Yandex 360 Tracker

---
name: yandex-360-tracker
description: >-
  Use when reading or writing Yandex Tracker through ycli — issues, epics,
  queues, boards, sprints, or an issue key such as MYQUEUE-123 — via the CLI,
  the `tracker_*` MCP tools, or the Python SDK.
metadata:
  category: workflow
---
# Yandex Tracker (via ycli)

Drive Yandex Tracker through the `ycli` tool: read issues, comments, links,
changelog, worklog and transitions; search with Tracker Query Language; and create,
update, transition, link and comment on issues.

Three interfaces, same underlying API:

- **CLI** — `uv run ycli tracker <group> <cmd>`. Full read **and** write surface.
- **MCP tools** — reads and writes named `tracker_<resource>_<action>`.
  Writes carry honest annotations: `readOnlyHint=False` plus an explicit
  `destructiveHint` (`true` on delete/clear-class tools) and `idempotentHint` on
  PATCH-style edits. `ycli mcp start --read-only` serves the reads-only view.
- **Python SDK** — `from ycli.yandex.tracker.client import TrackerClient`.

**Prefer the CLI or the `tracker_*` MCP tools over raw `http` calls.** They handle
auth and output formatting consistently and surface the `epic` field that raw HTTP
users routinely miss. Raw `http` is only for endpoints the CLI does not cover.

## When to use

- Read context about existing work: "what is MYQUEUE-123 about", "what's open under
  epic EPIC-1", "what changed last week on MYQUEUE-42", "who is assigned across the
  queue", history of a transition, current assignees.
- Write: create a new issue, update fields, transition status, add a comment, link
  two issues.

You can read from any queue you have access to, and write to any queue where you have
permission.

## When NOT to use

- Reading or editing Yandex Wiki pages → use the `yandex-360-wiki` skill.
- Yandex Forms → use the `yandex-360-forms` skill.
- Redesigning a workflow casually: `workflows create|update|actions-update|delete` can change the
  status graph of every queue that uses it. Read it first (`workflows get`), pass the current
  `--version`, and confirm with the user before writing — the Tracker admin UI is the safer place
  for exploratory changes.

## Authentication

The CLI, MCP tools, and SDK all read credentials from the environment:

| Env var | Purpose |
|---------|---------|
| `YANDEX_ID_OAUTH_TOKEN` | OAuth token → sent as `Authorization: OAuth …` |
| `YANDEX_ID_ORGANIZATION_ID` | Organization ID → sent as the `X-Org-Id` header |

Full Tracker API reference lives online at <https://yandex.ru/dev/tracker/> (developer
portal) and <https://yandex.ru/support/tracker/> (product docs). For the day-to-day
`ycli tracker …` commands, see the bundled `references/taskfile-quick-ref.md`.

---

## Reading

All read commands accept any issue key or queue you can access. Each is also an
MCP tool (annotated `readOnlyHint=True`).

| CLI command | MCP tool | Purpose |
|-------------|----------|---------|
| `uv run ycli tracker issues get ISSUE_KEY` | `tracker_issues_get` | Compact view: key, summary, type, status, priority, **epic**, parent, assignee. Append `-o json` for the full raw payload (every field) |
| `uv run ycli tracker issues list [--queue ...] [--status ...] [--assignee ...] [--epic ...] [--issue-type ...]` | `tracker_issues_list` | Filtered list — all filters optional; pass none for everything you can read, any subset to narrow |
| `uv run ycli tracker issues search '...'` | `tracker_issues_search` | Full-text search via Tracker Query Language |
| `uv run ycli tracker issues count [--query '...'] [--queue X] [--status Y]` | `tracker_issues_count` | Count without listing — sanity-check a filter first. `--query` is mutually exclusive with `--queue`/`--status` |
| `uv run ycli tracker comments list ISSUE_KEY` | `tracker_comments_list` | List comments |
| `uv run ycli tracker comments get ISSUE_KEY ID [--expand all]` | `tracker_comments_get` | One comment (by `id` or `longId`), optionally with HTML and attachments |
| `uv run ycli tracker links list ISSUE_KEY` | `tracker_links_list` | List links between issues |
| `uv run ycli tracker links list-filtered ISSUE_KEY [--link-types 'is subtask for'] [--fields …]` | `tracker_links_list_filtered` | Paged, filtered links with author, dates, assignee and status. `--type` takes the phrases of `links create`, not link type ids |
| `uv run ycli tracker attachments list ISSUE_KEY` / `get ISSUE_KEY FILE_ID` | `tracker_attachments_list` / `tracker_attachments_get` | Attachment metadata |
| `uv run ycli tracker changelog list ISSUE_KEY` | `tracker_changelog_list` | Changelog: who changed what, when |
| `uv run ycli tracker worklog list ISSUE_KEY` | `tracker_worklog_list` | Time-tracking entries |
| `uv run ycli tracker transitions list ISSUE_KEY` | `tracker_transitions_list` | Available transitions (a read — used before a write) |

