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Atlassian MCP Server

MCP server that lets AI assistants interact with Jira through the Atlassian CLI.

Quick Start

See QUICKSTART.md for installation and setup.

Features

✅ Search issues with JQL queries
✅ View full issue details
✅ Add comments
✅ Update status/transitions
✅ Assign to users
✅ Manage labels and custom fields
✅ Link related issues

How It Works

The MCP server calls the Atlassian CLI (acli) commands:

  1. AI assistant calls an MCP tool (e.g., jira_search)

  2. MCP server executes corresponding acli command

  3. Results are parsed and returned to the AI

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+

  • Atlassian CLI: winget install Atlassian.AtlassianCli

  • Authenticated Jira account: acli jira auth login

Available Tools

Tool

Description

jira_search

Search with JQL queries

jira_get_issue

Get issue details

jira_comment

Add comments

jira_update_status

Change status

jira_assign

Assign to user

jira_set_field

Update custom fields

jira_add_label

Add labels

jira_remove_label

Remove labels

jira_link_issue

Link issues

Usage Example

Ask your AI assistant:

  • "Find my open work items"

  • "Add a comment to PROJ-123"

  • "Show high priority issues"

  • "Move PROJ-456 to In Progress"

The AI will automatically use the appropriate MCP tools.

Development

npm install # Install dependencies npm run build # Build TypeScript npm run watch # Auto-rebuild on changes npm start # Run the server

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