{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "shortcut", "name": "Shortcut", "vendor": "Shortcut Software Company", "vendorUrl": "https://www.shortcut.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "project-management", "summary": "Shortcut is a hosted project tracker for software teams, with stories, epics, iterations, objectives and docs. Agents reach it through REST API v3 with a personal token, or the hosted MCP server at mcp.shortcut.com/mcp with OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shortcut.json", "repo": "https://github.com/useshortcut/shortcut-client-js", "license": "Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.app.shortcut.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shortcut/client" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. Any workspace member creates an API token under Settings, API Tokens, with no app review. REST API v3 takes it in the `Shortcut-Token` header, and tokens can be read-only or read-write since 20 January 2026. An Observer's token can read but not change data. The hosted MCP server at mcp.shortcut.com/mcp takes OAuth only (authorisation code with PKCE, dynamic client registration) with the scopes read, write, story-write, comment-write and admin, and access can be revoked in Shortcut settings. The v4 alpha uses `Authorization: Bearer` with `sct_ro_` or `sct_rw_` tokens.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The API, webhooks and the MCP server are listed on every plan, and Shortcut charges nothing per call. Free is $0 for up to 10 users, Team $8.50 a user a month billed yearly ($10 monthly), Business $12 ($16 monthly), and Enterprise is quoted by sales. A 14-day trial needs no card, so an agent's owner can start on Free or the trial without a contract (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$8.50 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the OpenAPI files, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 142, "npmWeekly": 102825, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3", "llmsTxt": "https://www.shortcut.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3/shortcut.openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "tasks.comments", "projects.reporting", "automation.webhooks" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "closed-source", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 411, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 30, "reliability": 64, "schema": 75, "security": 54, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "REST API v3 and the hosted MCP server are included on the Free plan, with downloadable OpenAPI files and OAuth scopes down to story or comment writes on the MCP side. The API still accepts the token in a query string, and no idempotency keys, Retry-After header, uptime SLA or API changelog were found in the reviewed documentation.", "bestFor": "Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories.", "strengths": [ "REST API v3, webhooks and the MCP server are listed on every plan, Free (up to 10 users) among them, and the 14-day trial needs no card", "Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.0 files for v3 (143 operations) are downloadable, with enums, string limits and required fields", "The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE, dynamic client registration and the scopes read, write, story-write, comment-write and admin", "API tokens can be read-only or read-write since 20 January 2026, and Observers' tokens can read but not change data", "status.shortcut.com has separate API and Shortcut MCP components with incident history back to 2023" ], "weaknesses": [ "The v3 docs still allow the API token as a `token` query parameter, marked deprecated with no removal date", "No idempotency keys, Retry-After header or backoff guidance found. The docs state only 200 requests a minute and a 429", "No API changelog or deprecation policy found. API changes appear as lines in the product release notes", "The open-source MCP server is archived at v0.25.0, and the hosted server's tool list can't be read without a Shortcut account", "One official SDK, `@shortcut/client` for JavaScript and TypeScript, and no vendor entry in the official MCP registry" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the v3 token in the `Shortcut-Token` header. v4 (alpha) takes `Authorization: Bearer` with `sct_ro_` or `sct_rw_` tokens, and v3 tokens don't work there.", "Create a story with `name` and `workflow_state_id`. Sending both `workflow_state_id` and `project_id`, or neither, is rejected.", "Use `GET /api/v3/search/stories` with `detail=slim`, `page_size` (1 to 250) and the `next` token. Many other v3 list endpoints return every record at once.", "Stay under 200 requests a minute and add your own backoff on 429, because no Retry-After header is documented.", "For MCP, connect to https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp and request only the scopes needed, such as `read` or `story-write`." ], "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": 60.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 30, "reliability": 64, "schema": 75, "security": 54, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 88 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @shortcut/client", "http": "curl -X GET -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Shortcut-Token: $SHORTCUT_API_TOKEN\" -L \"https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3/categories\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shortcut https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "shortcut": { "url": "https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shortcut" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free (API, webhooks and MCP server included)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "up to 10 users, 5 GB of storage" }, { "item": "Team, billed yearly", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 8.5, "note": "$10 billed monthly, as shown on 2026-10-08" }, { "item": "Business, billed yearly", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 12, "note": "$16 billed monthly, as shown on 2026-10-08" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Shortcut Software Company", "domain": "shortcut.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-08-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.shortcut.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.shortcut.