About Jira MCP Server
Jira MCP Server is a small MCP server for querying Jira tasks assigned to users. Its README describes querying and summarizing tasks with pagination limits.
Key features
- 01Query tasks by assignee
- 02Limit pagination when querying
Use cases
- 01Retrieve tasks assigned to a person
- 02Summarize a paginated set of Jira tasks
MCP support
Jira MCP Server exposes Jira task queries to MCP clients, including queries by assignee.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEJira MCP Server
- query tasks for assignees
MCP setting
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["--directory", "/path/to/project/", "run", "server.py"]
}
}
}
development
uv run mcp dev server.py
Usage
example prompt
Summarise tasks for `<assignee>` from `<date>`, limit pagination to 10 pages.
Summarise it for resume
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