Install YouTrack (ymcp) in mcp-client-cli

What you need first

• mcp-client-cli, installed.
• Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_YOUTRACK_URL,YOUR_YOUTRACK_LOGIN,YOUR_YOUTRACK_PASSWORD.

Steps

1. Open ~/.codex/config.toml, or create it. The Codex CLI, its IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app share this file.
2. Add this table at the end of the file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ymcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "YOUTRACK_URL", "-e", "YOUTRACK_LOGIN", "-e", "YOUTRACK_PASSWORD", "docker.io/xlsoftware/ymcp:0.27.0", "serve"],
      "env": { "YOUTRACK_URL": "YOUR_YOUTRACK_URL", "YOUTRACK_LOGIN": "YOUR_YOUTRACK_LOGIN", "YOUTRACK_PASSWORD": "YOUR_YOUTRACK_PASSWORD" }
    }
  }
}

3. Replace YOUR_YOUTRACK_URL,YOUR_YOUTRACK_LOGIN,YOUR_YOUTRACK_PASSWORD with your own values.
4. Save the file and restart mcp-client-cli.

Check it worked

Ask mcp-client-cli: List the tools of ymcp.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon

Docker is not running. Start it, then restart mcp-client-cli.

The server starts, but its tools fail

A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.

Nothing changes after a restart

The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.