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  "markdown": "CEO, JetBrains.\n\nKirill Skrygan has been chief executive of JetBrains since 1 February 2024, when he took over from Maxim Shafirov. He joined the company in 2010 and led its IntelliJ department before becoming CEO.\n\n## What Kirill builds\n\n- [Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/junie.md), graded D, 53.2/100, in Agent harnesses. JetBrains' coding agent for the terminal, run as `junie`. It plans, edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers, with an action allowlist, one-shot headless runs with JSON output for CI and an ACP mode for editors. CEO, JetBrains, researched 2026-10-28.\n- [YouTrack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.md), graded D, 49.9/100, in Project \u0026 task management. 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`. CEO, JetBrains, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Eugene Belyaev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eugene-belyaev/), Co-founder, JetBrains\n- [Sergey Dmitriev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sergey-dmitriev/), Co-founder, JetBrains, and its CEO until 2012\n- [Valentin Kipyatkov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/valentin-kipyatkov/), Co-founder, JetBrains\n- [Elena Pishkova](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elena-pishkova/), Head of marketing for Data Products, YouTrack and Hub\n- [Maxim Mazin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/maxim-mazin/), Early YouTrack developer from 2006; led YouTrack and Hub development in 2015\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Kirill Skrygan?\n\nKirill Skrygan has been chief executive of JetBrains since 1 February 2024, when he took over from Maxim Shafirov. He joined the company in 2010 and led its IntelliJ department before becoming CEO.\n\n### What does JetBrains, JetBrains s.r.o. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Junie CLI and YouTrack from JetBrains, JetBrains s.r.o.. JetBrains' coding agent for the terminal, run as junie. It plans, edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers, with an action allowlist, one-shot headless runs with JSON output for CI and an ACP mode for editors.\n\n### How are Kirill's tools graded?\n\nJunie CLI is graded D, 53.2 out of 100; YouTrack is graded D, 49.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBrains\n- https://junie.jetbrains.com/\n- https://junie.jetbrains.com/blog/\n- https://junie.jetbrains.com/docs/junie-cli.html\n- https://www.jetbrains.com/\n- https://blog.jetbrains.com/youtrack/2026/10/ai-on-your-terms-how-we-see-ai-in-youtrack/\n- https://blog.jetbrains.com/youtrack/2026/06/youtrack-helpdesk-now-includes-customer-groups/\n- https://nl.linkedin.com/in/elenapishkova\n- https://bugtrackers.io/interview-youtrack-maxim-mazin\n- https://de.linkedin.com/in/maximmazin\n- https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/\n- https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/support/\n- https://youtrack-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/17694551714578-Not-able-to-submit-a-request\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Kipyatkov\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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