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Connect YouTrack to Microsoft Copilot via MCP

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.

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YouTrack

YouTrack

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.

tools

10

Region

INTL

Category

Project Management

Authentication

Bearer Token

Required env vars

YOUTRACK_URLYOUTRACK_TOKEN
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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.

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YouTrack + Microsoft Copilot

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

  1. In YouTrack open your profile → Account Security → Authentication → New token, give it the YouTrack scope, and copy it. Permanent tokens begin with perm:.
  2. Set YOUTRACK_URL to your instance root. On YouTrack Cloud that is https://example.youtrack.cloud; on a self-hosted server it may include a context path such as https://yt.example.com/youtrack. No trailing slash. The adapter appends /api.
  3. Set YOUTRACK_TOKEN. It is sent as Authorization: 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 Microsoft Copilot

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 shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Microsoft Copilot uses MCP servers through agents built in Copilot Studio: you add AnythingMCP to an agent as a tool, then publish the agent to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud over Streamable HTTP, which AnythingMCP supports.

  1. In Copilot Studio, open your agent (or create one), go to Tools and choose Add a tool → New tool → Model Context Protocol.
  2. Enter a Server name (for example AnythingMCP), a Server description that says what the connector does, and the Server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID. Copilot Studio uses the description to decide when to call the server.
  3. Under authentication, choose API key, set Type to Header and the header name to X-API-Key, then select Create.
  4. In Add tool, choose Create a new connection, paste an MCP API key from AnythingMCP (MCP Servers → your server → API keys) and select Add to agent.
  5. Try it in the agent's Test pane: ask for something that needs the YouTrack tools.
  6. Select Publish, then Channels → Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, keep Make agent available in Microsoft Copilot selected and choose Add channel. See agent in Teams installs it for you; in Microsoft 365 Copilot, type @ and pick the agent.

Prefer per-user sign-in? Choose OAuth 2.0 → Dynamic discovery instead of an API key: each user then signs in to AnythingMCP the first time the agent calls it.

Self-hosting? Use your instance's public HTTPS address instead of https://cloud.anythingmcp.com. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud, so localhost does not work.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
youtrack_get_meRead the user the token belongs to, with their login, full name and e-mail
youtrack_search_issuesSearch issues with YouTrack's query language — the same grammar as the web UI's search box
youtrack_get_issueRead one issue in full: summary, description, reporter, dates, and its custom fields — where state, priority and assignee actually live
youtrack_list_issue_commentsRead the comments on one issue in order, with their author, text and creation time
youtrack_list_issue_work_itemsRead the time logged against one issue: each entry's author, date, duration and work type — the effort behind a ticket
youtrack_list_projectsList projects with their short name, full name, description and leader — the short name is what a query's project: clause needs
youtrack_list_agile_boardsList 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_issuesList 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_usersList users with their login, full name and e-mail, to resolve who an issue is assigned to
youtrack_add_commentPost a comment on an issue

FAQ

Which Copilot is this for? Microsoft 365 Copilot at work, through agents built in Copilot Studio. The Microsoft Copilot app for personal accounts has no option to add your own MCP server.

What do I need? A work account with access to Copilot Studio (a license or a trial) to build the agent. People who use it in Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams need access to the agent: share it with them, or ask an admin to publish it to the organization. If your organization applies data policies to Power Platform connectors, they cover MCP servers too.

The agent doesn't call the tools. Check that the header name is exactly X-API-Key and that the key belongs to the same MCP server as the URL, and make the server description specific: Copilot Studio uses it to decide when to call the server. Publish the agent again after each change; in an open chat, type "start over" to get the new version.

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