yt-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

yt-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from velesnitski/yt-mcp. It costs 1,464 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Developer instructions for yt-mcp, a server that lets coding agents work with YouTrack, a project and issue-tracking system. They describe its structure, commands, testing, and issue-handling patterns.

In plain words
What is it for?
Working on yt-mcp code, installing it for development, running its 657+ tests, understanding its modules, and planning the createissue command.
Why use it?
They give an agent the project context needed to make consistent changes and run the right checks without first learning the repository.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

This is velesnitski/yt-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on yt-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything yt-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to velesnitski/yt-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/velesnitski/yt-mcp

Made for: Claude Code.

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Opus 5.5 $0.00586 $0.00586
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00293 $0.00293
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Security

Grade A, and why

yt-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 119 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 119 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

yt-mcp

YouTrack MCP server. 84 tools across 21 modules.

Build & test

uv run python -m pytest tests/ -q     # run all tests (950+)
uv run python -m pytest tests/ -v      # verbose
uv pip install -e .                     # editable install

# Probe the LIVE API for every query shape the code builds (ADR-052).
# Asserts both directions: shapes we rely on must work, shapes the quirk
# registry calls rejected must still be rejected. Run after a Cloud
# upgrade, or when touching query construction.
YOUTRACK_URL=... YOUTRACK_TOKEN=... uv run python scripts/verify_contract.py

Architecture

src/yt_mcp/
  server.py          # entry point, FastMCP setup, OAuth lazy loading
  client.py          # YouTrackClient (httpx async, HTTP/2); maps 401/403 → YouTrackPermissionError
  errors.py          # UserInputError(ValueError) + YouTrackPermissionError — caller-input types, dropped from Sentry by isinstance (ADR-036)
  contract.py        # API-contract quirk encodings (queries + response shapes); stdlib-only, importable
  commands.py        # COMMAND grammar owner: bare values (no braces!), field-aware split, apply_field_commands
  config.py          # env var parsing, multi-instance config
  resolver.py        # InstanceResolver (instance name / URL auto-detection)
  formatters.py      # shared helpers (parse_issue_id, format_*, escape_query_value)
  scoring.py         # weighted scoring models for active/blocked issues
  logging.py         # structured JSON logging, Sentry (lazy), analytics
  auth.py            # OAuth 2.0 provider (lazy, only when YOUTRACK_OAUTH_URL set)
  tools/
    issues.py        # CRUD: search, get, create, update, delete, poll_changes, count
    comments.py      # add, update, delete comments
    attachments.py   # list attachments, get download URL
    projects.py      # list projects, get_project_fields, agile boards
    sprints.py       # create, update sprint, add issues to sprint
    discovery.py     # list_tags, list_saved_searches, run_saved_search
    history.py       # issue history, rollback, work items, changes summary
    bulk.py          # bulk preview, execute, rollback with batch tags
    translate.py     # translation workflow with batch rollback
    deadlines/       # deadline audit/scorecard + manager-mapping suggester (package)
    pulse.py         # team pulse (single + multi-board parallel) + insight flags
    handoffs.py      # stuck-handoff detection: cross-team transition stalls
    time_report.py   # monthly time reports by user (top-level workItems API)
    releases.py      # release calendar: in-flight + shipped + cadence ETAs
    impact.py        # dependency graph, deadline impact analysis
    dashboard.py     # scoring-based dashboards (active, blocked, team, multi-team)
    monitoring.py    # digest, at-risk, task creation checks, project health
    templates.py     # built-in issue templates
    articles.py      # Knowledge Base CRUD
    users.py         # current user, search users
    __init__.py      # register_all, WRITE_TOOLS set

Read the full file on GitHub · 119 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

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  2. 1mo ago Changed · +1 lines · +24 tokens per session 302c8da0313b
  3. 2mo ago First seen · 109 lines · 1,312 tokens per session scan A e3e46545c17c

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yt-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository velesnitski/yt-mcp (16 stars, last pushed 8d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,464 tokens to every session, about $0.0059 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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