{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "clickup", "name": "ClickUp", "vendor": "Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp", "vendorUrl": "https://clickup.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "project-management", "summary": "ClickUp is a work management platform for tasks, docs, chat and time tracking. Agents reach it through a hosted MCP server at mcp.clickup.com and a public REST API (v2 and v3), both available on every plan.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clickup.json", "repo": "https://github.com/clickup/clickup-plugin", "license": "Proprietary service under ClickUp's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The clickup-plugin repository on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.clickup.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is self-serve. The MCP server at https://mcp.clickup.com/mcp accepts only OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, with dynamic client registration and read and write scopes, and refuses API keys. The REST API takes a personal token (`pk_`, generated under Settings, Apps) or an OAuth 2.0 authorisation code token from an app that a Workspace owner or admin creates. Neither REST token expires or carries scopes. Users choose the Workspaces they authorise, and calls act with that user's permissions. No app review or partner approval is described.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free Forever includes the API and the MCP server, so an agent can start without a contract. Unlimited is $7 a seat a month billed yearly or $10 monthly, Business $12 or $19, Enterprise through sales. API calls are not priced. Without the Everything AI add-on ($28 a seat a month as shown) MCP is capped per rolling 24 hours, from 100 calls on Free Forever to 25,000 on Enterprise Plus. No separate sandbox was found (https://clickup.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$7 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI specs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 48, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.clickup.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.clickup.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.clickup.com/openapi/clickup-api-v2-reference.json", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "tasks.comments", "projects.reporting", "work.docs", "work.chat" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "freemium", "free-tier", "webhooks", "status-page", "soc2", "project-management" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-18", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 381, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 48, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 74, "schema": 74, "security": 64, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The hosted MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration and read and write scopes, and works on the Free Forever plan. Without the Everything AI add-on, MCP calls are capped at 100 to 25,000 per rolling 24 hours by plan. No API changelog, deprecation policy, official SDK or SLA was found.", "bestFor": "Teams already working in ClickUp that want an assistant to create and update tasks, comment, log time and read Docs through one OAuth connection.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server at mcp.clickup.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE (S256), dynamic client registration and read and write scopes", "Public OpenAPI specs for API v2 (138 operations) and v3 (35), plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "API and MCP server available on every plan, including Free Forever", "Rate limits published per plan for the API (100 to 10,000 requests a minute per token) and for MCP", "security.txt valid until 1 September 2027, a disclosure policy with safe harbour, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 stated" ], "weaknesses": [ "MCP calls are capped per rolling 24 hours without the Everything AI add-on, 100 on Free Forever and 300 on Unlimited, per Workspace and client", "Personal API tokens and REST OAuth tokens never expire and carry no scopes", "No API changelog or deprecation policy found, and the Developer Terms state no obligation to maintain the API", "No official SDK and no idempotency keys found, and no entry under a ClickUp namespace in the official MCP registry", "48 documented MCP tools, and the tools page lists Delete task while the MCP FAQ says no deletion tools exist" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to https://mcp.clickup.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1 and PKCE. API keys and REST OAuth tokens are refused on the MCP server", "Pass `workspace_id` on every MCP call when the user belongs to more than one Workspace, as ClickUp's own skills instruct", "Budget MCP calls. Each tool call counts against the rolling 24-hour cap, and `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` returns `retryAfter`", "On the REST API read `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and page Get Tasks with `page` at 100 tasks a page", "Treat `team_id` in API v2 as the Workspace ID, and send dates as Unix milliseconds" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 48, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 74, "schema": 74, "security": 64, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 97 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.clickup.com/api/v2/team -H \"Authorization: $CLICKUP_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http clickup https://mcp.clickup.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "clickup": { "url": "https://mcp.clickup.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/clickup" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free Forever (API and MCP included)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "100 MCP calls per rolling 24 hours" }, { "item": "Unlimited", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 7, "note": "billed yearly; $10 billed monthly" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 12, "note": "billed yearly; $19 billed monthly" }, { "item": "Everything AI add-on", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 28, "note": "as shown on 2026-10-08; lifts the MCP daily caps to the API limits" }, { "item": "AI Super Credits", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.001, "note": "$10 per 10,000; MCP calls do not use them" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp", "domain": "clickup.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-07-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://clickup.com/terms", "privacy": "https://clickup.com/terms/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.clickup.com", "changelog": "https://feedback.clickup.