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   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "The product page title is YouTrack: Project management for all your teams.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "JetBrains says YouTrack is free for up to 10 users and is also sold for larger teams. Helpdesk includes 3 support agents for free.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "The features page says YouTrack is available with cloud or on-premises hosting, and recommends starting with Cloud with a later move to Server.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "YouTrack is a web application and YouTrack Mobile is documented for iOS and Android.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "JetBrains documents the YouTrack REST API for issues, projects, custom fields, agile boards, and related resources. The page says the REST API is always enabled.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The API returns and consumes JSON. Clients send Accept and Content-Type application/json.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Permanent tokens authorize REST calls as Authorization Bearer. The sample requests GET /api/admin/projects on a YouTrack Server host and a youtrack.cloud host.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/authentication-with-permanent-token.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The overview covers issue import and issue operations, projects, custom fields, agile boards, and issue link types. From 2026.1 it also includes user, group, team, organization, and role endpoints formerly in Hub. An administrator can still restrict which origins may call the API.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as the current YouTrack REST API overview.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "The REST overview lists YouTrackSharp, a .NET library for the YouTrack REST API, also published on NuGet. It covers a subset of the API.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "YouTrackSharp is described as a .NET library.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The page lists YouTrackSharp as a tool based on the REST API. It does not state that JetBrains publishes the library, so official stays unknown.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "JetBrains documents a remote MCP server built into YouTrack Cloud. The endpoint is the site base URL plus /mcp. Tools read and update issues with the signed-in user's permissions.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/cloud/model-context-protocol-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "The YouTrack Server help page documents the same built-in /mcp endpoint, OAuth or permanent-token auth, and local mcp-remote setup.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/server/model-context-protocol-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "The features page describes workflows that automate routine tasks and apps that add features and integrations.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "Apps extend YouTrack and can be written by the customer or installed from JetBrains Marketplace.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "REST responses are JSON. The permanent-token sample returns a JSON array of projects.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "The REST API imports issues from another tracker and accepts JSON request bodies for create and update operations.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The REST API is always on, uses JSON and permanent tokens, and covers issues, projects, boards, and, since 2026.1, former Hub identity resources. Origin restrictions and the fields query parameter in the sample keep it at 8 rather than a complete 9-10.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The official MCP server is built into Cloud and Server and lists tools for issues, articles, projects, groups, users, and time tracking, with create and update actions. CIMD is off until an administrator enables it, and AI visibility rules can hide items.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/cloud/model-context-protocol-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the YouTrack Cloud MCP page. The /mcp endpoint, OAuth and permanent-token auth, and the issue, article, project, user, and time-tracking tools match the record.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/cloud/model-context-protocol-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the YouTrack Server MCP page. It documents the same /mcp endpoint and authorization choices for a self-hosted site.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/server/model-context-protocol-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the REST API overview. JSON, permanent-token guidance, and the 2026.1 Hub endpoint move are present.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the features page. Free-for-10-users, Cloud or Server, and iOS and Android remain stated.",
   "source": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/",
   "tier": "declared"
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   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/cloud/model-context-protocol-server.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/server/model-context-protocol-server.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/features/"
   }
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 "license": "freemium",
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   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
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   "auth": [
    "permanent-token"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/youtrack-rest-api.html",
   "exists": true,
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    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
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   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json"
   ],
   "import": [
    "json"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "workflows",
    "apps"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. The YouTrack REST API and the built-in MCP server cover issue, article, project, and time tracking work without browser control.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "dotnet"
   ],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
 },
 "name": "YouTrack",
 "platforms": [
  "web",
  "ios",
  "android"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "jira",
   "linear"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "JetBrains",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 8,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "YouTrack is automatable today through its REST API and a built-in MCP server. This record is JetBrains YouTrack for YouTrack Cloud and YouTrack Server. The REST API is always enabled, accepts and returns JSON, and recommends a permanent token in the Authorization Bearer header. The opened overview covers issue import, issue operations, projects, custom fields, agile boards, and issue link types. Starting with YouTrack 2026.1, user, group, project team, organization, and role endpoints that previously belonged to the Hub REST API are part of the YouTrack REST API. YouTrackSharp is a .NET library for a subset of that API. The vendor page does not say whether JetBrains maintains it. The MCP server is built into the product at the site base URL plus /mcp. Cloud and Server help pages document the same pattern. Remote clients use OAuth, including CIMD when an administrator enables automatic registration, or a permanent token with the YouTrack scope. Local stdio clients use mcp-remote. The Cloud tool list includes search_issues, get_issue, create_issue, update_issue, comments, tags, links, articles, projects, groups, users, and log_work. Tools run with the signed-in user's permissions, and YouTrack can hide projects and issues from AI tools. CIMD is disabled until an administrator enables it. YouTrack does not support OAuth Dynamic Client Registration. The features page says YouTrack is free for up to 10 users and offers Cloud or on-premises hosting, plus iOS and Android apps. A first-party CLI was not established. iPaaS connector catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API and MCP both score 8. API is the best path because a permanent token is the documented script credential and does not depend on an MCP client or on the CIMD setting.\n"
 }
}