Every Tracker MCP tool follows the `tracker_<resource>_<action>`
naming (the rows above cover the reads you reach for most; every write below is a tool
too — `tracker_issues_create`, `tracker_comments_create`, `tracker_transitions_execute`, …).
To see the exact list for your build, start the server (`ycli mcp start`) and enumerate
its tools. The Tracker operations **not** on MCP are the binary downloads
(`attachments download` / `thumbnails-download`) and `attachments import-for-comment` — CLI/SDK-only. File uploads
(`attachments upload` / `upload-temp`) are on MCP as base64, for small files.

### Search — Tracker Query Language

`issues search` takes a TQL string. Examples:

```bash
uv run ycli tracker issues search '"parcels"'                          # full-text, all queues
uv run ycli tracker issues search 'Queue: MYQUEUE AND "parcels"'       # scoped to a queue
uv run ycli tracker issues search 'Assignee: <your-login> AND Updated: today()'
uv run ycli tracker issues search 'Tags: "data-product"'
```

### Discovery helpers — run BEFORE building a write payload

These return the valid enum values for your installation — call them instead of
guessing:

| Command | MCP tool | Returns |
|---------|----------|---------|
| `uv run ycli tracker priorities list` | `tracker_priorities_list` | Valid priority keys (commonly `trivial` / `minor` / `normal` / `critical` / `blocker`). **`high` is not a key.** |
| `uv run ycli tracker issuetypes list` | `tracker_issuetypes_list` | Valid type keys for the queue. For the Primary workflow: `epic` / `story` / `improvement` / `refactoring` / `newFeature` / `bug` / `incident` (`task` is a Quick Start type — see `rules/01-workflow.md`) |
| `uv run ycli tracker linktypes list` | `tracker_linktypes_list` | Valid link relationship IDs — note `"epic"` is listed but is NOT creatable via the links API (see Quirks) |

### Caveats — reads that look like more than they are

- **`transitions list ISSUE_KEY`** returns only the transitions available from the issue's
  **current** status — a slice of the workflow, not the whole workflow.
- **`--status` is LITERAL.** `--status open` matches only the status key `open` (Quick
  Start workflow) — it is NOT a synonym for "all active". In the Primary workflow the
  active statuses are `backlog` / `inProgress` / `inReview` / `blockedGoal` / `onHold`,
  none of which match `--status open`. For "all active", drop the `--status` filter and
  post-filter with `jq`, e.g.
  `jq '.[] | select(.status.key != "closed" and .status.key != "cancelled")'`. If a
  query you expect to return many returns 1, suspect filter semantics.
- **`linktypes list`** shows every link type Tracker recognises for reading — not
  whether each is creatable via `POST /links`.

When you are uncertain about the full workflow structure, say so — do not infer it
from `transitions list` output and present the inference as fact. See
`rules/01-workflow.md` for the Primary-workflow reference.

---

## Writing

Writes ship on all three surfaces — CLI, MCP write tools, and the SDK. The CLI examples
below each have a matching `tracker_*` MCP tool (issue create/update, comments create,
transitions execute, links create, plus queue/board/sprint/dictionary/entity admin).
Target any queue where you have permission. On MCP, treat `destructiveHint=true` tools
(deletes, clears) with care — prefer confirming with the user before calling them.

### Create an issue

1. **Pick the issue type** — see `rules/01-workflow.md`. For Primary-workflow queues
   use `epic` / `story` / `improvement` / `refactoring` / `newFeature` / `bug` /
   `incident`; avoid `task` (Quick Start).
2. **Discover valid field values** with the discovery helpers above — don't guess.
3. **Create**, supplying summary and description explicitly:

   ```bash
   uv run ycli tracker issues create \
     --queue MYQUEUE \
     --type improvement \
     --priority normal \
     --parent EPIC-1 \
     --summary "Short title" \
     --description "$(cat /tmp/desc.md)"
   ```

   `--priority` defaults to `normal`; `--parent` is optional (omit for top-level
   issues). Use `-F key=value` (repeatable) for any field without a named flag.

4. **If creating under an Epic, set the `epic` field immediately** (see Quirks):

   ```bash
   uv run ycli tracker issues update <created-key> -F 'epic={"key":"EPIC-1"}'
   ```

5. **Verify** with `uv run ycli tracker issues get ISSUE_KEY` — confirm type, priority,
   queue, `parent`, and `epic`.