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 27 June 2025) and the privacy policy (effective 2 June 2026) name Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp, 350 Tenth Ave, 5th floor, San Diego, CA 92101.", "The API answers at api.clickup.com and the MCP server at mcp.clickup.com, both clickup.com subdomains.", "clickup.com/.well-known/security.txt lists security@clickup.com and expires on 1 September 2027. It is not signed.", "The changelog link is the product changelog. No API changelog was found, and developer.clickup.com/changelog returns 404.", "RDAP for clickup.com gives a registration date of 2001-07-05." ], "score": 97 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.json", "live": { "slug": "clickup", "probe": { "target": "https://api.clickup.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:07.461405831Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 46, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 40, "p95ms24h": 66, "samples24h": 64, "samples30d": 64, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 64, "ok": 64 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.clickup.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:54.125344879Z" }, "githubStars": 2, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://clickup.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:36.792376652Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://feedback.clickup.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:17.32513086Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a2ab6d600540" }, { "url": "https://clickup.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:10.891024498Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0aeb562d06bc" }, { "url": "https://clickup.com/terms/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:15.118233054Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af2e356a9bb6" }, { "url": "https://clickup.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:12.939041869Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c6fe50dc7cfb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:07.461405831Z" } }, "answer": "ClickUp scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "youtrack", "name": "YouTrack", "vendor": "JetBrains s.r.o.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "project-management", "summary": "YouTrack is JetBrains' issue tracker and project management tool, with a knowledge base, helpdesk and time tracking. Agents reach each YouTrack Cloud or Server instance through its REST API and a built-in remote MCP server at `/mcp`.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/youtrack.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is self-serve. Each user creates a permanent token in their profile (Account Security) and sends it as a Bearer token. Tokens never expire, can be deleted, and carry one or both of two scopes, YouTrack and YouTrack Administration. OAuth 2.0 comes from the built-in Hub service, with authorisation code and PKCE (S256), client credentials and a deprecated implicit flow. From YouTrack 2026.2 a system administrator registers OAuth clients or enables automatic registration through Client ID Metadata Documents (off by default). Dynamic Client Registration is not supported. Every call acts with the authorising user's permissions. No app review or partner approval is described.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The free plan covers up to ten users and three helpdesk agents, with 30 GB of storage, and the REST API is always enabled, so an agent can start without a contract. Paid Cloud subscriptions are priced per user on a sliding scale. JetBrains announced USD 5.40 a user a month on monthly billing and USD 4.50 on annual billing from 1 October 2025, and USD 6 or USD 5.50 per helpdesk agent beyond three. The pricing page served pounds to our network on 2026-10-08 (GBP 4.30 monthly, GBP 43 a year). API and MCP calls are not priced. A 14-day trial covers up to 100 users. No separate sandbox was found (https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/buy/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$4.50 / seat-mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer portal, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 23, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html", "llmsTxt": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/api/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "tasks.comments", "work.issues", "work.docs" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "self-hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "freemium", "free-tier", "status-page", "soc2", "project-management", "issue-tracker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.9, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 601, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 72, "security": 67, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-04-17. CVE-2026-33392, a sandbox bypass allowing code execution by an administrator, reported in March 2026. JetBrains says the impact was greatest in YouTrack Cloud, where it could bypass cross-tenant isolation on shared hardware, that Cloud was mitigated within 48 hours, and that it found no evidence of exploitation. Fixed and disclosed, so 3 of a possible 15 (https://blog.jetbrains.com/youtrack/2026/04/security-issue-in-youtrack-cve-2026-33392/)", "2026-06-19. CVE-2026-56141 (admin account takeover through authentication token forgery) and CVE-2026-56142 (email verification bypass), found in May 2026, affected YouTrack Cloud, and CVE-2026-50242 affected Server. JetBrains says Cloud was patched before the post and that it found no evidence of exploitation outside testing. Fixed and disclosed, so 2 points (https://blog.jetbrains.com/youtrack/2026/06/youtrack-security-update-youtrack-server-upgrade-required/)" ], "verdict": "Every instance serves an OpenAPI 3.0 document, a 23-tool MCP server with OAuth and PKCE, and field selection on each REST call, and the free plan covers ten users. No rate limits, 429 handling, error reference or SLA were found, and JetBrains disclosed two sets of critical vulnerabilities affecting YouTrack Cloud in 2026, both patched.", "bestFor": "Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.1 document at `/api/openapi.json` on every instance, with 281 operations on 157 paths, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each docs page", "Built-in remote MCP server at `/mcp` with 23 predefined tools, and `tools` and `ignoreTools` URL parameters that trim the tool list", "OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow with PKCE (S256) and Client ID Metadata Documents, or revocable permanent tokens with two scopes", "Free plan for up to ten users and three helpdesk agents, with the REST API always enabled", "19 Server builds published between 15 July and 5 October 2026, and a REST API