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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
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.
Setup
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)
Prerequisites: YOUTRACK_URL, YOUTRACK_TOKEN
Install the connector locally
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
Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store, pick YouTrack and paste in the env vars listed under Prerequisites.
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 |
Next steps
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