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.shortcut.com", "changelog": "https://www.shortcut.com/release-notes/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (effective 18 September 2025) name Shortcut Software Company, govern the Service on shortcut.com and korey.ai, and are under New York law. The GDPR notice gives the address 201 Allen St, Unit #10004, New York, NY 10002.", "The privacy policy (effective 11 July 2025) covers the websites, the app and the platform.", "The API answers at api.app.shortcut.com and the MCP server at mcp.shortcut.com.", "www.shortcut.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. Reports go to security@shortcut.com under the disclosure policy at shortcut.com/disclosure.", "The changelog link is the product release notes. No separate API changelog was found.", "RDAP for shortcut.com gives a registration date of 1997-08-01. Shortcut was named Clubhouse until September 2021 per its llms.txt." ], "score": 88 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.json", "live": { "slug": "shortcut", "probe": { "target": "https://api.app.shortcut.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.490163068Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 247, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 252, "p95ms24h": 306, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shortcut.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:25.985770991Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.490163068Z" } }, "answer": "Teamwork.com scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "teamwork", "name": "Teamwork.com", "vendor": "Teamwork Crew Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.teamwork.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "project-management", "summary": "Teamwork.com is a hosted project management and professional services platform for client work, covering projects, tasks, time, resourcing and budgets. Agents reach it through REST API v3 and an official MCP server, hosted at mcp.ai.teamwork.com or run locally.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/teamwork", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/teamwork.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/teamwork.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/teamwork.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Teamwork/mcp", "license": "Proprietary service under Teamwork.com's terms of service. The MCP server on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "sse", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/teamwork/twapi-go-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@teamwork/get-bearer-token" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. Any user with an active seat, client users and collaborators included, copies an API key from their profile and sends it over Basic auth, which the docs suggest for personal use and testing. Apps use the OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow with a client ID and secret from the Developer Portal, or register themselves by dynamic client registration, with PKCE (S256). Scopes are per product (`projects`, `desk`, `spaces`, `chat`), and the token is described as permanent. An app works only on its own site until Teamwork verifies it for publication, which takes up to 5 working days. The MCP server takes the same bearer token or browser sign-in, after an administrator enables MCP under Settings, AI.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The API is open to every active user and Teamwork charges nothing per call. Free is $0 for up to 5 users and 5 projects, Basics $9.99 and Accelerate $24.99 a user a month billed annually (minimum 3 and 5 users), and the two larger plans are quoted by sales. A 14-day trial needs no card, so an agent's owner can start on Free or the trial without a contract. Webhooks need a paid plan, and the API rate limit rises with the plan (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / seat-mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the MCP repository or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 225, "popularity": { "githubStars": 26, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://apidocs.teamwork.com", "openapi": "https://apidocs.teamwork.com/api/oas/download?slug=teamwork\u0026api_version=v3", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "tasks.comments", "projects.reporting", "automation.webhooks" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "openapi", "webhooks", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "go", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 251, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 30, "reliability": 73, "schema": 72, "security": 58, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The official MCP server is MIT licensed, released almost daily, and has typed tools with annotations, profile endpoints and no delete tools on the shipped servers. OAuth scopes stop at product level, access tokens are permanent, and no SLA, API changelog or prompt-injection guidance was found in the reviewed documentation.", "bestFor": "Agencies and services firms already on Teamwork.com that want an assistant to create and update tasks, log time, read workload and budgets, and answer Desk tickets.", "strengths": [ "Official MCP server under MIT at https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com, with profile endpoints such as `/project-manager` that load a subset of tools", "No delete tool reaches a client. Delete operations sit behind an `allowDelete` flag that no shipped server enables", "A Swagger 2.0 file for API v3 downloads from the docs, with 319 paths and 430 operations", "OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow with PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration, per the authorisation server metadata", "The Free plan (up to 5 users) and the 14-day trial need no card, and the pricing page gives an API rate limit for every plan" ], "weaknesses": [ "OAuth scopes are per product only (`projects`, `desk`, `spaces`, `chat`), and the token from the app login flow is described as permanent", "The main MCP endpoint loads every tool. The generated tool reference lists 225, 147 of them for Projects", "429 responses carry `X-Rate-Limit-Reset` but no Retry-After, and no idempotency keys were found", "No SLA found. The terms promise reasonable endeavours and the security page states a 99.9 per cent uptime goal", "No changelog for the REST API was found, and the docs site has no llms.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use a profile endpoint such as https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com/project-manager. The base URL loads every tool across Projects, Desk, Spaces and Chat.", "Ask a site administrator to enable MCP under Settings, AI before connecting.", "Build REST URLs from `installation.apiEndPoint` in the token response. Sites live at {site}.teamwork.com (US) or {site}.eu.teamwork.com (EU).", "Stay under 150 requests a minute on Free, Basics and Accelerate. The limit is shared by the whole site. On 429, wait until `X-Rate-Limit-Reset`.", "Pass `verbose=false` to `list_*` tools to get ids and names only, and use `twprojects-create_tasks` for many tasks in one call." