Summary
JetBrains YouTrack: issues with YouTrack's query language, their comments and work items, projects, agile boards, sprints and users. REST API, permanent-token auth against YouTrack Cloud or a self-hosted server.
Guided setup
Connect YouTrack to ChatGPT in 2 minutes
Start a free trial on AnythingMCP Cloud, connect YouTrack in the guided setup, then add your MCP URL to ChatGPT. No code and no server to run.
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Try asking
Example prompts for YouTrack
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → YouTrack, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no
git clone, no local server.
YouTrack + ChatGPT
JetBrains YouTrack: issues with YouTrack's query language, their comments and work items, projects, agile boards, sprints and users. REST API, permanent-token auth against YouTrack Cloud or a self-hosted server.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
YOUTRACK_URL, YOUTRACK_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
Getting a token
- In YouTrack open your profile → Account Security → Authentication → New token, give it the
YouTrackscope, and copy it. Permanent tokens begin withperm:. - Set
YOUTRACK_URLto your instance root. On YouTrack Cloud that ishttps://example.youtrack.cloud; on a self-hosted server it may include a context path such ashttps://yt.example.com/youtrack. No trailing slash. The adapter appends/api. - Set
YOUTRACK_TOKEN. It is sent asAuthorization: Bearer perm:….
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
ChatGPT adds MCP servers as plugins on its Plugins page, on the web and on paid plans. Developer mode is no longer needed. In a Business workspace only admins and owners can add one; in Enterprise and Edu an admin can grant the Create plugins with MCPs permission.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add, then Add custom MCP server.
- Enter a name, e.g. Name:
YouTrack. - Under Connection, enter the Server URL
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDand keep Authentication on OAuth. - Select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin. When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP and allow access.
- Install the new plugin from your personal plugins, then type @ in a chat and pick it.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
youtrack_get_me | Read the user the token belongs to, with their login, full name and e-mail |
youtrack_search_issues | Search issues with YouTrack's query language — the same grammar as the web UI's search box |
youtrack_get_issue | Read one issue in full: summary, description, reporter, dates, and its custom fields — where state, priority and assignee actually live |
youtrack_list_issue_comments | Read the comments on one issue in order, with their author, text and creation time |
youtrack_list_issue_work_items | Read the time logged against one issue: each entry's author, date, duration and work type — the effort behind a ticket |
youtrack_list_projects | List projects with their short name, full name, description and leader — the short name is what a query's project: clause needs |
youtrack_list_agile_boards | List the agile boards with their name, the projects they cover and their current sprint, for a board-level view of the work |
youtrack_list_sprint_issues | List the issues on one sprint of one agile board, with their state and assignee — the sprint contents an agent is usually asked about |
youtrack_list_users | List users with their login, full name and e-mail, to resolve who an issue is assigned to |
youtrack_add_comment | Post a comment on an issue |
FAQ
Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP servers? OpenAI documents custom MCP servers for paid plans only; the Free plan is not on its list.
Next steps
- Connector landing page
- Connect to Claude
- Connect to Cursor
- Connect to Gemini
- Connect to Meta Muse
- Connect to Microsoft Copilot
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