{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "financial-cents-mcp", "name": "Financial Cents MCP", "vendor": "Financial Cents LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://financial-cents.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "project-management", "summary": "Financial Cents MCP is a hosted MCP server from Financial Cents LLC that lets AI assistants read and update an accounting firm's practice data, including clients, projects, tasks, time, invoices, proposals and client chat.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/financial-cents-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/financial-cents-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/financial-cents-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/financial-cents-mcp.json", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under Financial Cents' terms of use, which are hosted on iubenda and weren't read because iubenda's robots.txt disallows them. No source is public", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth only, with no API key. The protected-resource metadata names one scope, `mcp:use`, and the authorisation server gives the authorisation code grant with PKCE S256, refresh tokens and dynamic client registration; no revocation endpoint is advertised. The person signs in on app.financial-cents.com and picks one firm on the consent screen, and the token stays bound to it. Every call runs through the user's own app permissions, so rates and billing data need the matching permissions. Connections are listed and revoked in Settings, API, FC MCP. Cloud-hosted clients need their callback approved by Financial Cents; Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor's web agents, VS Code for the Web, Perplexity, Notion, Gumloop and Viktor are approved (https://app.financial-cents.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp, https://app.financial-cents.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server, https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp-guide, checked 2026-10-27).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Included in the Scale plan, $69 a user a month billed annually or $89 a user a month billed monthly with at least 5 users, all on 12-month agreements. Team ($49) and Solo ($19) don't include it, and Enterprise is by sales. A 14-day trial needs no card; whether the MCP is on during the trial isn't stated, and the MCP page says support may need to enable it for a firm. The pricing page has no MCP row. Month-End Close is an add-on at $5 a client a month (https://financial-cents.com/pricing/, https://financial-cents.com/mcp/, checked 2026-10-27).", "priceSummary": "$69 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the MCP page, the setup guide, the pricing page or the release. Unauthenticated MCP calls answer 401 with an OAuth resource-metadata pointer, not a payment request (checked 2026-10-27).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 40, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-27" }, "docsUrl": "https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp-guide", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "projects.reporting", "crm.records", "accounting.invoices" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "closed-source", "oauth", "paid", "free-trial", "no-card", "no-status-page", "soc2", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.7, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1093, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1212, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 48, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 25, "reliability": 23, "schema": 40, "security": 61, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-27" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "-2, misleading claim. The MCP page and its FAQ (last modified 15 October 2026) say the server can view invoices, payments and proposals, while the setup guide lists `manage_invoice`, `invoice_actions` (send, finalise, charge, void) and `proposal_actions` (send). That understates the server's reach over client money. Checked 27 October 2026 (https://financial-cents.com/mcp/, https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp-guide)." ], "verdict": "The server gives assistants 40 tools over an accounting firm's Financial Cents data, under the user's own permissions and bound to one firm by OAuth. Tool descriptions are detailed and client chat is marked as untrusted. It can send and charge invoices with one undivided scope, and there's no status page, numeric MCP rate limit or readable tool schema.", "bestFor": "Accounting, bookkeeping and tax firms on Financial Cents Scale who want an assistant to answer workload, billing and client questions and log time or create tasks.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.1 with PKCE S256 and dynamic client registration, each token bound to one firm and revocable in Settings, API", "Every one of the 40 tools is named and described on a public page, with when to use it, what it won't do and units such as cents or dollars", "List tools filter, group and total across the whole filtered set, so one call answers most firm-wide questions", "Client-written chat text and topic names come back wrapped in `\u003cuntrusted\u003e` tags, and the guide warns about prompt injection", "No delete tool, and risky writes carry guards such as `preview` on proposal sends, `confirm_notify` and `expected_amount_remaining`" ], "weaknesses": [ "One OAuth scope, `mcp:use`, covers reads and every write, including sending, charging and voiding invoices", "The MCP marketing page says invoices, payments and proposals are view-only, while the guide lists tools that send, charge and void them", "No status page, SLA or numeric rate limit for the MCP; the REST API's 250 requests a minute is a separate surface", "Input schemas and annotations aren't public, since `initialize` and `tools/list` need a signed-in Scale account", "Scale plan only, at $69 a user a month billed annually; no free plan and no MCP row on the pricing page" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `whoami` first and work out date windows from `user.timezone`, not `company.timezone`", "Resolve clients and projects with `list_clients` or `list_projects` search, since `lookup` covers only reference data such as users, tags and service items", "Check money units per tool. Invoices, payments, proposals and credit memos use integer cents, while time entries and service-item rates use dollars", "Never retry a successful `invoice_actions`, `proposal_actions` or credit-memo create, since a second call can email or charge the client again", "Get the person's approval before any write, and use `preview: true` before sending a proposal" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 48, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 25, "reliability": 23, "schema": 40, "security": 61, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 76, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-27", "maintenance": "2026-10-27", "payments": "2026-10-27", "reliability": "2026-10-27", "schema": "2026-10-27", "security": "2026-10-27", "transparency": "2026-10-27" }, "last": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-27", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http financial-cents https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "financial-cents": { "url": "https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/financial-cents-mcp" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Scale plan, billed annually", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 69, "note": "Includes the MCP server and the REST API; 12-month agreement" }, { "item": "Scale plan, billed monthly", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 89, "note": "At least 5 users; 12-month agreement" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Financial Cents LLC", "domain": "financial-cents.com", "domainRegistered": "2017-04-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://financial-cents.com/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://financial-cents.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://financial-cents.canny.