🚀 Jira MCP Server: AI-Powered Issue Tracking

Transform your Jira projects into a living workspace for AI agents. This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server allows LLMs (like Gemini, Claude, and GPT-4) to see, organize, and manage your tasks and sprints with natural language.

🔍 Overview

This project bridges the gap between AI and your Jira workflow. Instead of manually navigating complex Jira screens, you can tell your AI: "Find all open bugs in the project and assign them to me," or "Create a new story for the login refactoring with high priority."

Global Usage: You can save this project anywhere on your computer. Once registered, your AI will be able to start the server automatically whenever needed—no manual terminal execution required.

Related MCP server: Jira MCP Server

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v20.0.0 or higher recommended) - Download here

• Git - Download here

• Jira API Credentials: Get an API Token here

🛠️ Quick Start

1. Installation & Build

# Clone the repository (or copy the files)
npm install
npm run build

2. Configuration

Create a .env file in the project root (use .env.example as a template):

JIRA_EMAIL=your_email@example.com
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your_api_token
JIRA_BASE_URL=https://your-domain.atlassian.net

3. Register with your AI client

Claude Code (Recommended)

claude mcp add --scope user jira node "C:\FULL_PATH\TO\jira-mcp-server\dist\index.js"

Env vars are read from the .env file or can be passed inline with -e KEY=VALUE flags.

VS Code (GitHub Copilot / Claude extension)

Add to your user settings.json (Ctrl+Shift+P → Open User Settings JSON):

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "jira": {
        "command": "node",
        "args": ["C:\\FULL_PATH\\TO\\jira-mcp-server\\dist\\index.js"],
        "env": {
          "JIRA_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com",
          "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token",
          "JIRA_BASE_URL": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["C:\\FULL_PATH\\TO\\jira-mcp-server\\dist\\index.js"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token",
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net"
      }
    }
  }
}

⚡ Available Tools

Your AI agent will automatically "learn" these advanced capabilities:

📋 Project & Issue Management (Full CRUD)

• list_projects: List all accessible Jira projects.

• search_issues: Find issues using JQL or text queries.

• get_issue: Fetch full details of a specific Jira issue.

• create_issue / update_issue: Create or modify stories, tasks, or bugs.

• delete_issues: Bulk Action to remove multiple issues and their subtasks.

• create_subtask: Granular task breakdown for parent issues.

• link_issues / delete_issue_link: Manage relationships between issues.

• get_all_labels: List all labels used in the instance.

• add_attachment / delete_attachment: Manage file attachments.

⏱️ Time & Work Tracking

• add_worklog / update_worklog: Log and modify hours worked on a task.

• delete_worklog: Remove incorrect worklog entries.

🔄 Transitions & Workflow

• get_transitions: See available status changes for an issue.

• transition_issue: Move an issue through your workflow.

📊 Agile & Boards (Scrum/Kanban)

• get_boards: List all Scrum and Kanban boards.

• get_sprints: List sprints for a specific board.

• get_backlog: Fetch issues in the backlog.

• create_sprint / update_sprint: Manage sprint details and goals.

• update_sprint_state: Start (active) or Close (closed) a sprint.

• delete_sprints: Remove one or more sprints from a board.

📦 Releases & Versions

• get_project_versions: List all releases/versions for a project.

• create_version / update_version: Manage the release lifecycle.

• delete_versions: Remove project versions.

🚀 Bulk Operations (Granular & Optimized)

• bulk_create_issues: Create up to 50 issues in a single request.

• bulk_transition_issues: Move multiple issues to a new status at once.

• delete_issues / delete_sprints: Scalable deletion handling single or multiple IDs.

👥 Professional Features

• assign_issue: Assign teammates to tasks.

• add_comment / update_comment: Manage discussion threads.

• delete_comment: Remove irrelevant comments.

• find_users: Search for users to get their account IDs.

• get_myself: Get your own profile details.

🛠️ Troubleshooting

🐳 Docker Support

# Build
docker build -t jira-mcp-server .

# Run
docker run --rm -i --env-file .env jira-mcp-server

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Created by [Luiz Feltrin]
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