--- title: "Connect GitLab to Microsoft Excel - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Code Snippet Comment\" fires in GitLab, your agent runs \"Add Table Row\" in Microsoft Excel." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gitlab-to-microsoft-excel" --- # Connect GitLab to Microsoft Excel When **New Code Snippet Comment** fires in [GitLab](https://apiant.ai/connections/gitlab), your agent runs **Add Table Row** in [Microsoft Excel](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-excel). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. GitLab **21** triggers GitLab **62** actions Microsoft Excel **98** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want GitLab and Microsoft Excel to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What GitLab can start in Microsoft Excel - When **New Code Snippet Comment** in GitLab then **Add Table Row** in Microsoft Excel - When **New Commit** in GitLab then **Add Named Item** in Microsoft Excel Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with GitLab and Microsoft Excel ## Triggers and actions 21 triggers · 160 actions - Trigger **Deployment Event (instant)** Fires on a deployment status change (deployment_events). - Trigger **New Code Snippet Comment** Triggers when a new comment is made on a code snippet in the selected project - Trigger **New Commit** Triggers when a new commit is pushed to a GitLab project's repository. - Trigger **New Commit Comment** Triggers when a new comment is made on a commit in the selected project - Trigger **New Group Issue Event** Triggers on group issue events, e.g. when an issue is opened, updated, or closed. - Trigger **New Group Merge Request Event** Triggers on an open, merge, close, or update merge request event. - Trigger **New Issue** Triggers when a new issue is created in a GitLab project. - Trigger **New Issue Comment** Triggers when a new comment is made on an issue in the selected project - Trigger **New Job Event** Triggers for a specified job event in a project. - Trigger **New Merge Request** Triggers when a new merge request is opened in a GitLab project. - Trigger **New Merge Request Comment** Triggers when a new comment is made on a merge request in the selected project - Trigger **New Pipeline** Triggers when a new CI/CD pipeline is created in a GitLab project. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new GitLab project is created that the connected user can see. - Trigger **New Project Issue Event** Triggers on project issue events, e.g. when an issue is opened, updated, or closed. - Trigger **New Project Merge Request Event** Triggers on an open, merge, close, or update merge request event. - Trigger **New Release** Triggers when a new release is created in a GitLab project. - Trigger **New Release (instant)** Fires when a release is created or updated (releases_events). - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is added to a GitLab project's repository. - Trigger **New Tag (instant)** Fires when a tag is pushed (tag_push_events). - Trigger **Pipeline Event (instant)** Fires on a pipeline status change (pipeline_events). - Trigger **Wiki Page Event (instant)** Fires when a wiki page is created or updated (wiki_page_events). - Action **Accept Merge Request** Merges an open merge request into its target branch, optionally squashing commits, deleting the source branch, or setting it to merge automatically once checks pass. - Action **Add Comment to Commit** Adds a comment to a commit in a GitLab project, optionally on a specific line of a file. - Action **Add Note to Issue** Adds a comment to an issue in a GitLab project. - Action **Add Note to Merge Request** Adds a comment to a merge request in a GitLab project. - Action **Add Note to Snippet** Adds a comment to a project snippet in GitLab and returns the created comment. - Action **Approve Merge Request** Approves a merge request as the connected GitLab user and returns the merge request's updated approval state. - Action **Cancel Pipeline** Cancels all running and pending jobs in a GitLab pipeline and returns the pipeline with its updated status. - Action **Create Branch** Creates a new branch in a GitLab project's repository from an existing branch or commit. - Action **Create Commit** Creates a commit on a branch of a GitLab project, applying a batch of file changes (create, update, delete, move, chmod). - Action **Create File** Creates a new file in a GitLab project's repository by committing it to a branch. - Action **Create Issue** Creates a new issue in a GitLab project, with optional description, labels, assignees, milestone and due date. - Action **Create Label** Creates a label in a GitLab project with the name and color you choose. - Action **Create Merge Request** Creates a new merge request in a GitLab project from a source branch to a target branch. - Action **Create Milestone** Creates a milestone in a GitLab project, with an optional description, start date and due date. - Action **Create Pipeline** Starts a new CI/CD pipeline on a branch or tag of a GitLab project, optionally with pipeline variables and inputs. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new GitLab project in your personal namespace or in a group you choose. - Action **Create Release** Creates a release in a GitLab project from an existing tag, or from a branch or commit that is tagged as part of the release. - Action **Create Snippet** Creates a personal snippet with a title and one file of content in your GitLab account. