Jira MCP Server

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About

Overview

The Jira MCP Server enables AI agents to interact with Atlassian Jira for project management. It provides tools for creating and searching issues, managing sprints, transitioning workflow states, and accessing project metadata. Supports both Jira Cloud and Jira Server/Data Center.

Capabilities

Tools & Capabilities

⚡create_issue

Create a new Jira issue

⚡search_issues

Search issues using JQL

⚡update_issue

Update issue fields

⚡transition_issue

Move an issue to a different workflow state

⚡add_comment

Add a comment to an issue

⚡list_projects

List all projects

Setup

Installation

bash

Install

pip install mcp-atlassian

Examples

Example Usage

javascript

Usage

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_atlassian", "--jira"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "https://your-org.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "[email protected]",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Quick Info

Authorcommunity

LanguagePython

StatusStable

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Last UpdatedFeb 12, 2026