Head to head · Docs and wikis · October 2026 research run
Atlassian Rovo MCP Server vs Outline
Outline scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Atlassian Rovo MCP Server's 57.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Atlassian Rovo MCP Server leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do docs and wikis.
Which one, for what
Good for Teams already on Atlassian Cloud who want an agent to read and write Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket under the user's permissions with admin audit.
Ahead on
- Security & auth, 85 against 71
- Transparency & trust, 78 against 69
Watch for
No numeric rate limits or 429 guidance published for the MCP server
Outline C
Good for Teams that keep their wiki in Outline and want an agent to search, read, write and comment on Markdown documents, on the hosted service or a self-hosted copy with the same API.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 67 against 50
- Schema & documentation, 76 against 58
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
Watch for
No rate limit numbers in the API documentation. The limits we found are in the source code, not stated for the hosted service
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server | Outline | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 50 | 67 | Outline +17 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 58 | 76 | Outline +18 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 63 | 62 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +1 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 85 | 71 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +14 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 20 | 30 | Outline +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 80 | 83 | Outline +3 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 78 | 69 | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -5 | |
| Total | 57.9 · C | 60.3 · C |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server | Outline |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Atlassian | General Outline, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp | https://app.getoutline.com/api |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | proprietary | Source available under BSL 1.1, which bars running it as a document service for third parties and converts each release to Apache 2.0 on its change date (2030-09-09 for 1.10.1). The OpenAPI description is BSD-3-Clause. The hosted service is under the vendor's terms |
| Tools exposed | none | 19 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | com.atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-09 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.1k stars | 41k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |
Verdicts
Atlassian Rovo MCP Server
v2 gateway exposes primary tools plus discover and three execute meta-tools, and the rest load on demand. No numeric rate limits or 429 guidance published for the MCP server.
Outline
API keys and OAuth tokens can be limited to single endpoints, all 154 operations document a 429 response with Retry-After, and the workspace MCP server registers tools by granted scope. Two scope-bypass flaws were published and fixed in May and June 2026, rate limits carry no published numbers, and there are no official client libraries.
Before you call either
Atlassian Rovo MCP Server
- Connect to
https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp, not/v1/sse, which stopped being supported after 30 June 2026 - Call
discoverbefore execute, since flat tool names have changed under v2 - Pass
maxResults: 10on JQL and CQL searches, as Atlassian's own skills require - Expect a permission error rather than a tool for deletes until an admin enables delete_jira
- For headless runs send a service-account key as
Authorization: Bearer, and note that JSM tools need this route
Outline
- Send every call as POST with a JSON body to
https://app.getoutline.com/api/<method>, for exampledocuments.search, with a Bearer key in the header - Ask for a key scoped to the methods the task needs, such as
documents.info documents.search. An unscoped key has all of its owner's access - Pass
lastRevisionondocuments.updateso a stale write is rejected with 409, and useeditModepatchwithfindTextto change one passage - Wait for the seconds in
Retry-Afteron a 429. Write methods have tighter limits than reads - Leave
permanentunset ondocuments.delete. The default moves the document to the trash, where it can be restored for 30 days
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Atlassian Rovo MCP Server or Outline?
Outline scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Atlassian Rovo MCP Server's 57.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Atlassian Rovo MCP Server leads on security & auth and transparency & trust.
Do Atlassian Rovo MCP Server and Outline need an API key?
Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call Atlassian Rovo MCP Server and Outline without installing anything?
Yes. Atlassian Rovo MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp and Outline at https://app.getoutline.com/api.
Other comparisons with Atlassian Rovo MCP Server or Outline
Machine-readable
- This page as Markdown
/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-outline.md· slim.min.md· JSON.json(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - Each listing in full
/api/v1/tools/atlassian-rovo-mcp.json·/api/v1/tools/outline.json - From a terminal
anchor compare atlassian-rovo-mcp outline(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "atlassian-rovo-mcp", "b": "outline"}at/mcp, no key