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a new Git tag in a GitLab project pointing at a branch, commit or existing tag. Add a message to make it an annotated tag. - Action **Create Wiki Page** Creates a new wiki page in a GitLab project with the given title and content. - Action **Delete Branch** Deletes a branch from a GitLab project's repository. The default branch and protected branches cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file from a GitLab project's repository by committing its removal to a branch. - Action **Delete Issue** Deletes an issue from a GitLab project. Only administrators and project owners can delete issues. - Action **Delete Tag** Deletes a tag from a GitLab project's repository. - Action **Find Group Merge Requests** Returns merge requests across a GitLab group and its subgroups, filtered by state, author, assignee, reviewer, labels, milestone, branch, dates or search text. - Action **Find Project Merge Requests** Finds merge requests in a GitLab project, filtered by text search, state, author, assignee, reviewer, labels, branches, dates and more. - Action **Find Projects** Finds GitLab projects whose name, path or description matches your search text, optionally narrowed by membership, ownership, visibility, topic and activity dates. - Action **Find User** Finds GitLab users by username, public email, or a name/username/email search, with optional filters on account state and type. - Action **Get Branch** Returns a repository branch in a GitLab project, including its protection status, merge status and latest commit. - Action **Get Commit** Returns a single commit from a project's repository, identified by its SHA or by a branch or tag name, including stats and the latest pipeline. - Action **Get File** Returns a file from a GitLab repository, including its name, size, commit details and Base64-encoded content. - Action **Get Group** Returns the details of a GitLab group, such as its name, path, visibility and parent group. - Action **Get Issue** Returns a single issue in a GitLab project, including its title, description, state, labels, assignees and milestone. - Action **Get Job** Returns a single CI/CD job in a GitLab project, including its status, stage, pipeline, commit and runner details. - Action **Get Merge Request** Returns a single merge request in a GitLab project, including its state, branches, author, reviewers and pipeline. - Action **Get Merge Request Approvals** Returns the approval state of a merge request: whether it is approved, who approved it, and how many approvals are still required. - Action **Get Pipeline** Returns a single CI/CD pipeline in a project, including its status, ref, commit, timing and who triggered it. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single GitLab project by its ID or full path, including its settings, visibility and links. - Action **Get Release** Returns a project's release for the given Git tag, including its description, commit, milestones and assets. - Action **Get Snippet** Returns a personal snippet by its ID, including its title, file name, visibility, author and links. - Action **Get Snippet Note** Returns a single comment (note) posted on a project snippet. - Action **Get Wiki Page** Returns a wiki page from a GitLab project, including its title, content and format. - Action **List Branches** Returns the branches in a GitLab project's repository, sorted by name, optionally filtered by a search term or regular expression. - Action **List Commit Comments** Returns the comments left on a commit in a GitLab project. - Action **List Commits** Returns the commits in a GitLab project's repository, optionally filtered by branch, author, file path or date range. - Action **List Groups** Returns the GitLab groups visible to the connected user, optionally filtered by name, visibility, ownership or access level. - Action **List Labels** Returns the labels defined for a GitLab project, optionally filtered by keyword and including issue and merge request counts. - Action **List Milestones** Returns the milestones of a GitLab project, optionally filtered by state, title, search text or dates. - Action **List Pipelines** Returns the pipelines in a GitLab project, optionally filtered by branch, status, commit, date range or user. - Action **List Project Jobs** Returns the CI/CD jobs in a project, newest first, optionally filtered to one job status such as success or failed. - Action **List Project Members** Returns the direct members of a GitLab project, optionally filtered by name, email or username. - Action **List Releases** Returns the releases of a GitLab project, newest first by release date. - Action **List Tags** Returns the Git tags in a GitLab project's repository, optionally filtered by name and sorted. - Action **Retry Job** Retries a single CI/CD job in a GitLab project and returns the new job that was queued. - Action **Retry Pipeline** Retries the failed or canceled jobs in a GitLab pipeline and returns the updated pipeline. - Action **Update File** Updates the content of an existing file in a GitLab repository by committing the change to a branch. - Action **Update Issue** Updates an existing issue in a GitLab project, including closing or reopening it, changing its title, description, labels, assignees, milestone or dates. - Action **Update Merge Request** Updates an existing merge request in a GitLab project — title, description, assignees, reviewers, labels, milestone, target branch or state. - Action **Update Milestone** Updates a project milestone's title, description, dates, or open/closed state. