# Shortcut vs Wrike

> Shortcut and Wrike score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.2 (C) and 60.1 (C). Wrike leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-08

Shortcut and Wrike score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.2 (C) and 60.1 (C). Wrike leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create.

- 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
- Wrike: grade C, 60.1/100, rank #413 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wrike.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wrike.json

## Which one, for what

### Shortcut (C)

Good 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.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 73 against 63

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where Wrike loses 3 points for them

Watch for: The v3 docs still allow the API token as a `token` query parameter, marked deprecated with no removal date

### Wrike (C)

Good for: Teams already on Wrike that want an assistant to find work, create tasks and projects from notes, update status in bulk, comment and check approvals.

Ahead on:
- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 57
- Security & auth, 60 against 54
- Transparency & trust, 78 against 73

Watch for: A permanent access token never expires and reaches everything its user can, and it is the documented route for clients that need dynamic client registration


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Shortcut | Wrike | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 64 | 68 | Wrike +4 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 78 | Wrike +3 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 63 | Wrike +6 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 60 | Wrike +6 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 63 | Shortcut +10 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 78 | Wrike +5 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **60.2 · C** | **60.1 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Shortcut | Wrike |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Shortcut Software Company | Wrike, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` | `https://www.wrike.com/api/v4` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Wrike's terms. The agent skills repository on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 29 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-18 | 2025-04-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-11 | 2026-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk | none |

## Verdicts

**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.

**Wrike.** The official MCP server has 29 documented tools for search, task and project creation, bulk updates, comments and approvals, and it works on every plan including Free. Permanent access tokens never expire and carry the user's full access, and no SLA, official SDK or deprecation policy was found in the reviewed documentation.

## Before you call either

### Shortcut

1. 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.
2. Create a story with `name` and `workflow_state_id`. Sending both `workflow_state_id` and `project_id`, or neither, is rejected.
3. 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.
4. Stay under 200 requests a minute and add your own backoff on 429, because no Retry-After header is documented.
5. For MCP, connect to https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp and request only the scopes needed, such as `read` or `story-write`.

### Wrike

1. Build API URLs from the `host` value returned by /oauth2/token. Accounts live on www.wrike.com, app-eu.wrike.com or app-us2.wrike.com, and the wrong host answers 401.
2. Use https://mcp.wrike.com/v2 only. The older /app/mcp/stream and /app/mcp/sse URLs serve the v1 tool set.
3. Call `search_workflows` before setting a status, because `update_items` and `search_items` take custom status ids.
4. Stay under about 400 requests a minute per token or IP and back off exponentially on 429. Use POST /batch for up to 100 operations.
5. Page task lists with `pageSize` (up to 1,000) and `nextPageToken`, and request optional data through `fields`.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Shortcut or Wrike?

Shortcut and Wrike score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.2 (C) and 60.1 (C). Wrike leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust.

### Do Shortcut and Wrike need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Shortcut and Wrike without installing anything?

Yes. Shortcut has a hosted endpoint at https://api.app.shortcut.com and Wrike at https://www.wrike.com/api/v4.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-wrike.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-wrike.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "shortcut", "b": "wrike"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare shortcut wrike`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shortcut.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wrike.json

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