diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 37f07516..bd3994a5 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 import {Api} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api';
-import {MergeRequest} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api/lib/types';
 import {Logger} from '@openstapps/logger';
-import {WebClient} from '@slack/client';
-import {asyncPool} from 'async-pool-native/dist/async-pool';
 import * as commander from 'commander';
 import {existsSync, readFileSync} from 'fs';
 import {join} from 'path';
-import {GITLAB_API_URL, GROUPS} from './configuration';
+import {GITLAB_API_URL} from './configuration';
+import {remind} from './tasks/remind';
 import {report} from './tasks/report';
 import {tidy} from './tasks/tidy';
 import {unlabel} from './tasks/unlabel';
@@ -69,38 +67,8 @@ commander
 commander
   .command('remind')
   .action(async () => {
-    const mergeRequests: MergeRequest[] =
-      await gitlabApi.makeGitLabAPIRequest(`groups/${GROUPS[0]}/merge_requests?state=opened`);
-
-    const client = new WebClient(process.env.SLACK_API_TOKEN);
-
-    await asyncPool(2, mergeRequests, async (mergeRequest) => {
-      if (mergeRequest.title.indexOf('WIP') !== 0) {
-        const config = await gitlabApi.makeGitLabAPIRequest(
-          `/projects/${mergeRequest.project_id}/merge_requests/${mergeRequest.iid}/approvals`,
-        );
-
-        if (config.merge_status === 'can_be_merged') {
-          if (config.approvals_left > 0) {
-            logger.warn(`Merge request '${mergeRequest.title}' needs more approvals!`);
-
-            await client.chat.postMessage({
-              channel: 'C762UG76Z',
-              text: `Merge request '${mergeRequest.title}' needs more approvals! See ${mergeRequest.web_url}!`,
-            });
-          } else {
-            logger.log(`Merge request '${mergeRequest.title}' is ready to be merged!`);
-
-            await client.chat.postMessage({
-              channel: 'C762UG76Z',
-              text: `Merge request '${mergeRequest.title}' is ready to be merged! See ${mergeRequest.web_url}!`,
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        logger.info(`Merge request '${mergeRequest.title}' is WIP.`);
-      }
-    });
+    await remind(gitlabApi);
+    logger.ok('Done!');
   });
 
 commander
diff --git a/src/tasks/report.ts b/src/tasks/report.ts
index 318ef9aa..d21e7ca7 100644
--- a/src/tasks/report.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/report.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 import {Api} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api';
-import {Issue, Project, User} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api/lib/types';
+import {Issue, IssueState, MembershipScope, MergeRequestState, Project, User} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api/lib/types';
 import {asyncPool} from 'async-pool-native/dist/async-pool';
 import {readFileSync, writeFile} from 'fs';
 import * as moment from 'moment';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const asyncWriteFile = promisify(writeFile);
  *
  * @param state State to check
  */
-export function issueStateIsOpenedOrClosed(state: string): state is 'opened' | 'closed' {
+export function issueStateIsOpenedOrClosed(state: IssueState): state is IssueState.OPENED | IssueState.CLOSED {
   return ['opened', 'closed'].indexOf(state) >= 0;
 }
 
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ export function groupIssuesByAssignee(issues: Issue[]): { [k: number]: AssigneeW
       };
     }
 
-    if (issue.state === 'reopened') {
-      issue.state = 'opened';
+    if (issue.state === IssueState.REOPENED) {
+      issue.state = IssueState.OPENED;
     }
 
     if (issueStateIsOpenedOrClosed(issue.state)) {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export async function getMergeRequestsForProjects(api: Api,
     }
 
     // get all merge requests for project
-    const mergeRequests = await api.getMergeRequestsForProject(project.id);
+    const mergeRequests = await api.getMergeRequests(MembershipScope.PROJECTS, project.id, MergeRequestState.OPENED);
 
     // extract issue number from merge request
     projectMergeRequests[project.id] = mergeRequests.map((mergeRequest) => {
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ export async function report(api: Api, label: string) {
         }
       });
 
-      if (a.state === 'closed') {
+      if (a.state === IssueState.CLOSED) {
         weightA -= 10;
       }
 
-      if (b.state === 'closed') {
+      if (b.state === IssueState.CLOSED) {
         weightB -= 10;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/tidy.ts b/src/tasks/tidy.ts
index 4f0bac20..f84951c4 100644
--- a/src/tasks/tidy.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/tidy.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 import {Api} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api';
-import {AccessLevel, Label, Milestone, Project} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api/lib/types';
+import {
+  AccessLevel,
+  IssueState,
+  MembershipScope,
+  Milestone,
+  Project,
+  Scope,
+} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api/lib/types';
 import {asyncPool} from 'async-pool-native/dist/async-pool';
 import {flatten2dArray, getProjects, logger} from '../common';
 import {GROUPS, NEEDED_LABELS, NEEDED_MILESTONES, NOTE_PREFIX, PROTECTED_BRANCHES, SCHOOLS} from '../configuration';
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ export async function tidyIssuesWithoutMilestone(api: Api): Promise<void> {
     return api.getIssues({
       groupId: groupId,
       milestone: 'No Milestone',
-      state: 'opened',
+      state: IssueState.OPENED,
     });
   });
 
