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Jira Cloud MCP Server

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Jira Cloud MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server for interacting with Jira Cloud instances.

Install

Claude Desktop (one-click)

Download jira-cloud-mcp.mcpb and open it — Claude Desktop will prompt for your Jira credentials.

Claude Code

claude mcp add jira-cloud -e JIRA_API_TOKEN=your-token -e JIRA_EMAIL=your-email -e JIRA_HOST=https://your-team.atlassian.net -- npx -y @aaronsb/jira-cloud-mcp

Manual (any MCP client)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-cloud": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aaronsb/jira-cloud-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email",
        "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-team.atlassian.net"
      }
    }
  }
}

Credentials

Generate an API token at Atlassian Account Settings.

Related MCP server: Jira MCP Server

Tools

Tool

Description

manage_jira_issue

Get, create, update, delete, move, transition, comment on, link, or traverse hierarchy of issues

manage_jira_filter

Search for issues using JQL queries, or manage saved filters

manage_jira_project

List projects or get project configuration and metadata

manage_jira_board

List boards or get board details and configuration

manage_jira_sprint

Manage sprints: create, start, close, and assign issues to sprints

queue_jira_operations

Batch multiple operations with result references ($0.key) and error strategies

analyze_jira_issues

Compute metrics, exact counts, and data cube analysis over issues selected by JQL

Each tool accepts an operation parameter (except queue_jira_operations which takes an operations array, and analyze_jira_issues which takes jql + metrics). Per-tool documentation is available as MCP resources at jira://tools/{tool_name}/documentation.

See docs/tools.md for detailed tool descriptions, workspace patterns, and design principles.

MCP Resources

Resource

Description

jira://instance/summary

Instance-level statistics

jira://projects/distribution

Project distribution overview

jira://projects/{key}/overview

Project overview with status counts

jira://boards/{id}/overview

Board overview with sprint info

jira://issue-link-types

Available issue link types

jira://custom-fields

Custom field catalog (auto-discovered at startup)

jira://custom-fields/{project}/{issueType}

Context-specific custom fields

jira://analysis/recipes

Analysis query patterns and compute DSL reference

jira://tools/{name}/documentation

Per-tool documentation

License

MIT License

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