changelog by version" ], "weaknesses": [ "No rate limits, 429 handling, idempotency keys or error reference found in the reviewed documentation", "The status page shows availability percentages by region for 24 hours and 30 days, with no incident history, and no SLA was found", "Two security disclosures in 2026 affected YouTrack Cloud, a cross-tenant isolation bypass (CVE-2026-33392) and an admin account takeover (CVE-2026-56141). Both were patched", "Permanent tokens never expire and carry only two coarse scopes, YouTrack and YouTrack Administration", "No current official SDK. YouTrackSharp for .NET covers a subset of the API and was last published on 31 March 2023" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `fields` on every REST request. Without it the server returns only the database ID and `$type` of each entity", "Page collections with `$top` and `$skip`. Most resources return 42 items by default", "Call `get_issue_fields_schema` before `create_issue` or `update_issue`, because required custom fields differ by project", "Connect MCP clients to `https://\u003cinstance\u003e.youtrack.cloud/mcp`. OAuth needs an administrator to enable CIMD or register the client, since Dynamic Client Registration is not supported", "Create permanent tokens with the YouTrack scope only, and add `?tools=` to the MCP URL to limit the tools listed" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 72, "security": 67, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "http": "curl 'https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/me?fields=id,login,name' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H \"Authorization: Bearer $YOUTRACK_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --header \"Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e\" --transport http youtrack \u003cyoutrack-mcp-endpoint-url\u003e" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/youtrack" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free plan (up to 10 users, 3 helpdesk agents)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "30 GB storage; REST API and MCP server included" }, { "item": "Cloud user, annual billing", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 4.5, "note": "starting price as announced for 1 October 2025; falls as users are added. Pricing page served GBP on 2026-10-08" }, { "item": "Cloud user, monthly billing", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 5.4, "note": "starting price as announced for 1 October 2025; pricing page showed GBP 4.30 on 2026-10-08" }, { "item": "Helpdesk agent beyond three, monthly billing", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 6, "note": "USD 5.50 on annual billing, as announced for 1 October 2025" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "JetBrains s.r.o.", "domain": "jetbrains.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-11-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/youtrack/youtrack_cloud/", "privacy": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/cloud/status/", "changelog": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/api-changelog.html", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service (version 2.0, effective 14 August 2024) name JetBrains s.r.o., Na Hřebenech II 1718/8, Prague, 14000, Czech Republic, ID No. 265 02 275, and are governed by Czech law.", "The JetBrains Privacy Notice (version 3.2, last updated 12 June 2026) covers JetBrains websites, products and services, and the Cloud terms point to it. Customer personal data is processed under the Data Processing Addendum (version 1.3, 27 April 2022).", "Cloud instances answer at \u003cinstance\u003e.youtrack.cloud, or \u003cinstance\u003e.myjetbrains.com/youtrack for instances registered before 2 November 2021. RDAP gives youtrack.cloud a registration date of 2021-04-30 through MarkMonitor, and the docs describe both domains as JetBrains'.", "www.jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact line (security@jetbrains.com) and a Policy line pointing to the Coordinated Disclosure Policy, and no Expires field, which RFC 9116 requires.", "The status page draws its figures by script from myjetbrains.com/youtrack/youtrack-hosted-master/rest/stat, which we read directly.", "RDAP for jetbrains.com gives a registration date of 2001-11-09 and Network Solutions, LLC as registrar." ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.json", "live": { "slug": "youtrack", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/cloud/status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:21.794121817Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:21.794121817Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp", "b": "JetBrains s.r.o.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.clickup.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under ClickUp's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The clickup-plugin repository on GitHub is MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "48", "b": "23", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-18", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-06-27", "b": "2024-08-14", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-06-02", "b": "2026-06-12", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ClickUp scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ClickUp or YouTrack?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do ClickUp and YouTrack need an API key?" }, { "answer": "ClickUp has a hosted endpoint at https://api.clickup.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for YouTrack.", "question": "Can an agent call ClickUp and YouTrack without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 74 against 30" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams already working in ClickUp that want an assistant to create and update tasks, comment, log time and read Docs through one OAuth connection.", "slug": "clickup", "watchFor": "MCP calls are capped per rolling 24 hours without the Everything AI add-on, 100 on Free Forever and 300 on Unlimited, per Workspace and client" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 55 against 48", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 54", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 75" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions.", "slug": "youtrack", "watchFor": "No rate limits, 429 handling, idempotency keys or error reference found in the reviewed documentation" } ], "job": { "capability": "tasks.create", "name": "Tasks create" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-clickup.json", "title": "Asana vs ClickUp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-clickup" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Asana vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basecamp-vs-clickup.json", "title": "Basecamp vs ClickUp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basecamp-vs-clickup" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basecamp-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Basecamp vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basecamp-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-monday.json", "title": "ClickUp vs monday.