Provides tools for fetching Jira issue details, comments, searching issues with JQL, adding comments with mentions, and finding users.
This server does not currently have a deployable release on Glama. Follow the repository's setup instructions to install and configure it for your MCP client, including any required credentials and local dependencies.
MCP server for Jira ticket context via REST API — read issues, search, post comments with @mentions.
jira-mcp/
.env # credentials (not committed)
config.env.example # template for .env
docker-compose.yml # Docker SSE mode
Dockerfile
run.py # entry point
requirements.txt
jira_mcp/
__init__.py
config.py # JiraConfig + ServerConfig from env
jira_client.py # Jira REST API client
server.py # FastMCP server + tool registrationRelated MCP server: Jira Cloud MCP Server
Tool | Params | Description |
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| Full ticket details: summary, status, type, priority, assignee, reporter, created, updated, labels, parent, subtasks, linked issues, rendered description |
|
| Comments with id, author, created, rendered body |
|
| Search issues by JQL, returns key/summary/type/status/priority/assignee |
|
| Post a comment, optionally @mention users |
|
| Find users by name/email, returns accountId/displayName/emailAddress |
Copy config.env.example to .env and fill in:
JIRA_SITE=your-site.atlassian.net
JIRA_EMAIL=your_email@example.com
JIRA_TOKEN=your_api_token
MCP_TRANSPORT=sse
MCP_SERVER_PORT=8080Variable | Default | Description |
| (required) | Jira Cloud site hostname |
| — | Email for basic auth |
| — | API token (https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens) |
|
| Transport: |
|
| HTTP port (sse transport only) |
docker compose up -d --buildContainer jira-mcp listens on localhost:8007/mcp.
MCP_TRANSPORT=stdio python run.pyNo Docker needed. Communicates via stdin/stdout.
Example config files are provided: opencode.sse.json and opencode.stdio.json.
{
"mcp": {
"jira": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "http://localhost:8007/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
}{
"mcp": {
"jira": {
"type": "local",
"command": ["python", "/path/to/jira-mcp/run.py"],
"enabled": true,
"environment": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio",
"JIRA_SITE": "your-site.atlassian.net",
"JIRA_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com",
"JIRA_TOKEN": "your_api_token"
}
}
}
}Add the method to jira_mcp/jira_client.py (API logic)
Register in jira_mcp/server.py via self.server.tool() decorator
Rebuild container: docker compose up -d --build
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