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Jira MCP Server

Jira MCP Server

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About Jira MCP Server

Jira MCP Server is a work-in-progress server for operating on Jira issues through the Jira Cloud REST API. It is for users who want to query and manage issues from an MCP client; the README says Data Center endpoints may work, but only Cloud has been tested.

Key features

  1. 01Get issues by key
  2. 02Search issues
  3. 03Create and edit issues
  4. 04Assign or unassign issues
  5. 05Transition or archive issues

Use cases

  1. 01Find Jira issues and inspect their details
  2. 02Create or update project issues
  3. 03Change issue assignees and workflow states

MCP support

The MCP server exposes tools for querying and managing Jira issues. It requires a Jira URL, user email, API key, and default project key in its configuration.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

No install method listed yet

We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.

Repository

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

Jira MCP Server

⚠️ This MCP Server is a work in progress ⚠️

An MCP Server to communicate with Jira.

This may work with Jira Data Center rest endpoints (/rest/api/2), but as of right now only cloud endpoints have been tested (/rest/api/3).

Running the Server

  1. Clone this repo
  2. cd into the repo
  3. Run npm install
  4. Run npm run build

In your MCP client, you'll need to add the following environment variables:

  • JIRA_PROJECT_URL - Including /rest/api/3 at the end. This should look like https://your-project.atlassian.net/rest/api/3.
  • JIRA_USER_EMAIL - Your user email address. This is needed for Authorization with the API.
  • JIRA_API_KEY - Your Jira API key. You can find info on creating and managing Jira API keys here
  • JIRA_PROJECT_KEY - The default key you'd like to use for creating new issues

Available Tools

  • Get Issue By Key
  • Search Issues
  • Create Issue
  • Assign Issue
  • Unassign Issue
  • Edit Issue
  • Transition Issue
  • Archive Issues

Resources

Setup, but none implemented.

Setup with MCP Client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.)

Add the server to the configuration file of your MCP Client.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-mcp-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path-to-repo/jira-mcp-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_PROJECT_URL": "https://project-url.atlassian.net/rest/api/3",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "[email protected]",
        "JIRA_API_KEY": "yourAPIkey",
        "JIRA_PROJECT_KEY": "ABC"
      }
    }
  }
}

Issues

Please open any issues if you encounter them.

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