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing GitLab project's name, description, visibility, default branch, topics, merge settings and feature visibility. Returns the updated project. - Action **Update Release** Updates an existing release's name, description, milestones or release date in a GitLab project. - Action **Update Wiki Page** Updates the title, content or format of an existing wiki page in a GitLab project. - Action **Add Chart** Add a chart to a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Named Item** Add Named Item - Action **Add Sharepoint Worksheet** Add a new worksheet to a sharepoint excel workbook using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Add Table** Create a table over a range in an Excel workbook. - Action **Add Table Column** Add a column to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Table Row** Add a row to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Workbook Permission** Tool to grant access to a workbook via invite. use when you need to share a specific workbook file with designated recipients and roles. - Action **Add Worksheet** Add a new worksheet to an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Apply Table Filter** Apply a filter to a table column using microsoft graph api. - Action **Apply Table Sort** Apply a sort to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Autofit Range** Autofit columns or rows intersecting a workbook range. - Action **Calculate Function** Run one allowlisted Microsoft Graph v1.0 workbook function. - Action **Calculate Workbook** Calculate Excel Workbook - Action **Clear Range** Tool to clear values, formats, or contents in a specified worksheet range. use when you need to reset cells before adding new data. - Action **Clear Table Filter** Clear a filter from a table column using microsoft graph api. - Action **Clear Table Filters** Clear All Table Filters - Action **Clear Table Sort** Clear Table Sort - Action **Close Session** Tool to close an existing excel workbook session. use when you need to explicitly end a persistent session to release workbook locks. - Action **Convert Table To Range** Convert a table to a range using microsoft graph api. - Action **Copy Drive Item** Create a non-destructive asynchronous copy of a file or folder. Metadata and permissions are not copied; the new item inherits destination-folder permissions. Version history is copied only when explicitly requested. - Action **Create Folder** Create a folder under a parent Microsoft Graph drive item. - Action **Create Workbook** Create an.xlsx workbook in the user's OneDrive, from a file URL or blank. - Action **Delete Named Item** Permanently delete a workbook-scoped named item; this cannot be undone. - Action **Delete Range** Delete worksheet cells and shift the remaining cells up or left. - Action **Delete Table** Permanently delete an Excel table by its ID or name. - Action **Delete Table Column** Delete a column from a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Delete Table Row** Delete a row from a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Delete Worksheet** Tool to delete a worksheet from the workbook. use when cleaning up unused or temporary sheets after verifying no dependencies exist. example: "delete 'sheet2' after review." - Action **Export Workbook To Pdf** Tool to export an Excel workbook to PDF via Microsoft Graph's format conversion. Use when you need a PDF version of an Excel file for sending, storing, or attaching. - Action **Get Application** Get Excel Application - Action **Get Chart** Get chart - Action **Get Chart Axis** Tool to retrieve a specific axis from a chart. use when you need properties like min, max, interval, and formatting of the chart axis. - Action **Get Chart Component** Get chart component - Action **Get Chart Data Labels** Tool to retrieve the data labels object of a chart. use when you need to inspect label settings like position, separator, and visibility flags after creating or updating a chart. - Action **Get Chart Image** Get chart image - Action **Get Chart Legend** Tool to retrieve the legend object of a chart. use after creating or updating a chart when you need to inspect legend visibility and formatting. - Action **Get Chart Point** Get chart point - Action **Get Chart Series** Get chart series - Action **Get Derived Range** Return a range derived from another range by navigation or geometry. - Action **Get Named Item** Retrieve a workbook-scoped named item by exact name. - Action **Get Named Item Range** Get Named Item Range - Action **Get Range** Get a range from a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Range Format** Read one formatting component from a workbook range. - Action **Get Session** Create a session for an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Sharepoint Range** Get a range from a worksheet in sharepoint using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Get Sharepoint Worksheet** Get a worksheet by name or id from a sharepoint excel workbook using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Get Table** Retrieve one workbook- or worksheet-addressed table by ID or exact name. - Action **Get Table Column** Tool to retrieve a specific column from a workbook table. use when you need to fetch column properties and data by its id or name. - Action **Get Table Column Range** Get Table Column Range - Action **Get Table Range** Get Table Range - Action **Get Table Row** Get Table Row - Action **Get Table Row Range** Get Table Row Range - Action **Get Table Sort** Get Table Sort - Action **Get Visible Range** Read cells visible after worksheet filtering. - Action **Get Workbook** Tool to retrieve the properties and relationships of a workbook. use when you need to inspect comments, names, tables, or worksheets. - Action **Get Worksheet** Get a worksheet by name or id from an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Worksheet Protection** Get Worksheet Protection - Action **Get Worksheet Used Range** Tool to retrieve a worksheet's used range (active data region) without specifying a fixed range address. Use when you need to read all data from a sheet but don't