YouTrack Introduces a Remote MCP Server and New Apps

You can now securely connect AI-powered tools to your YouTrack using a remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. This allows you to work on projects without leaving your favorite LLM, IDE, or agent platform by performing predefined actions. For example, you can use a Claude agent to create or update tasks, log time spent on work, or retrieve information from YouTrack based on your prompts.

You can also expand the built-in functionality of YouTrack’s MCP server by using apps and workflows. For app developers, the MCP server enables the creation of custom apps for AI tools tailored to specific team needs.

YouTrack’s writing assistance, powered by JetBrains AI for free, now suggests words and phrases as you type, helping you write task descriptions, comments, or whole articles faster than ever before. English and German are currently supported.

When searching on the Issues page, you now get more accurate results thanks to machine learning improvements. The most important tasks are highlighted based on attributes such as recency, user interactions, and personal relevance.

The Notification Center view can now be expanded into a dedicated page, making it easier to scan messages and stay organized without distractions.

This is a collaborative tool that brings agile estimation sessions directly into YouTrack. Teams can create planning sessions, select tasks from their backlog, vote privately using digital “poker cards”, reveal estimates simultaneously, and then save in tasks.

This app helps teams plan, track, and communicate product releases more effectively. It adds tools for managing versions, tracking progress, and automatically generating release notes from the project overview page.

Google Calendar Sync lets you automatically map tasks to calendar events, keeping your tasks and schedule aligned. Each user can connect their own Google Calendar so that tasks assigned to them appear as events with the correct start time, duration, and reminders.

With this app, you can select a task and instantly generate a Knowledge Base article draft from its content. This helps teams reuse existing content as documentation, FAQs, or internal guides, ensuring that valuable information is easily accessible in an article.

This app lets you add customized lists of tasks and articles directly to your dashboards and project overview pages to keep key information visible to your team members.

Use this app to create articles that always reflect the current state of your backlog or project work. The issue list will display matching tasks directly in the article, updating itself in real time.

This app lets you add custom Markdown blocks directly to your tasks or articles. You can use it to display content from other tasks, articles, or workflows, enriching tasks and articles with quick references.