managing-youtrack

YouTrack REST API

Setup (minimal)

• NEVER use pipes after curl commands to parse the output, do that in a separate tool call.
• Always pass the auth header via "${YOUTRACK_TOKEN}". Always include Accept: application/json; add Content-Type: application/json for write calls.
• For queries containing spaces or symbols, use curl -G --data-urlencode "query=..." instead of embedding the query string.
• Request only needed fields via the fields parameter; default minimal issue fields: idReadable,summary.

Navigation

• Issues, drafts, comments → reference/issues.md
• Tags, links, work items → reference/metadata.md
• Fields, saved searches, users, groups → reference/admin.md
• Field presets and $type values → reference/fields.md

Output requirement

After create/update/delete, print a link to the affected item:

• Issue: $YOUTRACK_URL/issue/<idReadable>
• Comment: $YOUTRACK_URL/issue/<idReadable>#focus=Comments-<COMMENT_ID>
• Drafts have no web URL.