{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "linear-mcp", "name": "Linear MCP", "vendor": "Linear", "vendorUrl": "https://linear.app", "kind": "mcp", "category": "productivity", "summary": "Linear's centrally hosted MCP server for finding, creating and updating issues, projects and comments, with a read-only endpoint variant.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linear-mcp.json", "license": "proprietary", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "sse" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.linear.app/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration (interactive), or a Linear API key / Bearer token in the Authorization header; enterprise Okta SAML managed auth. Read-only endpoint: https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly. Legacy SSE: https://mcp.linear.app/sse.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "No separate charge; available to Linear workspaces (Linear has a free plan). No plan restriction stated in docs.", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in Linear docs.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://linear.app/docs/mcp", "llmsTxt": "https://linear.app/llms.txt", "registryName": "app.linear/linear", "capabilities": [ "work.issues" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "oauth", "read-only-mode", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-13", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 698, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 38, "maintenance": 57, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 51, "security": 71, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration, so most MCP clients connect without a registered app. No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses.", "bestFor": "Teams on Linear who want an agent to triage, file and update issues under the user's permissions, with a hard read-only option.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration, so most MCP clients connect without a registered app", "A `read` OAuth scope and Read-only API keys that can't reach write APIs, plus a `/mcp/readonly` endpoint", "llms.txt with Markdown pages, including the MCP page", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 on the security page", "Enterprise-managed MCP authorisation through Okta since 13 August 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses", "No MCP component on linearstatus.com", "Rate limits are documented for the GraphQL API only, and a limit returns HTTP 400 rather than 429", "The privacy policy (March 2025) says US hosting while the security page lets a workspace choose EU or US", "SSE endpoint deprecated with no end date" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly` for triage and reporting, it only exposes read tools", "Headless runs take `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e`, and a key created with Read permission can't write", "Treat an HTTP 400 with RATELIMITED as a rate limit and wait for the X-RateLimit-Requests-Reset time", "Call `list_teams` first, since team visibility and retired teams come back in its output" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 38, "maintenance": 57, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 51, "security": 71, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 92 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http linear https://mcp.linear.app/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "linear": { "url": "https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/work.issues", "tool": "https://letme.dev/linear-mcp" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Linear Orbit, Inc.", "domain": "linear.app", "domainRegistered": "2018-05-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://linear.app/terms", "privacy": "https://linear.app/privacy", "statusPage": "https://linearstatus.com", "changelog": "https://linear.app/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 92 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "linear-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.linear.app/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:14.14917911Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 39, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 42, "p95ms24h": 96, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 3412, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 285 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://linearstatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:06:07.158673297Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "app.linear/linear", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T02:57:46.004536428Z" } ], "securityTxt": { "url": "https://linear.app/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:37.071833113Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://linear.app/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:14.101532871Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "linear.app", "registered": "2018-05-09", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/linear.app", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:57.071953694Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://linear.app/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:18.795312174Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:35.229813709Z", "fingerprint": "169ac9bde076" }, { "url": "https://linear.app/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:21.162055261Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "72f9e13b3180" }, { "url": "https://linear.app/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:23.02498092Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ed5d18e33054" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.linear.app/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T21:40:45.598436529Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-09-28T21:55:53.766703197Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:14.14917911Z" } }, "answer": "Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on schema \u0026 documentation, 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": 785, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "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": "2026-10-10T00:51:26.716871479Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://jetbrains.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:11.305857549Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:03:02.234623865Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/api-changelog.html", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:51:19.921883365Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1b6feb45beae" }, { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/privacy/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:51:21.985093546Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7d6c9c28b6d6" }, { "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/youtrack/youtrack_cloud/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:51:23.988967136Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "447e1a8b6b93" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T00:51:26.716871479Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Linear", "b": "JetBrains s.r.o.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.linear.app/mcp", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "proprietary", "b": "Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "23", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "app.linear/linear", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-08-13", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-06-09", "b": "2024-08-14", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-03-17", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Linear MCP or YouTrack?