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Jira MCP Server

by ParasSolanki

Jira MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol Server for Jira.

Provides integration with Jira through MCP, allowing LLMs to interact with it.

Jira REST Api Docs

Installation

Manual Installation

Note: Requires Node version to be 22.12.0 or above

  1. Create or get Jira Personal Access Token: Guide
  2. Add server config to Claude Desktop:
    • MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
    • Windows: Check this Guide
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@parassolanki/jira-mcp-server@latest"], "env": { "JIRA_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "email@example.com:your_personal_jira_access_token", "JIRA_BASE_URL": "jira_base_url" } } } }

For Windows:

{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "cmd /c npx", "args": ["-y", "@parassolanki/jira-mcp-server@latest"], "env": { "JIRA_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "email@example.com:your_personal_jira_access_token", "JIRA_BASE_URL": "jira_base_url" } } } }

Components

Tools

  1. list_projects: List projects from Jira.
    • Required inputs:
      • query (optional string): A query string used to filter the returned projects.
      • maxResults (optional number, max: 100): The maximum number of results to return.
      • expand (optional string): Expand additional information in the response. (comma separated description, lead, issueTypes, url, projectKeys, permissions and insight).
  2. list_boards: List boards from a project.
    • Required inputs:
      • projectKeyOrId (string): Key or Id of the project.
      • name (optional string): Name of the project.
      • maxResults (optional number, max: 100): The maximum number of results to return.
      • startAt (optional number): The starting index of the returned boards.
      • type (optional string): The type of boards. (can be one of scrum or kanban).
  3. list_sprints_from_board: List sprints from a board.
    • Required inputs:
      • boardId (string): The ID of the board.
      • maxResults (optional number, max: 100): The maximum number of results to return.
      • startAt (optional number): The starting index of the returned boards.
  4. list_issues_from_sprint: List issues from a sprint.
    • Required inputs:
      • boardId (string): The ID of the board.
      • sprintId (string): The ID of the sprint.
      • maxResults (optional number, max: 100): The maximum number of results to return.
      • startAt (optional number): The starting index of the returned boards.
      • expand (optional string): Expand additional information in the response. (comma separated schema and names).
  5. create_issue: Create an issue in Jira (Only supports Task issue type).
    • Required inputs:
      • projectKeyOrId (string): Key or Id of the project.
      • summary (string): The summary/title of the issue.
      • description (string): The description of the issue.

Usage examples

Some example prompts you can use to interact with Jira:

  1. "Show me all Jira projects" → execute the list_projects tool to see all available projects.
  2. "What Kanban boards exist in the DEV project?" → execute the list_boards tool with the DEV project key and type parameter set to "kanban".
  3. "Show me all the sprints for board ID 123" → execute the list_sprints_from_board tool to see all sprints associated with board 123.
  4. "What issues are in sprint 456 on board 123?" → execute the list_issues_from_sprint tool to see all issues in sprint 456 on board 123.
  5. "Show me the first 50 issues from the current sprint on the Marketing board" → first execute list_boards to find the Marketing board ID, then list_sprints_from_board to find the current sprint, then list_issues_from_sprint with maxResults=50.

Development

  1. Install dependencies:
pnpm install
  1. Configure Github Access token in .env:
JIRA_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=email@example.com:your_personal_jira_access_token JIRA_BASE_URL=jira_base_url
  1. Run locally with watch:
pnpm dev
  1. Build the server:
pnpm build
  1. Local debugging with inspector:
pnpm inspector

TODOS

  • list_projects
  • list_boards
  • list_sprints_from_board
  • list_issues_from_sprint
  • get_issue_by_id_or_key
  • create_issue (task issue type only)
  • create_issue (story, epic, sub-task issue types)
  • update_issue
  • delete_an_issue
  • archieve_an_issue
  • list_comments_from_issue
  • get_comment_from_issue_by_id
  • create_comment_in_issue
  • update_comment_of_issue
  • delete_comment_of_issue
  • list_subtasks_from_issue
  • get_user_by_username_or_key
Install Server
A
security – no known vulnerabilities
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license - permissive license
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quality - confirmed to work

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

A Model Context Protocol server that provides integration with Jira, allowing Large Language Models to interact with Jira projects, boards, sprints, and issues through natural language.

  1. Installation
    1. Manual Installation
  2. Components
    1. Tools
  3. Usage examples
    1. Development
      1. TODOS

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