Jira MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides integration with Jira's REST API, allowing AI assistants to manage Jira issues programmatically.

Features

This server provides tools for managing Jira issues:

• Create new issues (Tasks, Epics, Subtasks)

• List issues with optional status filtering

• Update existing issues (summary, description, status)

• Get detailed issue information

• Delete issues

• Add comments to issues

Related MCP server: MCP Jira

Setup

Prerequisites

1. A Jira account with API access

2. Jira API token (can be generated from Atlassian Account Settings)

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Jira Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install jira-server --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Build the server:

npm run build

Configuration

1. Create a .jira-config.json file in your working directory:

{
  "projectKey": ["YOUR_PROJECT_KEY", "YOUR_OTHER_PROJECT_KEY"]
}

2. Configure the MCP server with your Jira credentials:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/jira-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token",
        "JIRA_DOMAIN": "your-domain"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

create_issue

Creates a new Jira issue

• Required parameters:

  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json

  • summary: Issue title

  • description: Issue description

  • type: Issue type (Task, Epic, or Subtask)

list_issues

Lists issues in the project

• Required parameters:

  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json

• Optional parameters:

  • status: Filter by status (e.g., "To Do", "In Progress", "Done")

update_issue

Updates an existing issue

• Required parameters:

  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json

  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)

• Optional parameters:

  • summary: New title

  • description: New description

  • status: New status

get_issue

Gets detailed information about a specific issue

• Required parameters:

  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json

  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)

delete_issue

Deletes a Jira issue

• Required parameters:

  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json

  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)

add_comment

Adds a comment to an existing issue

• Required parameters:

  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json

  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)

  • comment: Comment text to add

Development

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Error Handling

The server includes comprehensive error handling for:

• Invalid project keys

• Missing configuration

• Invalid issue types

• API authentication errors

• Invalid status transitions

Output Formatting

Issue information is formatted to include:

• Issue key and summary

• Issue type and status

• Creation date and creator

• Description

• Comments (if any) with author and timestamp