### Update fields

```bash
uv run ycli tracker issues update MYQUEUE-123 \
  --priority critical \
  -F storyPoints=5 \
  -F assignee=<your-login>
```

Only `--summary` / `--type` / `--priority` / `--parent` / `--description` / `--tag`
have named flags. Every other field (`assignee`, `end_date`, `storyPoints`, `epic`, …)
goes through the repeatable `-F key=value` JSON-coerce hatch: bare integers stay
integers, quoted strings stay strings, `{...}` / `[...]` are parsed as JSON.

### Transition status

```bash
uv run ycli tracker transitions list MYQUEUE-123                  # discover IDs FIRST
uv run ycli tracker transitions execute MYQUEUE-123 <id> [-F key=value …]
```

Never guess transition IDs and never execute a transition not in the available list
(returns 400). Required fields per transition (e.g. `resolution` on close) are in
`rules/01-workflow.md`. Set `assignee` (and a due/end date) at or before moving to
In Progress:

```bash
uv run ycli tracker issues update MYQUEUE-123 -F assignee=<your-login> -F end_date='YYYY-MM-DD'
```

Closing to `closed` (Done) requires a `resolution`:

```bash
uv run ycli tracker transitions execute MYQUEUE-123 closed -F 'resolution={"key":"fixed"}'
```

### Add a comment

```bash
uv run ycli tracker comments create MYQUEUE-123 --text "$(cat comment.md)"
```

### Attach files

```bash
uv run ycli tracker attachments upload MYQUEUE-123 ./report.pdf [--rename-to name.pdf]
uv run ycli tracker attachments upload-temp ./report.pdf   # temp id for `attachmentIds` of an issue/comment; works once
uv run ycli tracker attachments delete MYQUEUE-123 <file-id>
```

### Link issues

```bash
uv run ycli tracker linktypes list                               # discover valid phrases first
uv run ycli tracker links create MYQUEUE-130 'depends on' MYQUEUE-129
```

---

## Structure, org-wide objects and admin reads

These resources are organisation-wide or need administrator rights. Read first; every write
below is irreversible or changes shared configuration, so confirm with the user.

| Area | Reads | Writes |
|------|-------|--------|
| Workflows | `workflows list` / `get ID` / `list-for-queue QUEUE` (`tracker_workflows_*`) | `workflows create` / `update` / `actions-update` (need `--version`) / `delete`; steps and actions are JSON as in the API docs |
| Components | `components list-for-queue QUEUE` / `get ID`, `user-permissions-get ID USER`, `group-permissions-get ID GROUP` | `components delete ID` |
| Queue versions and access | `queues versions-get ID`, `user-permissions-get QUEUE USER`, `group-permissions-get QUEUE GROUP` | `queues versions-update ID`, `versions-delete ID` |
| Triggers | `triggers list QUEUE` | — |
| Projects (legacy API) | `projects list` / `get ID` / `queues ID` | `projects create` / `update` (needs `--version` and `--queues`) / `delete` |
| Gaps (absences, admin) | `gaps search USER… [--date-from … --date-to …]` | `gaps create` (flags or `--gap` JSON) / `delete GAP_ID…` |
| Entity rights | `entities permissions-get-direct ENTITY_TYPE ID` (no inheritance), `entities search report` | `entities permissions-update-direct ENTITY_TYPE ID --grant … --revoke …` |
| Filters | `filters get ID` | `filters delete ID` |

