JIRA MCP Server

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with JIRA. It allows you to fetch tickets from active sprints and get detailed ticket information through the MCP interface.

Features

The server provides the following tools:

1. list-sprint-tickets: Gets all tickets in the active sprint for a given project

   • Required parameter: projectKey (string)

2. get-ticket-details: Gets detailed information about a specific ticket

   • Required parameter: issueKey (string)

3. add-comment: Adds a comment to a specific ticket

   • Required parameter: issueKey (string)

   • Required parameter: comment (string)

4. link-tickets: Links two tickets with a 'relates to' relationship

   • Required parameter: sourceIssueKey (string)

   • Required parameter: targetIssueKey (string)

5. update-description: Updates the description of a specific ticket

   • Required parameter: issueKey (string)

   • Required parameter: description (string)

6. list-child-issues: Gets all child issues of a parent ticket

   • Required parameter: parentKey (string)

7. create-sub-ticket: Creates a sub-ticket (child issue) for a parent ticket

   • Required parameter: parentKey (string)

   • Required parameter: summary (string)

   • Optional parameter: description (string)

   • Optional parameter: issueType (string) - The name of the sub-task issue type (e.g., 'Sub-task')

Related MCP server: mcp-jira

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Build the TypeScript code:

This step is only needed for Cline on Windows, which currently has an issue executing npx

npm run build

3. Configure the MCP settings in your Claude app settings file (usually located at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS or %APPDATA%/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json on Windows):

Settings for Claude:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["path/to/this/repo/jira.ts"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings for Cline:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/this/repo/dist/jira.js"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration

You'll need to set up the following environment variables in your MCP settings:

1. JIRA_HOST: Your Atlassian domain URL (e.g., https://your-company.atlassian.net)

2. JIRA_EMAIL: Your JIRA account email

3. JIRA_API_TOKEN: Your JIRA API token

   • You can generate an API token from your Atlassian Account Settings

Usage

Once configured, you can use the tools through the MCP interface in Claude:

List Sprint Tickets

To get all tickets in the active sprint for a project:

<use_mcp_tool>
<server_name>jira</server_name>
<tool_name>list-sprint-tickets</tool_name>
<arguments>
{
  "projectKey": "YOUR_PROJECT_KEY"
}
</arguments>
</use_mcp_tool>

Get Ticket Details

To get detailed information about a specific ticket:

<use_mcp_tool>
<server_name>jira</server_name>
<tool_name>get-ticket-details</tool_name>
<arguments>
{
  "issueKey": "PROJECT-123"
}
</arguments>
</use_mcp_tool>

Development

The server is written in TypeScript and uses:

• @modelcontextprotocol/sdk for MCP server implementation

• jira.js for JIRA API integration

Recommended scripts:

• Build once: npm run build

• Build and watch: npm run build:watch

• Type-check only: npm run typecheck

• Dev run with watch: npm run start:dev

• Run compiled server: npm start

• Format check: npm run fmt:check

• Format write: npm run fmt

Typical workflow:

1. Make changes to jira.ts

2. Run npm run start:dev during development, or npm run build then npm start for compiled run

3. Restart your MCP client if needed to pick up changes

Error Handling

The server includes error handling for:

• Invalid JIRA credentials

• Missing active sprints

• Invalid project keys or issue keys

• Network errors

Error messages will be returned in the tool response.