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JIRA MCP Server

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JIRA MCP Server

A portable MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for JIRA integration with Claude Code and other MCP-compatible clients.

Features

  • 35 JIRA Tools - Complete coverage of JIRA operations

  • Portable - Install via pip from GitHub, use in any project

  • Multiple Auth Methods - API Token (Cloud) and PAT (Server/Data Center)

  • Read-Only Mode - Safely disable write operations

  • Tool Filtering - Enable/disable specific tools

  • Async - Built on httpx for efficient async operations

Related MCP server: Jira Cloud MCP Server

Installation

# Install from GitHub
pip install git+https://github.com/scarnyc/jira-mcp-server

# Or clone and install locally
git clone https://github.com/scarnyc/jira-mcp-server
cd jira-mcp-server
pip install -e .

Configuration

Environment Variables

Create a .env file or set environment variables:

# Required
JIRA_URL=https://your-domain.atlassian.net
JIRA_USERNAME=your-email@example.com
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your-api-token

# Optional
JIRA_READ_ONLY=false          # Disable write operations
JIRA_ENABLED_TOOLS=           # Comma-separated tool names (empty = all)
JIRA_LOG_LEVEL=INFO           # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
JIRA_TIMEOUT=30               # Request timeout in seconds
JIRA_VERIFY_SSL=true          # SSL certificate verification

Getting API Token

  1. Go to Atlassian API Tokens

  2. Click "Create API token"

  3. Copy the token and set as JIRA_API_TOKEN

Claude Code Integration

Add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "jira-mcp",
      "args": ["--transport", "stdio"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "${JIRA_URL}",
        "JIRA_USERNAME": "${JIRA_USERNAME}",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "${JIRA_API_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then restart Claude Code and verify with /mcp.

Usage

CLI Commands

# Start the MCP server (stdio transport)
jira-mcp serve

# Start with SSE transport
jira-mcp serve --transport sse --port 8080

# Check connection
jira-mcp check

# List available tools
jira-mcp tools

# Show version
jira-mcp --version

With Claude Code

Once configured, you can use natural language to interact with JIRA:

> What's the status of PROJ-123?

> Create a bug: Login fails on slow connections

> Move PROJ-123 to In Progress

> Show me all unresolved bugs in the PROJ project

> Add comment to PROJ-123: Started implementation

> What's in the current sprint?

Available Tools

Issues (7 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_issue

Get issue details by key

jira_create_issue

Create a new issue

jira_update_issue

Update an existing issue

jira_delete_issue

Delete an issue

jira_search

Search issues using JQL

jira_batch_create_issues

Create multiple issues

jira_batch_get_changelogs

Get issue change history

Comments (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_add_comment

Add a comment to an issue

jira_get_comments

Get comments for an issue

Transitions (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_transitions

Get available workflow transitions

jira_transition_issue

Move issue to a new status

Projects (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_all_projects

List all accessible projects

jira_get_project_issues

Get issues for a project

Boards (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_agile_boards

List agile boards

jira_get_board_issues

Get issues on a board

Sprints (4 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_sprints_from_board

Get sprints for a board

jira_get_sprint_issues

Get issues in a sprint

jira_create_sprint

Create a new sprint

jira_update_sprint

Update a sprint

Epics (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_link_to_epic

Link an issue to an epic

jira_get_epic_issues

Get issues in an epic

Links (4 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_link_types

Get available link types

jira_create_issue_link

Create a link between issues

jira_remove_issue_link

Remove a link

jira_create_remote_issue_link

Create an external link

Worklogs (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_add_worklog

Log time on an issue

jira_get_worklog

Get worklogs for an issue

Versions (3 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_project_versions

Get versions for a project

jira_create_version

Create a new version

jira_batch_create_versions

Create multiple versions

Attachments (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_download_attachments

Download attachments

jira_add_attachment

Add an attachment

Users (2 tools)

Tool

Description

jira_get_user_profile

Get user profile

jira_search_users

Search for users

Fields (1 tool)

Tool

Description

jira_search_fields

Get field definitions

Read-Only Mode

To prevent accidental modifications, enable read-only mode:

JIRA_READ_ONLY=true

Or via CLI:

jira-mcp serve --read-only

Write operations will return an error message when read-only mode is enabled.

Tool Filtering

Enable only specific tools:

JIRA_ENABLED_TOOLS=jira_get_issue,jira_search,jira_get_transitions

Disabled tools will return an error message when invoked.

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/scarnyc/jira-mcp-server
cd jira-mcp-server

# Install with Poetry
poetry install

# Run tests
poetry run pytest

# Run with coverage
poetry run pytest --cov=jira_mcp --cov-report=html

# Lint and format
poetry run ruff check .
poetry run ruff format .

# Type checking
poetry run mypy jira_mcp

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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