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Connect YouTrack to Cursor 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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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.

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YouTrack + Cursor

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 Cursor

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.

Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
  2. Save the file and restart Cursor.
  3. Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify YouTrack is listed and "Connected".
  4. Start chatting — all YouTrack tools are now invokable.

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

Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.

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