Entire vs GitLab MCP Server

Entire 76

Read as an HTTP API with a CLI. Responses can be sized with limit, include, includeStats and similar parameters, and summary commands such as recap and status --json exist (20 of 25). Cursor pagination (cursor, pageToken, nextPageToken) and filters with [eq] and [ne] forms on trails and sessions (20). Status codes are documented per operation, with recoverable cases such as 409, 412 and 428 for preconditions and 429 with a wait, but the body carries only a message string, with no machine-readable code beyond the partner auth errors such as repository_required (13 of 20). Idempotency-Key on run creation, expectedSHA preconditions on writes, trail merge --dry-run, and trail comment writes refused from agent sessions since 0.12.2. The two MCP tools are read-only by the docs but carry no annotations (14 of 20). The CLI derives the repository from the Git remote and picks the host and token itself; one official SDK, in Go (9 of 15).

GitLab MCP Server 66

About 47 tools by default, plus 5 Duo tools where Duo is on, so more than 30 (5), with toolset and single-tool headers to cut the list (plus 10). Cursor pagination with first and after on most list tools, include facets one at a time, byte offsets and limits on files, jobs and artifacts (20). Documented error cases and a structured rate_limited result (15). The docs don't say whether tools carry readOnlyHint or destructiveHint; accept_merge_request has a SHA guard, and 19.4 governance sets write and delete tools to Always Ask for Duo (8). Sensible default toolsets, but no official SDKs for the REST API in two languages were found on the pages read (8). 15 + 20 + 15 + 8 + 8 = 66.

Entire 40

No x402, MPP or L402, and no 402 response in either contract (0). Hosting and the CLI are free, and Agents usage is priced per million tokens at each listed model's provider rate in the public billing docs (20). Everything except Agents is free with no card. The one-time $100 Agents trial credit now needs a verified card on file, and on 1 November the billing docs said new trials were "temporarily paused"; the free functions alone hold the line (20). A person signs in with GitHub or Google in a browser, or approves a device code; there is no keyless or programmatic sign-up (0).

GitLab MCP Server 30

No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public for Free and Premium, Ultimate is by quote and GitLab Credits are $1 each, but the MCP server has no per-call price (10). GitLab.com Free needs no card, and the MCP server is on every tier (20). A person signs up, and an administrator must enable MCP and a user must authorise in a browser (0). 0 + 10 + 20 + 0 = 30.