS) Sync existing GitLab issues with local planning/execution — milestone, RF labels, status, assignee, estimates, spent time. Use during implementation when tasks link to GitLab issues or after plan-version-from-gitlab sync — not for creating new issues (use mcp-gitlab-usage). Always atomic set_issue_labels and three-step status cycle."
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: nextstage-brasil
  version: "1.2"
---

# GitLab Board Sync

Mirror local SDD planning/execution state onto **existing** GitLab issues. Does **not** create issues.

## Prerequisites

1. GitLab MCP available — follow `mcp-gitlab-usage` for all tool calls
2. If multiple GitLab MCP servers: ask human which to use
3. `docs/context/gitlab-sync-config.md` validated
4. For post-planning batch: `gitlab-issue-feature-map.md` exists

## Configuration

Read `references/gitlab-sync-config.template.md` for expected fields:

- `project_id`, `milestone_id`, `assignee_default`
- `status_backlog`, `status_in_progress`, `status_done`, `status_blocked`
- `rf_label_format`, `base_branch`, `work_branch`, `mr_target_branch`

Discover unknown status labels via `list_project_labels` — confirm with human.

## Flow C — Pre-implementation read

When task lists GitLab issue IIDs:

1. `read_issue` for description + recent comments
2. Non-blocking if inaccessible — log warning, continue
3. **Do not mutate** issue in this flow

## Flow A — Post-planning batch

Per issue in map (excluding `exclude_issues`):

1. Validate milestone (project + group)
2. `update_issue` with `milestone_id`
3. **One** `set_issue_labels` — `remove_labels` + `add_labels` atomically (RF, Status, Equipe)
4. `assign_issue`
5. `set_issue_estimate` from linked task header (seconds) **only if** `time_stats.time_estimate` is empty — never overwrite; skip values < 60

## Flow B — Per-task execution sync (legacy 1:1)

**Mutual exclusion:** any `issue_iid` in `delivery-units.md` → **do not** run Flow B. Owner = `../ns-spec-driven/references/delivery-units.md` **GitLab status/spent (SSoT)**.

When task row maps 1:1 to its own GitLab issue (no delivery units file, or unpublished units + legacy `gitlab-issue-feature-map.md`):

### Task start (before coding)

```
remove: status_backlog
add: status_in_progress
```

Record `START_TIME` / `START_EPOCH` when coding starts (for wall-clock `add_issue_spent_time` — see `../ns-execution-gitlab-issue/references/time-tracking.md`).

### Task complete (after validation)

Only if already `status_in_progress`:

```
remove: status_in_progress
add: status_done, RF: NNN
add_issue_spent_time
add_issue_comment (internal=true)
```

**Never** backlog → done in one step.

## Flow D — Per delivery unit

Run **only** when SSoT row is Flow D (published `issue_iid` + local execute, no G). When G owns lifecycle → **skip entire Flow D**.
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