# YouTrack (slim) > 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. - Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.md (~9,200 tokens) · this version ~1,980 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack - Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-08 **D · 49.9/100 · rank #601 of 722 · #12 in Project & task management · not agent-ready · confidence medium** Assessment: 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. ## Facts - Kind: HTTP API · vendor: JetBrains s.r.o. · category: Project & task management · legal entity: JetBrains s.r.o. · provenance 98/100 - Local only (HTTP, Streamable HTTP) - Auth: OAuth or key · pricing: Freemium · x402: no · licence: Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting - Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run) - Surfaces graded: YouTrack Cloud's REST API at `https://.youtrack.cloud/api` and the built-in remote MCP server at `https://.youtrack.cloud/mcp`. YouTrack Server exposes the same two on the owner's host - REST API: OpenAPI 3.0.1 at `/api/openapi.json`, version 2026.3 on youtrack.jetbrains.com, 281 operations on 157 paths (136 GET, 101 POST, 44 DELETE) and 232 schemas - MCP tools: 23 predefined. Issues (12, including `search_issues`, `create_issue`, `update_issue`, `add_issue_comment`, `link_issues`), articles (4), projects (2), groups (2), users (2), time tracking (`log_work`). Custom tools through app packages - MCP URL parameters: `tools`, `ignoreTools`, `customToolPackages`, `enableToolOutputSchema` - Authentication: Permanent token as Bearer (no expiry, scopes YouTrack and YouTrack Administration), or OAuth 2.0 through Hub with authorisation code and PKCE (S256), client credentials, and a deprecated implicit flow. CIMD from 2026.2, off by default. No Dynamic Client Registration - Rate limits: None found in the reviewed documentation - Response sizing: `fields` selects attributes, with nested syntax such as `customFields(name,value(name))`. Without it only `id` and `$type` return - Pagination: `$top` and `$skip`, 42 items by default on most resources. Issue activities use cursors. MCP list tools take offset and limit - Search: `query` on `/api/issues` takes YouTrack's search query language, and `customFields` limits the custom fields returned - Audit: Audit Events page for users, groups and projects with author and IP address, JSON download of the 1,000 most recent, and the Hub REST events endpoint. Issue and article changes sit in each activity stream - SDKs: No current official SDK found. YouTrackSharp (.NET, JetBrains) covers a subset and was last published as 2022.3.1 on 31 March 2023 - Hosting: AWS, with the instance owner choosing US West (Northern California), Europe (Frankfurt or Ireland) or Asia Pacific (Singapore). 3 GB of storage per paid user - Certifications: The Cloud security page says YouTrack is SOC 2 compliant from version 2023.2, with reports on request from support - Status: https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/cloud/status/ shows availability for four zones over 24 hours and 30 days. A two-hour maintenance window is scheduled each week - Releases: YouTrack 2026.2 build 19562 on 5 October 2026. 19 Server builds across 2025.3, 2026.1 and 2026.2 between 15 July and 5 October 2026. Cloud is upgraded by JetBrains - Sub-processors: Third-party list version 3.15, effective 30 September 2026, names Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL for YouTrack Cloud hosting - Prices: Free plan (up to 10 users, 3 helpdesk agents) free per seat per month; Cloud user, annual billing $4.50 per seat per month; Cloud user, monthly billing $5.40 per seat per month; Helpdesk agent beyond three, monthly billing $6 per seat per month - Scores: Reliability 30, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 72, Agent ergonomics 55, Security & auth 67, Payments & pricing 30, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 64, Transparency & trust 82 · negative events -5 · total over the 7 assessed categories - Why: Reliability, Graded on YouTrack Cloud's REST API and built-in remote MCP server, with the hosted lines. · Schema & documentation, Every instance serves an OpenAPI 3.0.1 document at `/api/openapi.json`. · Agent ergonomics, 23 predefined MCP tools (15), and the `tools` and `ignoreTools` URL parameters cut the list a client receives (7 more, 22 of 25). · Security & auth, OAuth 2.0 through the built-in Hub service, with authorisation code and PKCE (S256), client credentials, a user consent setting and Client I… · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, YouTrack 2026.2 build 19562 is dated 5 October 2026 in JetBrains' release feed (30). · Transparency & trust, Closed service under the YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service, version 2.0 effective 14 August 2024, naming JetBrains s.r.o. and Czech law (15 of… - Sources: 43, open questions: 10, both in the full twin - Capabilities: tasks.create, tasks.update, projects.manage, tasks.comments, work.issues, work.docs - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/youtrack.json - Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/youtrack.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack from a page on jetbrains.com or one of its subdomains, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin. ## Before you call it 1. Send `fields` on every REST request. Without it the server returns only the database ID and `$type` of each entity 2. Page collections with `$top` and `$skip`. Most resources return 42 items by default 3. Call `get_issue_fields_schema` before `create_issue` or `update_issue`, because required custom fields differ by project 4. Connect MCP clients to `https://.youtrack.cloud/mcp`. OAuth needs an administrator to enable CIMD or register the client, since Dynamic Client Registration is not supported 5. Create permanent tokens with the YouTrack scope only, and add `?tools=` to the MCP URL to limit the tools listed ## Connect ```bash curl 'https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/me?fields=id,login,name' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: Bearer $YOUTRACK_TOKEN" ``` ```bash claude mcp add --header "Authorization: Bearer " --transport http youtrack ``` Full config and headless snippets are in the full page. 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