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Integrates with Atlassian's Jira Cloud platform, providing tools for managing issues, projects, sprints, and workflows. Provides full context and control over Jira issues, projects, sprints, and workflows, including create, update, comment, transition, and search operations.

How do I use @avidian/mcp-jira?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@@avidian/mcp-jira show me all open issues in the current sprint" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

@avidian/mcp-jira

by avidianity

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TypeScript

Remote

@avidian/mcp-jira

MCP server for Jira Cloud — gives AI agents full context and control over Jira issues, projects, sprints, and workflows.

Installation

npm (requires Node.js ≥ 20)

npm install -g @avidian/mcp-jira

Compiled binary (no runtime needed)

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/avidianity/mcp-jira/main/install.sh)"

Or download manually from GitHub Releases.

Related MCP server: Jira Cloud MCP Server

Configuration

Set these environment variables:

Variable	Description
`JIRA_BASE_URL`	Your Jira Cloud URL (e.g., `https://your-domain.atlassian.net`)
`JIRA_USER_EMAIL`	Email of the Jira user
`JIRA_API_TOKEN`	API token (generate here)

Usage

stdio (default — Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor)

mcp-jira

HTTP (Streamable HTTP transport)

mcp-jira --transport http --port 5485

MCP client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "mcp-jira",
      "env": {
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "you@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Data formats (agent boundary)

Direction	Format	Notes
Agent → MCP (rich text)	Markdown	Descriptions, comments, worklog comments. Converted to Jira ADF before REST calls.
MCP → Agent (rich text)	Markdown	ADF from Jira is converted back to Markdown. Never raw ADF.
MCP → Agent (structured data)	TOON	Lists, issue details, search hits, metadata, etc. Token-efficient vs JSON.
MCP → Agent (simple ack)	Plain text	Short success/error lines (`Created issue: PROJ-1`).
MCP → Agent (media)	Image / resource / path	Unchanged binary/path modes for attachments.

Mentions in Markdown: @[accountId] or @[Display Name|accountId] (plain @Name is not a mention).

Tools

Issues

Tool	Description
`get_issue`	Full issue details (Markdown description, TOON response)
`search_issues`	Search via JQL with pagination
`create_issue`	Create issue; supports components, fixVersions, custom `fields`
`update_issue`	Update issue fields (same field support as create)
`delete_issue`	Delete an issue (optionally its subtasks)
`get_issue_transitions`	Get available status transitions
`transition_issue`	Change issue status
`get_issue_changelog`	Get the field-by-field change history

Comments

Tool	Description
`get_issue_comments`	List comments with IDs; optional `sort` and fuzzy `search`
`add_comment`	Add a comment (Markdown, supports `@[id]` mentions)
`update_comment`	Edit an existing comment
`delete_comment`	Delete a comment

Worklogs

Tool	Description
`get_worklogs`	List logged work on an issue
`add_worklog`	Log time (e.g. `3h`, `30m`, `1d 2h`)
`update_worklog`	Edit a work log entry
`delete_worklog`	Delete a work log entry

Participation

Tool	Description
`list_watchers`	List watchers on an issue
`add_watcher`	Add a watcher (self or by account)
`remove_watcher`	Remove a watcher
`get_votes`	Get vote count and voters
`add_vote`	Vote for an issue
`remove_vote`	Remove your vote

Links & attachments

Tool	Description
`link_issues`	Link two issues together
`get_link_types`	List available issue link types
`delete_issue_link`	Delete a link by ID
`add_remote_link`	Attach an external URL to an issue
`list_attachments`	List all attachments on an issue (shows image/media file IDs)
`get_image`	Fetch an image (`output`: `base64` or `path`)
`get_video`	Fetch a video (`output`: `base64` or `path`)
`get_text_file`	Fetch a text/source-file attachment as text
`get_binary_file`	Fetch a binary file (`output`: `base64` or `path`)
`add_attachment`	Upload a file (text or base64 binary)
`delete_attachment`	Delete an attachment by ID

Boards & sprints

Tool	Description
`list_boards`	List boards (optionally by project)
`get_board`	Get board configuration and columns
`get_sprint`	Get active/future/closed sprints for a board
`create_sprint`	Create a sprint
`start_sprint`	Start (activate) a sprint
`complete_sprint`	Complete (close) a sprint
`move_issues_to_sprint`	Move issues into a sprint
`move_issues_to_backlog`	Move issues to the backlog
`add_issues_to_epic`	Add issues to an epic (`none` to unlink)

Projects

Tool	Description
`list_projects`	List accessible projects
`get_project`	Get project details, issue types, components
`list_versions`	List project versions/releases
`create_version`	Create a version
`update_version`	Update a version (e.g. mark released)
`list_components`	List project components
`create_component`	Create a component

Users & metadata

Tool	Description
`get_user`	Search users by name or email
`get_current_user`	Get the authenticated user
`list_assignable_users`	List users assignable to a project/issue
`assign_issue`	Assign or unassign an issue
`list_issue_types`	List issue types
`list_statuses`	List workflow statuses
`list_priorities`	List priorities
`list_fields`	List fields incl. custom field IDs
`get_create_meta`	Required/available fields for create
`list_labels`	List labels

Mentions

add_comment and update_comment accept Jira user mentions in the Markdown body:

@[accountId] — mention by account ID
@[Display Name|accountId] — mention with a friendly label

Use get_user or list_assignable_users to look up account IDs.

Development

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Run in dev mode
bun run dev

# Type check
bun run typecheck

# Lint
bun run lint

# Format
bun run format

# Build for npm
bun run build

# Compile native binary
bun run compile

License

MIT

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Maintenance

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–Response time

0dRelease cycle

18Releases (12mo)

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