Jira MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides integration with Jira’s REST API, allowing AI assistants to manage Jira issues programmatically.

Features

This server provides tools for managing Jira issues:

• Create new issues (Tasks, Epics, Subtasks)
• List issues with optional status filtering
• Update existing issues (summary, description, status)
• Get detailed issue information
• Delete issues
• Add comments to issues

Setup

Prerequisites

1. A Jira account with API access
2. Jira API token (can be generated from Atlassian Account Settings)

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Build the server:

npm run build

Configuration

1. Create a .jira-config.json file in your working directory:

{
  "projectKey": "YOUR_PROJECT_KEY"
}

2. Configure the MCP server with your Jira credentials:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/jira-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token",
        "JIRA_DOMAIN": "your-domain"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

create_issue

Creates a new Jira issue

• Required parameters:
  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json
  • summary: Issue title
  • description: Issue description
  • type: Issue type (Task, Epic, or Subtask)

list_issues

Lists issues in the project

• Required parameters:
  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json
• Optional parameters:
  • status: Filter by status (e.g., “To Do”, “In Progress”, “Done”)

update_issue

Updates an existing issue

• Required parameters:
  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json
  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)
• Optional parameters:
  • summary: New title
  • description: New description
  • status: New status

get_issue

Gets detailed information about a specific issue

• Required parameters:
  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json
  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)

delete_issue

Deletes a Jira issue

• Required parameters:
  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json
  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)

add_comment

Adds a comment to an existing issue

• Required parameters:
  • working_dir: Directory containing .jira-config.json
  • issue_key: Issue key (e.g., PRJ-123)
  • comment: Comment text to add

Development

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Error Handling

The server includes comprehensive error handling for:

• Invalid project keys
• Missing configuration
• Invalid issue types
• API authentication errors
• Invalid status transitions

Output Formatting

Issue information is formatted to include:

• Issue key and summary
• Issue type and status
• Creation date and creator
• Description
• Comments (if any) with author and timestamp