Jira MCP Server

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
JIRA_HOSTYesYour Jira instance hostname (e.g., your-instance.atlassian.net)
JIRA_EMAILYesYour Jira account email
JIRA_API_TOKENYesAPI token from https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
delete_issue

Delete a Jira issue or subtask

get_issues

Get all issues and subtasks for a project

update_issue

Update an existing Jira issue

list_fields

List all available Jira fields

list_issue_types

List all available issue types

list_link_types

List all available issue link types

get_user

Get a user's account ID by email address

create_issue

Create a new Jira issue

create_issue_link

Create a link between two issues