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Linear MCP and YouTrack need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Linear MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.linear.app/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for YouTrack.", "question": "Can an agent call Linear MCP and YouTrack without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 30" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams on Linear who want an agent to triage, file and update issues under the user's permissions, with a hard read-only option.", "slug": "linear-mcp", "watchFor": "No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 51", "Agent ergonomics, 55 against 38", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 57", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 71" ], "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": "Issues and tasks" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-linear-mcp.json", "title": "Asana vs Linear MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-linear-mcp" }, { "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/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Atlassian Rovo MCP Server vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basecamp-vs-linear-mcp.json", "title": "Basecamp vs Linear MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basecamp-vs-linear-mcp" }, { "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-linear-mcp.json", "title": "ClickUp vs Linear MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-linear-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "ClickUp vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-monday.json", "title": "Linear MCP vs monday.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-monday" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-openproject.json", "title": "Linear MCP vs OpenProject", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-openproject" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-plane.json", 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/todoist-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Todoist vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/todoist-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trello-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Trello vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trello-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wrike-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Wrike vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wrike-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-linear-mcp.json", "title": "Atlassian Rovo MCP Server vs Linear MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atlassian-rovo-mcp-vs-linear-mcp" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 30, "edge": "linear-mcp", "key": "reliability", "linear-mcp": 60, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "youtrack": 30 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "youtrack", "key": "schema", "linear-mcp": 51, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "youtrack": 72 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "youtrack", "key": "ergonomics", "linear-mcp": 38, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "youtrack": 55 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "linear-mcp", "key": "security", "linear-mcp": 71, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "youtrack": 67 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "linear-mcp": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "youtrack": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "youtrack", "key": "maintenance", "linear-mcp": 57, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "youtrack": 64 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "youtrack", "key": "transparency", "linear-mcp": 71, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "youtrack": 82 } ], "summary": "Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do issues and tasks.", "verdicts": { "linear-mcp": "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration, so most MCP clients connect without a registered app. No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses.", "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/linear-mcp-vs-youtrack", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-youtrack.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-youtrack.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-youtrack.min.md" }, "markdown": "Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do issues and tasks.\n\n- Linear MCP: grade D, 53.8/100, rank #698 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/linear-mcp.json\n- YouTrack: grade D, 49.9/100, rank #785 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/youtrack.json\n- Best issue tracking, docs and chat tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/productivity/index.md\n- All 40 work comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/productivity/index.md\n- Best project and task management tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/project-management/index.md\n- All 135 projects comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/project-management/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Linear MCP (D)\n\nGood for: Teams on Linear who want an agent to triage, file and update issues under the user's permissions, with a hard read-only option.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 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: No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses\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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 51\n- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 38\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 64 against 57\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 71\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 | Linear MCP | YouTrack | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 30 | Linear MCP +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 72 | YouTrack +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 38 | 55 | YouTrack +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 67 | Linear MCP +4 |\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) | 57 | 64 | YouTrack +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 82 | YouTrack +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.8 · D** | **49.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Linear MCP | YouTrack |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Linear | JetBrains s.r.o. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |\n| Tools exposed | none | 23 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `app.linear/linear` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2024-08-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-17 | 2026-06-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | 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 | not found in the text | yes |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Linear MCP.** OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration, so most MCP clients connect without a registered app. No published tool list, schemas or MCP error responses.\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### Linear MCP\n\n1. Use `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly` for triage and reporting, it only exposes read tools\n2. Headless runs take `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e`, and a key created with Read permission can't write\n3. Treat an HTTP 400 with RATELIMITED as a rate limit and wait for the X-RateLimit-Requests-Reset time\n4. Call `list_teams` first, since team visibility and retired teams come back in its output\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, Linear MCP or YouTrack?\n\nLinear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Linear MCP and YouTrack need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Linear MCP and YouTrack without installing anything?\n\nLinear MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.linear.app/mcp. No hosted endpoint is listed for YouTrack.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-youtrack.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linear-mcp-vs-youtrack.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"linear-mcp\", \"b\": \"youtrack\"}`. 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