know the exact range. The valuesOnly option helps filter out formatting-only cells. - Action **Insert Range** Tool to insert a new cell range into a worksheet, shifting existing cells down or right. use when you need to create space for new content without overwriting. - Action **List Chart Points** List chart points - Action **List Charts** List charts in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Chart Series** Tool to list all data series in a chart. use when you need to enumerate chart series for further analysis. - Action **List Comments** Tool to list comments in an excel workbook. use when you need to retrieve all workbook comments via microsoft graph api. - Action **List Drive Item Children** Tool to list immediate children (files/folders) of a folder DriveItem using driveId and itemId. Returns an array of child DriveItems with stable identifiers and pagination support. - Action **List Files** List files and folders in a drive root or specified path. - Action **List Named Items** List named items in a workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Sharepoint Tables** List tables in a sharepoint worksheet using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **List Sharepoint Worksheets** List worksheets in an excel workbook stored in sharepoint using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **List Table Columns** List columns in a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Table Rows** List rows in a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Tables** List tables in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Workbook Permissions** Tool to list permissions set on the workbook file. use when you need to see which users or links have access to a specific excel file by supplying its drive and item ids. example: "list permissions for workbook with drive id 'b!abc123' and item id '0123456789abcdef'." - Action **List Worksheets** List worksheets in an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Merge Cells** Merge cells in a worksheet range using microsoft graph api. - Action **Protect Worksheet** Tool to protect a worksheet using optional protection options. use when you need to prevent editing certain parts of a sheet before sharing. example: "protect 'sheet1' to lock formatting and sorting." - Action **Reapply Table Filters** Reapply All Table Filters - Action **Reapply Table Sort** Reapply Table Sort - Action **Refresh Session** Refresh Excel Session - Action **Search Files** Tool to search OneDrive drive items by query to discover Excel workbook IDs. Use when you need to find Excel files by name before performing workbook operations. - Action **Search Microsoft 365 Content** Search OneDrive and SharePoint content using Microsoft Search. - Action **Set Chart Data** Set chart data - Action **Set Chart Position** Set chart position - Action **Sort Range** Sort a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Unmerge Range** Split a merged worksheet range back into separate cells. - Action **Unprotect Worksheet** Remove protection from a worksheet so it can be edited again. - Action **Update Chart** Update a chart in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Chart Component** Update chart component - Action **Update Chart Legend** Tool to update formatting or position of a chart legend. use when adjusting legend settings after confirming chart and worksheet exist. - Action **Update Chart Series** Rename one Excel chart series by ID or zero-based collection position. - Action **Update Named Item** Update a workbook named item's visibility or comment. - Action **Update Range** Update a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Range Format** Update exactly one formatting component on a workbook range. - Action **Update Sharepoint Range** Update a range in a sharepoint worksheet using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Update Table** Update a table in a workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Table Column** Update Table Column - Action **Update Table Row** Update Table Row - Action **Update Worksheet** Update worksheet properties (name, position) in an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Upload Workbook** Tool to upload an external Excel file from a URL into OneDrive/SharePoint. Downloads the file server-side and uploads it to the specified drive location, returning the driveItem metadata for subsequent Excel operations. ## Each app on its own - [ **GitLab** GitLab is an open source code collaboration tool with a rich feature set including management of...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gitlab) - [ **Microsoft Excel** Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application for data analysis, calculations, and visualization...](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-excel) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from GitLab - [ **GitLab to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gitlab-to-hubspot) - [ **GitLab to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gitlab-to-salesforce) - [ **GitLab to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Microsoft Excel when something happens in GitLab? Any of Microsoft Excel's 98 actions, including Create Folder, Create Workbook, Update Chart and Update Chart Component. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Microsoft Excel to GitLab? Microsoft Excel has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in GitLab. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Microsoft Excel's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for GitLab or Microsoft Excel? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use GitLab and Microsoft Excel without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.