jira_update_issue

Modify JIRA issues by updating fields, transitioning status, or adding worklogs. Requires an issue key and supports priority, assignee, labels, components, and notifications.

Instructions

Updates an existing JIRA issue with field changes, status transitions, and worklog entries

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`assignee`	No
`components`	No
`description`	No
`issueKey`	Yes
`labels`	No
`notifyUsers`	No
`priority`	No
`summary`	No
`transition`	No

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "assignee": {
      "maxLength": 255,
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "components": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "operation": {
          "enum": [
            "set",
            "add",
            "remove"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "values": {
          "items": {
            "maxLength": 255,
            "minLength": 1,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "operation",
        "values"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "description": {
      "maxLength": 32767,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "issueKey": {
      "pattern": "^[A-Z]+-\\d+$",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "labels": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "operation": {
          "enum": [
            "set",
            "add",
            "remove"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "values": {
          "items": {
            "maxLength": 255,
            "minLength": 1,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "operation",
        "values"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "notifyUsers": {
      "default": true,
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "priority": {
      "enum": [
        "Highest",
        "High",
        "Medium",
        "Low",
        "Lowest"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "summary": {
      "maxLength": 255,
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "transition": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "fields": {
          "additionalProperties": {},
          "type": "object"
        },
        "id": {
          "minLength": 1,
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "id"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "issueKey"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

JIRA MCP Server

jira_update_issue

Instructions

Input Schema

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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