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@ export async function tidyIssuesWithoutMilestone(api: Api): Promise<void> {
 
     await api.createNote(
       issue.project_id,
+      Scope.ISSUES,
       issue.iid,
       `${NOTE_PREFIX} Milestone was set automatically to \`Meeting\`.`,
     );
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ export async function tidyOpenIssuesWithoutMeetingLabel(api: Api): Promise<void>
   const issueResults = await asyncPool(3, GROUPS, (groupId) => {
     return api.getIssues({
       groupId: groupId,
-      state: 'opened',
+      state: IssueState.OPENED,
     });
   });
 
@@ -110,6 +118,7 @@ export async function tidyOpenIssuesWithoutMeetingLabel(api: Api): Promise<void>
 
     return api.createNote(
       issue.project_id,
+      Scope.ISSUES,
       issue.iid,
       `${NOTE_PREFIX} Automatically adding label 'meeting'\n\n/label ~meeting`);
   });
@@ -128,21 +137,21 @@ export async function tidyLabels(api: Api, projects: Project[]): Promise<void> {
     const labels = await api.getLabels(project.id);
 
     const neededLabels = NEEDED_LABELS.slice(0);
-    const extraneousLabels: Label[] = [];
+    // const extraneousLabels: Label[] = [];
 
     labels.forEach((label) => {
-      let needed = false;
+      // let needed = false;
 
       neededLabels.forEach((neededLabel, neededLabelIdx) => {
         if (neededLabel.name.toLowerCase() === label.name.toLowerCase()) {
           neededLabels.splice(neededLabelIdx, 1);
-          needed = true;
+          // needed = true;
         }
       });
 
-      if (!needed) {
+      /* if (!needed) {
         extraneousLabels.push(label);
-      }
+      } */
     });
 
     await asyncPool(2, neededLabels, async (neededLabel) => {
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ export async function tidyProtectedBranches(api: Api, projects: Project[]): Prom
  * @param api GitLab API instance to use for the requests
  */
 export async function tidySubGroupMembers(api: Api): Promise<void> {
-  const stappsMembers = await api.getMembers('groups', GROUPS[0]);
+  const stappsMembers = await api.getMembers(MembershipScope.GROUPS, GROUPS[0]);
   const stappsMemberIds = stappsMembers.map((member) => member.id);
 
   const groupIdsToSchool: any = {};
@@ -235,12 +244,12 @@ export async function tidySubGroupMembers(api: Api): Promise<void> {
   });
 
   await asyncPool(2, GROUPS.slice(1), async (groupId) => {
-    const members = await api.getMembers('groups', groupId);
+    const members = await api.getMembers(MembershipScope.GROUPS, groupId);
     const memberIds = members.map((member) => member.id);
 
     await asyncPool(2, stappsMembers, async (stappsMember) => {
       if (memberIds.indexOf(stappsMember.id) === -1) {
-        await api.addMember('groups', groupId, stappsMember.id, AccessLevel.Developer);
+        await api.addMember(MembershipScope.GROUPS, groupId, stappsMember.id, AccessLevel.Developer);
 
         logger.log('Added ' + stappsMember.name + ' to group ' + groupIdsToSchool[groupId] + '.');
       }
@@ -248,7 +257,7 @@ export async function tidySubGroupMembers(api: Api): Promise<void> {
 
     await asyncPool(2, members, async (member) => {
       if (stappsMemberIds.indexOf(member.id) === -1) {
-        await api.deleteMember('groups', groupId, member.id);
+        await api.deleteMember(MembershipScope.GROUPS, groupId, member.id);
 
         logger.log('Deleted member ' + member.name + ' from group ' + groupIdsToSchool[groupId] + '.');
       }
@@ -270,7 +279,7 @@ export async function tidyIssuesWithoutAssignee(api: Api): Promise<void> {
   const issueResults = await asyncPool(3, GROUPS, (groupId) => {
     return api.getIssues({
       groupId: groupId,
-      state: 'opened',
+      state: IssueState.OPENED,
     });
   });
 
@@ -290,6 +299,7 @@ export async function tidyIssuesWithoutAssignee(api: Api): Promise<void> {
 
     await api.createNote(
       issue.project_id,
+      Scope.ISSUES,
       issue.iid,
       `${NOTE_PREFIX} Assignee was set automatically to author.`,
     );
diff --git a/src/tasks/unlabel.ts b/src/tasks/unlabel.ts
index b0339263..ed1d1bfc 100644
--- a/src/tasks/unlabel.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/unlabel.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 import {Api} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api';
+import {IssueState, Scope} from '@openstapps/gitlab-api/lib/types';
 import {asyncPool} from 'async-pool-native/dist/async-pool';
 import {flatten2dArray, logger} from '../common';
 import {GROUPS, NOTE_PREFIX} from '../configuration';
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export async function unlabel(api: Api) {
   const issueResults = await asyncPool(3, GROUPS, (groupId) => {
     return api.getIssues({
       groupId: groupId,
-      state: 'closed',
+      state: IssueState.CLOSED,
     });
   });
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export async function unlabel(api: Api) {
 
       await api.createNote(
         issue.project_id,
+        Scope.ISSUES,
         issue.iid,
         `${NOTE_PREFIX} Removed label \`meeting\` automatically.
 /unlabel ~meeting`,