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

Clone this repo
cd into the repo
Run npm install
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

Related MCP server: Jira MCP Server

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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": "your_email@example.com", "JIRA_API_KEY": "yourAPIkey", "JIRA_PROJECT_KEY": "ABC" } } } }