Run a manual job

Add MCP server to your AI tool

Allow AI tools and LLMs to interact with the API documentation portal through MCP.

MCP server URL

https://bump.sh/demo/doc/gitlab/mcp

Standard setup for AI tools providing an mcp.json file

mcp.json 
{
  "Gitlab (Unofficial) MCP server": {
    "url": "https://bump.sh/demo/doc/gitlab/mcp"
  }
}
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POST /projects/{id}/jobs/{job_id}/play
Api key auth

Path parameters

  • id integer Required

    The ID of the project

  • job_id integer Required

    The ID of the manual job to run

Query parameters

  • job_variables_attributes array[string]

    An array containing the custom variables available to the job

Responses

  • 200

    Job started successfully

POST /projects/{id}/jobs/{job_id}/play 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://www.gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{id}/jobs/{job_id}/play' \
 --header "Private-Token: $API_KEY"