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 30, "reliability": 73, "schema": 72, "security": 58, "transparency": 63 }, "provenanceScore": 96 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -i https://{yourSiteName}.teamwork.com/projects/api/v3/projects.json -H \"Authorization: Bearer {token}\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http teamwork https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com/", "config": { "mcpServers": { "Teamwork.com": { "args": [], "command": "tw-mcp", "env": { "TW_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN": "\u003ctoken\u003e" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/teamwork" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free (API included)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "Up to 5 users and 5 projects" }, { "item": "Basics", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Billed annually, minimum 3 users, as shown on 2026-10-08" }, { "item": "Accelerate", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 24.99, "note": "Billed annually, minimum 5 users, as shown on 2026-10-08" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Teamwork Crew Limited", "domain": "teamwork.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-03-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.teamwork.com/legal/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.teamwork.com/legal/privacy-notice/", "statusPage": "https://status.teamwork.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/Teamwork/mcp/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service are between the customer and Teamwork Crew Limited. The DPA gives registered number 313652 and a registered office at Teamwork Campus 1, Park House, Blackpool Retail Park, Blackpool, Cork, T23 F902, Ireland, trading as Teamwork.com.", "The terms govern the hosted service and incorporate the DPA. The privacy notice, last updated 19 August 2024, covers the websites and the platform and refers customer data processed for customers to the DPA.", "The API answers on each customer's teamwork.com subdomain and the MCP server at mcp.ai.teamwork.com.", "www.teamwork.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@teamwork.com and expires on 17 July 2027.", "RDAP for teamwork.com gives a registration date of 1995-03-29.", "The changelog link is the MCP server's GitHub releases. No changelog for the REST API was found." ], "score": 96 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/teamwork.json", "live": { "slug": "teamwork", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:23.254305997Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 413, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 336, "p95ms24h": 413, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.teamwork.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:27.817797618Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:23.254305997Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Shortcut Software Company", "b": "Teamwork Crew Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.app.shortcut.com", "b": "https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio", "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 Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under Teamwork.com's terms of service. The MCP server on GitHub is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "225", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-22", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-18", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-07-11", "b": "2024-08-19", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "142 stars, 103k npm/wk", "b": "26 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Teamwork.com scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Shortcut or Teamwork.com?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Shortcut and Teamwork.com need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Shortcut has a hosted endpoint at https://api.app.shortcut.com and Teamwork.com at https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Shortcut and Teamwork.com without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories.", "slug": "shortcut", "watchFor": "The v3 docs still allow the API token as a `token` query parameter, marked deprecated with no removal date" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 73 against 64", "Agent ergonomics, 68 against 57", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 73", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 73" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Agencies and services firms already on Teamwork.com that want an assistant to create and update tasks, log time, read workload and budgets, and answer Desk tickets.", "slug": "teamwork", 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"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/monday-vs-shortcut.json", "title": "monday.com vs Shortcut", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/monday-vs-shortcut" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/monday-vs-teamwork.json", "title": "monday.com vs Teamwork.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/monday-vs-teamwork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plane-vs-shortcut.json", "title": "Plane vs Shortcut", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plane-vs-shortcut" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plane-vs-teamwork.json", "title": "Plane vs Teamwork.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plane-vs-teamwork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/roma-vs-shortcut.json", "title": "Roma vs Shortcut", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/roma-vs-shortcut" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/roma-vs-teamwork.json", "title": "Roma vs Teamwork.