---

## Yandex Tracker quirks (the durable gotchas)

- **`epic` vs `parent` are different mechanisms.** When you create an issue with
  `--parent EPIC_KEY`, the result has `parent: EPIC_KEY` but `epic: null` — it will
  NOT appear in Epic board views or match `issues list --epic EPIC_KEY`. You must set
  the `epic` field explicitly:
  `uv run ycli tracker issues update ISSUE_KEY -F 'epic={"key":"EPIC-1"}'`. This is a
  mandatory second step for any Story/issue created under an Epic.
- **The "epic" link type is NOT creatable via `POST /links`.** `linktypes list` shows
  `"epic"`, but creating a link with `relationship: "epic"` returns 400. The only
  working method to associate an issue with an Epic is the `-F 'epic={"key":...}'`
  update above.
- **When `parent` and `epic` point to the same key, Tracker auto-clears `parent`**
  (the epic field takes precedence). For an issue under a Story, `parent` (→ Story) and
  `epic` (→ Epic) coexist correctly.
- **Always discover transition IDs** with `transitions list ISSUE_KEY` before
  `transitions execute` — IDs are suffixed per source status (`cancelled`,
  `cancelled1`, …) and depend on the current status.
- **`--status` is a literal key filter, not "all active"** (see Reading caveats).
- **`-F key=value` is the JSON-coerce escape hatch** for any field without a named flag
  — custom fields, story points, arbitrary metadata.
- **Discover enums before guessing** — `priorities list`, `issuetypes list`,
  `linktypes list`.
- **Primary vs Quick Start workflow:** type `task` belongs to Quick Start (initial
  status `open`). The Primary workflow uses `epic` / `story` / `improvement` /
  `refactoring` / `newFeature` / `bug` / `incident`, starts in `backlog`, and requires
  a `resolution` on close. See `rules/01-workflow.md`.
- **User objects in issue responses have no `login` field** — only `id` (numeric),
  `display`, and `cloudUid`. To get a login, call `GET /v3/users/{numericId}`
  separately. Never use `cloudUid` or `display` as a substitute for login.

### Admin-surface quirks (live-verified 2026-10-02)

- **`links list-filtered --link-types` takes relationship phrases** (`relates`, `depends on`,
  `is subtask for`, …), the same words as `links create`; link type ids such as `subtask` or `epic`
  answer 400.
- **`filters delete` uses the `/v3/` route** although the docs print `/v2/`.
- **Workflow ids of the presets look like `quickStartV2PresetWorkflow`**; `workflows list-for-queue`
  shows which one each issue type of a queue uses.
- **`entities permissions-get-direct` leaves out a level nobody holds** (no `READ` key), where the
  docs show empty lists.

### Admin-surface quirks (live-verified 2026-07-12)

- **Queue keys reject digits.** `--key YCLILTA9` → 422 («В ключе очереди может быть
  только до 15 латинских символов») — up to 15 Latin *letters* only. Pick letter-only keys.
- **`queues create` de-facto requires `--issue-type-config`.** The API 422s without it
  (`issueTypesConfig: Требуется параметр.`), and the workflow id must exist in your org —
  the classic `oicn` from docs does not; valid ids are the `*PresetWorkflow` set (e.g.
  `quickStartV2PresetWorkflow`), discoverable via `queues get <existing-queue> --expand all`.
- **Sprint update/start/archive need optimistic locking.** The API demands `?version=` or
  `If-Match` (HTTP 428 otherwise) on `sprints update|start|archive` — pass `--version` (read
  the current version from `sprints get`).
- **`entities permissions-update` takes `grant=` / `revoke=` syntax.** e.g.
  `--acl 'grant={"READ":{"users":["<uid>"]}}'` then `--acl 'revoke=…'` — a bare
  `READ={…}` top-level key is rejected (422: only `grant` / `revoke` are known).
- **Deleted queues 403-but-listed.** `queues delete` moves the queue to a trash state:
  `queues get` returns **403** (not 404) and the queue keeps appearing in `queues list`
  until Tracker purges it; `queues restore` works against that state.
- **`queues tags-delete` 422s while the tag is still on any issue** («Тег ещё
  используется») — clear issue tags first and allow ~1 min of search-index lag.

---

## Python SDK

```python
from ycli.yandex.tracker.client import TrackerClient

client = TrackerClient(oauth_token="…", organization_id="…")
issue = client.issues.get("MYQUEUE-123")
```

`TrackerClient` exposes one sub-client per resource, all sharing a session:
`issues`, `comments`, `links`, `transitions`, `worklog`, `changelog`, `checklists`,
`attachments`, `queues`, `components`, `workflows`, `projects`, `gaps`, `triggers`, `filters`,
`boards`, `sprints`, `columns`, `entities`, `bulk`, `import_`, `dashboards`, and the
dictionaries (`priorities`, `issuetypes`, `linktypes`, `statuses`, `resolutions`, `fields`, …). Search, count, full-fetch, create and update are methods on
`client.issues` (`issues.search`, `issues.count`, `issues.get_raw`, `issues.create`,
`issues.update`). Verify resource/method names against
`src/ycli/yandex/tracker/client.py` if in doubt.

---

## References

| Resource | When to use |
|----------|-------------|
| `rules/01-workflow.md` | Primary vs Quick Start workflow: types, statuses, lifecycle, transitions, resolution values |
| `references/taskfile-quick-ref.md` | Cheatsheet of all `uv run ycli tracker …` operations |
| <https://yandex.ru/dev/tracker/> | Yandex Tracker developer portal — full API reference |
| <https://yandex.ru/support/tracker/> | Yandex Tracker product docs — concepts, queues, workflows |