issue_attachment_download

MCP tool from Youtrack MCP by VitalyOstanin

Get download URL for attachment or download file directly to local filesystem

How to use it

issue_attachment_download is exposed by the Youtrack MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the issue_attachment_download tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

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$npx -y @vitalyostanin/youtrack-mcp@latest
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filePath

string, custom file path relative to YOUTRACKOUTPUTDIR (optional, auto-generated if not provided, directory created if needed)

format

string, output format when saving to file: jsonl (JSON Lines) or json (JSON array format). Default is jsonl

issue_activities

Get issue change history

issue_assign

Assign issue to user

issue_attachment_delete

Delete attachment (requires confirmation: true)

issue_attachment_get

Get attachment info

issue_attachment_upload

Upload files to issue

issue_attachments_list

Get list of attachments

issue_change_state

Change issue state/status through workflow transitions

issue_change_type

Change the issue Type custom field

issue_comment_create

Add comment to issue

issue_comment_update

Update existing comment

issue_comments

Issue comments with server-side pagination

issue_create

Create issue

issue_details

Issue details with brief/full modes

issue_link_add

Create a link between two issues

issue_link_delete

Delete a link by id for a specific issue (requires confirmation: true)

issue_link_types

List available link types (cached single-flight)

issue_links

List links for an issue with server-side pagination. Returns link id, direction, linkType, and counterpart issue brief

issue_lookup

Get information about YouTrack issue. Note: Returns predefined fields including timestamps (created, updated) and basic info - id, idReadable, summary, description, wikifiedDescription, usesMarkdown, created, updated, project (id, shortName, name), parent (id, idReadable), assignee (id, login, name)

issue_star

Add star to issue for current user

issue_status

Get status of a YouTrack issue. Returns the State of the issue.

issue_unstar

Remove star from issue for current user

issue_update

Update existing issue

issues_comments

Comments for multiple issues (batch mode, max 50)

issues_details

Detailed information about multiple issues (batch mode, max 50). Brief (default): predefined fields only. Full (briefOutput=false): adds customFields for each issue

issues_lookup

Get information about multiple YouTrack issues (batch mode, max 50). Note: Returns predefined fields including timestamps (created, updated) and basic info - id, idReadable, summary, description, wikifiedDescription, usesMarkdown, created, updated, project (id, shortName, name), parent (id, idReadab

issues_star_batch

Add stars to multiple issues (batch mode, max 50)

issues_starred_list

Get all starred issues for current user

issues_status

Get status of multiple YouTrack issues (batch mode, max 50). Returns the State of each issue.

issues_unstar_batch

Remove stars from multiple issues (batch mode, max 50)

overwrite

boolean, allow overwriting existing files when using explicit filePath. Default is false

saveToFile

boolean, saves results to a JSON file instead of returning directly (useful for large datasets)

service_info

Check YouTrack availability and current user

workitem_delete

Delete work item (requires confirmation: true)

workitems_all_users

Get work items for all users with server-side pagination

workitems_for_users

Get work items for selected users with per-user pagination

workitems_list

Get work items for current or specified user with server-side pagination

workitems_recent

Get recent work items sorted by update time (newest first)