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/roma-vs-teamwork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-todoist.json", "title": "Shortcut vs Todoist", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-todoist" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-trello.json", "title": "Shortcut vs Trello", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-trello" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-wrike.json", "title": "Shortcut vs Wrike", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-wrike" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Shortcut vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-todoist.json", "title": "Teamwork.com vs Todoist", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-todoist" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-trello.json", "title": "Teamwork.com vs Trello", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-trello" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-wrike.json", "title": "Teamwork.com vs Wrike", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-wrike" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Teamwork.com vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teamwork-vs-youtrack" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 9, "edge": "teamwork", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", 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OAuth scopes stop at product level, access tokens are permanent, and no SLA, API changelog or prompt-injection guidance was found in the reviewed documentation." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-teamwork", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-teamwork.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-teamwork.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-teamwork.min.md" }, "markdown": "Teamwork.com scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.\n\n- Shortcut: grade C, 60.2/100, rank #411 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shortcut.json\n- Teamwork.com: grade B, 65.9/100, rank #251 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/teamwork.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/teamwork.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Shortcut (C)\n\nGood for: Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories.\n\nWatch for: The v3 docs still allow the API token as a `token` query parameter, marked deprecated with no removal date\n\n### Teamwork.com (B)\n\nGood for: Agencies and services firms already on Teamwork.com that want an assistant to create and update tasks, log time, read workload and budgets, and answer Desk tickets.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 73 against 64\n- Agent ergonomics, 68 against 57\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 73\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 80 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: OAuth scopes are per product only (`projects`, `desk`, `spaces`, `chat`), and the token from the app login flow is described as permanent\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Shortcut | Teamwork.com | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 64 | 73 | Teamwork.com +9 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 72 | Shortcut +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 68 | Teamwork.com +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 58 | Teamwork.com +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) | 73 | 88 | Teamwork.com +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 80 | Teamwork.com +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.2 · C** | **65.9 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Shortcut | Teamwork.com |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Shortcut Software Company | Teamwork Crew Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` | `https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Teamwork.com's terms of service. The MCP server on GitHub is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 225 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-18 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-11 | 2024-08-19 |\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 | not found in the text | yes |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk | 26 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Shortcut.** REST API v3 and the hosted MCP server are included on the Free plan, with downloadable OpenAPI files and OAuth scopes down to story or comment writes on the MCP side. The API still accepts the token in a query string, and no idempotency keys, Retry-After header, uptime SLA or API changelog were found in the reviewed documentation.\n\n**Teamwork.com.** The official MCP server is MIT licensed, released almost daily, and has typed tools with annotations, profile endpoints and no delete tools on the shipped servers. OAuth scopes stop at product level, access tokens are permanent, and no SLA, API changelog or prompt-injection guidance was found in the reviewed documentation.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Shortcut\n\n1. Send the v3 token in the `Shortcut-Token` header. v4 (alpha) takes `Authorization: Bearer` with `sct_ro_` or `sct_rw_` tokens, and v3 tokens don't work there.\n2. Create a story with `name` and `workflow_state_id`. Sending both `workflow_state_id` and `project_id`, or neither, is rejected.\n3. Use `GET /api/v3/search/stories` with `detail=slim`, `page_size` (1 to 250) and the `next` token. Many other v3 list endpoints return every record at once.\n4. Stay under 200 requests a minute and add your own backoff on 429, because no Retry-After header is documented.\n5. For MCP, connect to https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp and request only the scopes needed, such as `read` or `story-write`.\n\n### Teamwork.com\n\n1. Use a profile endpoint such as https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com/project-manager. The base URL loads every tool across Projects, Desk, Spaces and Chat.\n2. Ask a site administrator to enable MCP under Settings, AI before connecting.\n3. Build REST URLs from `installation.apiEndPoint` in the token response. Sites live at {site}.teamwork.com (US) or {site}.eu.teamwork.com (EU).\n4. Stay under 150 requests a minute on Free, Basics and Accelerate. The limit is shared by the whole site. On 429, wait until `X-Rate-Limit-Reset`.\n5. Pass `verbose=false` to `list_*` tools to get ids and names only, and use `twprojects-create_tasks` for many tasks in one call.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Shortcut or Teamwork.com?\n\nTeamwork.com scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Shortcut and Teamwork.com need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Shortcut and Teamwork.com without installing anything?\n\nYes. Shortcut has a hosted endpoint at https://api.app.shortcut.com and Teamwork.com at https://mcp.ai.teamwork.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-teamwork.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-teamwork.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"shortcut\", \"b\": \"teamwork\"}`. 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