GitLab Todos

Manage the GitLab todos inbox via glab api.

Listing

glab api /todos --paginate | jq '[.[] | select(.state == "pending")]'

Fields

Field	Description
id	Todo ID for actions
action_name	assigned, mentioned, build_failed, approval_required, review_requested, directly_addressed
target_type	MergeRequest, Issue
target.title	Target title
target.web_url	Browser URL
state	pending, done
project.path_with_namespace	Full project path

Actions

glab api -X POST /todos/{id}/mark_as_done        # Mark single done
glab api -X POST /todos/mark_as_done              # Mark all done

Filtering

Filter in jq after the API call:

# By action
... | jq '[.[] | select(.state == "pending" and .action_name == "review_requested")]'

# MRs only
... | jq '[.[] | select(.state == "pending" and .target_type == "MergeRequest")]'

Bulk Mark Done

glab api /todos --paginate | \
  jq -r '[.[] | select(.state == "pending")] | .[].id' | \
  xargs -I {} glab api -X POST /todos/{}/mark_as_done