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-27", "notes": [ "The setup guide's footer reads Copyright 2017-2026 Financial Cents LLC. The release is datelined Atlanta.", "The terms-of-use page embeds iubenda's terms (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/98813471), which iubenda's robots.txt disallows for every crawler, so they weren't read.", "The privacy-policy page shows a policy with an effective date of 5 October 2018 for the website, and links an iubenda privacy policy that robots.txt also disallows.", "/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on financial-cents.com and app.financial-cents.com.", "No status page was found. status.financial-cents.com doesn't resolve, and the Statuspage and Instatus names for the company redirect to those vendors' home pages.", "The product changelog is on Canny, with a roadmap and feedback board beside it.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 10 April 2017 for financial-cents.com." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/financial-cents-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "financial-cents-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-27T07:24:33.839943096Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 182, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 182, "p95ms24h": 259, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T07:24:33.839943096Z" } }, "answer": "YouTrack scores 49.9 (D) on agent readiness against Financial Cents MCP's 39.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "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": 924, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1212, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.6", "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": "0.6", "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, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-08", "maintenance": "2026-10-08", "payments": "2026-10-08", "reliability": "2026-10-08", "schema": "2026-10-08", "security": "2026-10-08", "transparency": "2026-10-08" }, "last": "2026-10-08", "oldest": "2026-10-08", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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" }, "sameCompany": [ "junie" ], "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": "2026-10-27T05:19:27.195737111Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T15:30:22.880231633Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T14:56:31.085820461Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "jetbrains.com", "registered": "2001-11-09", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/jetbrains.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:56:29.051538045Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/api-changelog.html", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T04:02:01.516712791Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1b6feb45beae" }, { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:17:05.81874746Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7d6c9c28b6d6" }, { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/youtrack/youtrack_cloud/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T04:02:07.570429639Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "447e1a8b6b93" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T05:19:27.195737111Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Financial Cents LLC", "b": "JetBrains s.r.o.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary hosted service under Financial Cents' terms of use, which are hosted on iubenda and weren't read because iubenda's robots.txt disallows them. No source is public", "b": "Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. 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YouTrack takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Financial Cents MCP and YouTrack need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Financial Cents MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/financial-cents-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/financial-cents-mcp.json\n- YouTrack: grade D, 49.9/100, rank #924 of 1212. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/youtrack.json\n- Best project and task management tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/project-management/index.md\n- All 152 projects comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/project-management/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Financial Cents MCP (E)\n\nGood for: Accounting, bookkeeping and tax firms on Financial Cents Scale who want an assistant to answer workload, billing and client questions and log time or create tasks.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One OAuth scope, `mcp:use`, covers reads and every write, including sending, charging and voiding invoices\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- Reliability, 30 against 23\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 40\n- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 48\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 61\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 50\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 53\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 | Financial Cents MCP | YouTrack | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 23 | 30 | YouTrack +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 40 | 72 | YouTrack +32 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 48 | 55 | YouTrack +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 67 | YouTrack +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 30 | YouTrack +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 64 | YouTrack +14 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 82 | YouTrack +29 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **39.7 · E** | **49.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Financial Cents MCP | YouTrack |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Financial Cents LLC | JetBrains s.r.o. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Financial Cents' terms of use, which are hosted on iubenda and weren't read because iubenda's robots.txt disallows them. No source is public | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |\n| Tools exposed | 40 | 23 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | | 2024-08-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-06-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Financial Cents MCP.** The server gives assistants 40 tools over an accounting firm's Financial Cents data, under the user's own permissions and bound to one firm by OAuth. Tool descriptions are detailed and client chat is marked as untrusted. It can send and charge invoices with one undivided scope, and there's no status page, numeric MCP rate limit or readable tool schema.\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### Financial Cents MCP\n\n1. Call `whoami` first and work out date windows from `user.timezone`, not `company.timezone`\n2. Resolve clients and projects with `list_clients` or `list_projects` search, since `lookup` covers only reference data such as users, tags and service items\n3. Check money units per tool. Invoices, payments, proposals and credit memos use integer cents, while time entries and service-item rates use dollars\n4. Never retry a successful `invoice_actions`, `proposal_actions` or credit-memo create, since a second call can email or charge the client again\n5. Get the person's approval before any write, and use `preview: true` before sending a proposal\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, Financial Cents MCP or YouTrack?\n\nYouTrack scores 49.9 (D) on agent readiness against Financial Cents MCP's 39.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Financial Cents MCP and YouTrack need an API key?\n\nFinancial Cents MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. YouTrack takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Financial Cents MCP and YouTrack without installing anything?\n\nFinancial Cents MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://app.financial-cents.com/mcp. 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