MR Buddy

VS Code extension that fills the gap in GitLab's web UI: filter merge requests you're a reviewer on by whether you've approved them yet.

Features

• Reviewing — all open MRs where you're a reviewer, with [approved/total] count
• Needs My Approval — reviewer MRs you haven't approved yet (the filter GitLab's web UI lacks)
• Authored by Me — your open MRs
• Assigned to Me — MRs assigned to you
• Hover tooltip shows per-reviewer approval status
• Inline Approve action, Open in browser, Copy URL
• Auto-refresh on a configurable interval
• Works with self-hosted GitLab (set mrBuddy.gitlabHost)

Install

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• VS Code

Build and install

git clone <repo-url>
cd mr-buddy
npm install
npx @vscode/vsce package
code --install-extension mr-buddy-0.1.0.vsix

Restart VS Code after install. The MR Buddy icon will appear in the activity bar.

Alternatively, install via the UI: Cmd+Shift+P → Extensions: Install from VSIX… → select mr-buddy-0.1.0.vsix.

Sign in

1. Cmd+Shift+P → MR Buddy: Sign In to GitLab
2. Enter your GitLab host (default: https://gitlab.com)
3. Paste a Personal Access Token with scopes api and read_user — create one at https://gitlab.com/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens

Updating after code changes

npm install
npx @vscode/vsce package
code --install-extension mr-buddy-0.1.0.vsix

Then restart VS Code (or reload the window: Cmd+Shift+P → Developer: Reload Window).

How "Needs My Approval" works

The GitLab REST API has no approved_by_me=false filter, but /projects/:id/merge_requests/:iid/approvals returns who has approved each MR. MR Buddy fetches that per reviewer-MR and filters client-side — no scraping needed.

Configuration