Issue tracking system integrations

An issue tracking system (ITS) comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• render a user interface associated with an issue maintained by the ITS and including a plurality of user interface elements each representing a service provided by one or more external service providers, wherein the one or more external service providers store external objects representing aspects of a software development project;
• in response to a user selection of a user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements, determine whether the issue is associated with an external object of a particular external service provider of the one or more external service providers, the particular external service provider configured to provide the service associated with the selected user interface element;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the issue is not associated with the external object of the particular external service provider of the one or more external service providers, render, within the ITS, an application marketplace user interface, the application marketplace user interface including a listing of one or more integration applications that can be incorporated with the ITS, wherein:
• each integration application is associated with a respective external service provider;
• and
• subsequent to incorporation with the ITS, a respective integration application connects the ITS to the respective external service provider to allow the issue to be associated with an external object of the respective external service provider.