Synopsis

I created a workflow for Alfred so I can quickly open all the merge requests that are assigned to me. If the query “review” is added then all the merge requests where I am assigned as a reviewer are openend.

Background

I love to use Alfred to quickly to repetitive tasks on my computer. I use it to find the right emoji, modify text styles and text cases, convert images or units.

When at work, I also regularly have to open the overview pages on GitLab to see what status my merge requests have—or to quickly access them. I also want to navigate to the overview of the merge requests where I am assigned as a reviewer. Others might wait on my review or pushed updates.

All of that those lists exist as a bookmark in my browser. I can open them by clicking the bookmark. But then I have to decide whether I want to open a new tab or stay in the same tab I currently use. And I have to click with the mouse/touchpad.

This can be done quicker/easier: Open Alred (shortcut CMD-Space), type mrs and hit ENTER. This opens the page where I can see the assigned merge requests.

If I want to access the MRs for review, I do the same but type mrs review. This overview is filtered for MRs where I haven’t approved yet.

Works wonderfully.

You can download the workflow from my GitHub repo

The window of Alfred app is visible and the command ‘mrs review’ was entered. Below the command you can see a short description of what the command will do.