# Siva Padisetty

> Siva Padisetty is chief Technology Officer at GitLab. GitLab MCP Server on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/siva-padisetty/
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/siva-padisetty/index.md (~750 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/siva-padisetty/index.min.md (~530 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/siva-padisetty/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (the key docs and every listing in one file, at most 16 MB, about 4 million tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
- DNS: dig +short TXT <slug>.grade.anchorterminal.com (the grade as a DNS TXT record, for a sandbox with no HTTP where names still resolve; also top., best.<category>. and <a>.vs.<b>. under the zone, and the same under grade.letme.dev)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-11-06

Chief Technology Officer, GitLab.

## What Siva builds

- [GitLab MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gitlab-mcp.md), graded B, 67.3/100, in Code & developer platforms. GitLab's official MCP server, built into GitLab at /api/v4/mcp, gives MCP clients tools for projects, merge requests, work items, repositories, CI/CD pipelines and GitLab Duo agents, on GitLab.com, Self-Managed and Dedicated. Chief Technology Officer, GitLab, researched 2026-11-06.

## Works with

- [Bill Staples](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bill-staples/), Chief Executive Officer, GitLab
- [Chaim Mazal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chaim-mazal/), Chief Information Security Officer, GitLab
- [Dmitriy Zaporozhets](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dmitriy-zaporozhets/), Co-founder, GitLab
- [Manav Khurana](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/manav-khurana/), Chief Product and Marketing Officer, GitLab
- [Sid Sijbrandij](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sid-sijbrandij/), Co-founder, GitLab

## Questions

### Who is Siva Padisetty?

Siva Padisetty is chief Technology Officer at GitLab.

### What does GitLab make?

Anchor Terminal lists GitLab MCP Server from GitLab. GitLab's official MCP server, built into GitLab at /api/v4/mcp, gives MCP clients tools for projects, merge requests, work items, repositories, CI/CD pipelines and GitLab Duo agents, on GitLab.com, Self-Managed and Dedicated.

### How are Siva's tools graded?

GitLab MCP Server is graded B, 67.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/e-group/
- https://about.gitlab.com/company/
- https://ir.gitlab.com/overview/default.aspx
- https://about.gitlab.com/support/
- https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/history/

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