Unable to connect Gitlab MCP Server with Katalon Studio Assist for Katalon 11.3.0

AI & Agentic Testing
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Hi there, the MCP client in Katalon Studio 11.3.0 uses deprecated protocol version 2024-11-05, incompatible with GitLab MCP server which requires 2025-03-26 or later.

Do you know if we are planning to update the MCP Client in anytime?

Thanks!

2

@nghi.phan can you let the team know on the older versions upgrade

3

I have already did, we are checking on the release roadmap and share with our community. Thank you @manthanmevada and @dineshh

4

hi @manthanmevada

just curious about your use cases integrating the GitLab MCP? can you share with us if possible?
thanks

5

Hi @manthanmevada,

Can you share with us how you integrate with GitLab MCP Server and the error message you received? That would be helpful for us to troubleshoot. Thank you so much :blush:

6

If you can share the issue details, it would be great to understand

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@manthanmevada can you please share the requested details

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Hi there, @xuan.tran @dineshh here are the details

“GitLab”: {

  "type": "http",

“url”: “https://gitlab.com/api/v4/mcp”

}

sorry for the delayed reply

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Hi @manthanmevada

You can follow this instruction to connect GitLab MCP into Katalon AI Assistant:

You’ll need: Node.js 18+ (so npx works) and a GitLab personal access token with the api scope.

Steps

  1. Transport Type: STDIO
  2. Paste into Command and Arguments:
{
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gitlab"],
  "env": {
    "PATH": "/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin",
    "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-token>",
    "GITLAB_API_URL": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4"
  }
}

About PATH: this tells Studio where to find npx. On macOS, apps opened from Finder don’t inherit your Terminal’s PATH, so the command fails without it. Run echo $PATH in Terminal and paste the output here — that’s the most reliable value, especially if you use nvm. On Windows you can drop the PATH line entirely.