Introducing MCP access for Pro

MCP access is now available as a Pro feature in IssueClear.

This is one of the most exciting things I have added to the product so far, because it turns IssueClear from "the place where the work is tracked" into "the place AI tools can actually work from."

That matters more than it may sound.

When AI only sees pasted context, it is always slightly disconnected from the real state of a project. It can help think, draft, or summarize, but it cannot reliably act on the actual work.

With MCP access, that changes.

Your AI tool can connect directly to IssueClear and work with the same project and issue data you already use in the app.

IssueClear work becoming directly usable by connected AI tools in a calm editorial workspace. — MCP access gives AI tools direct access to the real work, not just pasted context.

What MCP access means in practice

MCP gives tools like Codex and Claude Code a direct way to:

list your projects
read issues and comments
create and update issues
reply to comments
search work across a project

It does not open up billing, subscriptions, or account management. The MCP surface is intentionally limited to actual work inside IssueClear.

That means it behaves the way it should:

if you can do it in the app, your AI tool can do it through MCP
if you only have read access in the app, MCP stays read-only
if something is outside the work domain, MCP cannot touch it

The moment this started feeling real

The test that made this click for me was a prompt like this:

find all issues in the project asdf in issue clear that are waiting on me and respond that I will look at it asap, but for each one make the response slightly different, then change the waiting status to waiting on me

That is exactly the kind of thing I want this feature to enable.

Not a demo. Not a toy summary. Real project coordination work getting done against real issues in the system.

And seeing it execute cleanly felt great.

Where to find it

If you are on Pro, open the account menu and click MCP access.

That section lets you:

create a token
choose read-only or read-write access
choose an expiration period
copy setup commands for Codex and Claude Code

If you are not on Pro yet, MCP access is one of the features included in the Pro plan.

How to connect Codex

After creating a token in MCP access, run:

export ISSUECLEAR_MCP_TOKEN='your_token_here'
codex mcp add issueclear --url https://issueclear.com/api/mcp --bearer-token-env-var ISSUECLEAR_MCP_TOKEN

How to connect Claude Code

After creating a token in MCP access, run:

claude mcp add --transport http issueclear https://issueclear.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer your_token_here"

Why I think this matters

I do not think the interesting future here is "AI chat, but next to your project."

I think the interesting future is when your tools can operate against the real work without you having to manually reconstruct context every time.

That is especially useful in freelance and client work, where so much value comes from staying on top of dozens of small follow-ups:

answering open questions
finding everything waiting on you
moving status forward
keeping responses consistent without sounding robotic
clearing small coordination work quickly

That kind of work is important, but it is rarely the work you most want to spend your time on.

MCP access is a step toward making that part much lighter.

An AI-assisted project workflow moving issue coordination forward with subtle status and response changes. — The win is not novelty. It is making real coordination work faster and calmer.

Available now on Pro

MCP access is live now for Pro accounts.

Open the account menu, go to MCP access, create a token, and connect the AI tool you want to use.

I think this is going to be one of the most useful features in IssueClear.