What is GitLab Duo?
GitLab Duo is GitLab’s suite of AI capabilities embedded across the entire software development lifecycle. Rather than a standalone tool, it augments planning, coding, review, security, and operations inside the GitLab platform, keeping context and data within the organization’s existing DevOps environment.
Product Features
- Code suggestions and code generation inside the GitLab Web IDE and supported editors
- Merge request summaries and reviewer suggestions to speed up reviews
- Vulnerability explanation and resolution guidance for security findings
- Chat assistant with awareness of project and issue context
- Root cause analysis for pipeline failures and test errors
- Discussion summaries for long issues and epics
Product Highlights
- End-to-end coverage from planning to deployment, not just coding
- Deeply integrated with existing GitLab projects and permissions
- Enterprise-ready privacy and self-managed deployment options
- Reduces context switching by keeping AI inside the DevOps platform
Use Cases
- Generating boilerplate code and tests within merge requests
- Explaining and prioritizing security vulnerabilities
- Summarizing long issue threads for faster triage
- Debugging failed CI/CD pipelines with guided root cause analysis
- Accelerating code review with automated MR summaries