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-monday" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-plane.json", "title": "ClickUp vs Plane", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-plane" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-roma.json", "title": "ClickUp vs Roma", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-roma" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-shortcut.json", "title": "ClickUp vs Shortcut", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-shortcut" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-teamwork.json", "title": "ClickUp vs Teamwork.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-teamwork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-todoist.json", "title": "ClickUp vs Todoist", "url": 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scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do tasks create.", "verdicts": { "clickup": "The hosted MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration and read and write scopes, and works on the Free Forever plan. Without the Everything AI add-on, MCP calls are capped at 100 to 25,000 per rolling 24 hours by plan. No API changelog, deprecation policy, official SDK or SLA was found.", "youtrack": "Every instance serves an OpenAPI 3.0 document, a 23-tool MCP server with OAuth and PKCE, and field selection on each REST call, and the free plan covers ten users. No rate limits, 429 handling, error reference or SLA were found, and JetBrains disclosed two sets of critical vulnerabilities affecting YouTrack Cloud in 2026, both patched." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack.min.md" }, "markdown": "ClickUp scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do tasks create.\n\n- ClickUp: grade C, 60.9/100, rank #381 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clickup.json\n- YouTrack: grade D, 49.9/100, rank #601 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/youtrack.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ClickUp (C)\n\nGood for: Teams already working in ClickUp that want an assistant to create and update tasks, comment, log time and read Docs through one OAuth connection.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 74 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: MCP calls are capped per rolling 24 hours without the Everything AI add-on, 100 on Free Forever and 300 on Unlimited, per Workspace and client\n\n### YouTrack (D)\n\nGood for: Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 48\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 75\n\nWatch for: No rate limits, 429 handling, idempotency keys or error reference found in the reviewed documentation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ClickUp | YouTrack | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 74 | 30 | ClickUp +44 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 72 | ClickUp +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 48 | 55 | YouTrack +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 67 | YouTrack +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 64 | YouTrack +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 82 | YouTrack +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.9 · C** | **49.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ClickUp | YouTrack |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp | JetBrains s.r.o. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clickup.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under ClickUp's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The clickup-plugin repository on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |\n| Tools exposed | 48 | 23 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-06-27 | 2024-08-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-02 | 2026-06-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ClickUp.** The hosted MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration and read and write scopes, and works on the Free Forever plan. Without the Everything AI add-on, MCP calls are capped at 100 to 25,000 per rolling 24 hours by plan. No API changelog, deprecation policy, official SDK or SLA was found.\n\n**YouTrack.** Every instance serves an OpenAPI 3.0 document, a 23-tool MCP server with OAuth and PKCE, and field selection on each REST call, and the free plan covers ten users. No rate limits, 429 handling, error reference or SLA were found, and JetBrains disclosed two sets of critical vulnerabilities affecting YouTrack Cloud in 2026, both patched.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ClickUp\n\n1. Connect to https://mcp.clickup.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1 and PKCE. API keys and REST OAuth tokens are refused on the MCP server\n2. Pass `workspace_id` on every MCP call when the user belongs to more than one Workspace, as ClickUp's own skills instruct\n3. Budget MCP calls. Each tool call counts against the rolling 24-hour cap, and `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` returns `retryAfter`\n4. On the REST API read `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and page Get Tasks with `page` at 100 tasks a page\n5. Treat `team_id` in API v2 as the Workspace ID, and send dates as Unix milliseconds\n\n### YouTrack\n\n1. Send `fields` on every REST request. Without it the server returns only the database ID and `$type` of each entity\n2. Page collections with `$top` and `$skip`. Most resources return 42 items by default\n3. Call `get_issue_fields_schema` before `create_issue` or `update_issue`, because required custom fields differ by project\n4. Connect MCP clients to `https://\u003cinstance\u003e.youtrack.cloud/mcp`. OAuth needs an administrator to enable CIMD or register the client, since Dynamic Client Registration is not supported\n5. Create permanent tokens with the YouTrack scope only, and add `?tools=` to the MCP URL to limit the tools listed\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ClickUp or YouTrack?\n\nClickUp scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do ClickUp and YouTrack need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call ClickUp and YouTrack without installing anything?\n\nClickUp has a hosted endpoint at https://api.clickup.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for YouTrack.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"clickup\", \"b\": \"youtrack\"}`. 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