Jira CLI

Think github-cli but for Jira.

Modular, class-based Jira command-line tool for issue listing, searching, and management.

Features

• List issues by project with optional filtering (status, assignee, labels)
• Search with custom JQL queries
• Find issues by text in summary/description
• View issue details with comments
• Assign issues to users
• Transition issues to new status
• Create issues with title/body/labels/assignee
• Comment on issues (plain, markdown, or ADF JSON)
• Edit issues (title/body/labels/assignee/priority/type)
• Close/Reopen issues via workflow transitions
• Multiple output formats: table, JSON, CSV, Markdown
• dotenv support: Load credentials from .env or local.env in CWD or parent directories

Installation

Via uv (local development)

cd colenio/tools/jira-cli
uv sync
uv run colenio-jira-cli issue --help

Via uvx (remote/published)

uvx colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ

jira-cli remains available as a command alias for colenio-jira-cli.

Setup

Create a .env or local.env file in your working directory:

# Required
JIRA_URL=https://company.atlassian.net
JIRA_EMAIL=user@example.com
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your_api_token_here

# Optional
JIRA_PROJECT=PROJ      # Default project for list/find
JIRA_PROJECT_KEY=PROJ  # Backward-compatible fallback

Getting your Jira API Token

1. Log in to your Jira Cloud instance
2. Go to Account Settings → Security
3. Click "Create API Token"
4. Copy the token and save to .env

Usage

Primary command model is issue (similar to gh issue ...).

Issue group

colenio-jira-cli issue --help

List issues

# Canonical
colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ

# With filters
colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ --status "In Progress" --assignee "john@example.com"

# With custom JQL
colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ --jql 'priority = High'

# Different output formats
colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ --format json
colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ --format csv > issues.csv
colenio-jira-cli issue list --project PROJ --format md

Search with JQL

colenio-jira-cli issue search 'project = PROJ AND status = "To Do" AND assignee is EMPTY'
colenio-jira-cli issue search 'text ~ "urgent"' --format json

Find by text

colenio-jira-cli issue find --project PROJ "database migration"
colenio-jira-cli issue find --project PROJ "performance issue" --max-results 100

View issue details

colenio-jira-cli issue view PROJ-123
colenio-jira-cli issue view PROJ-456 --comments

Assign issue

colenio-jira-cli issue assign PROJ-789 john@example.com

Transition issue

colenio-jira-cli issue transition PROJ-999 "In Progress" --comment "Starting work"
colenio-jira-cli issue transition PROJ-999 "Done"

Create issue

# Similar to gh issue create
colenio-jira-cli issue create --project PROJ --title "Access governance ticket" --body "Please define access process"

# With labels and assignee
colenio-jira-cli issue create \
  --project PROJ \
  --title "[ORG] GitLab Access Governance" \
  --body-file ./ticket.md \
  --type Task \
  --label governance --label access,auditability \
  --assignee user@example.com \
  --priority High

Comment on issue

# Similar to gh issue comment
colenio-jira-cli issue comment PROJ-123 --body "Reviewed. Access approved."

# Markdown and ADF JSON support
colenio-jira-cli issue comment PROJ-123 --format md --body "**Update:** done"
colenio-jira-cli issue comment PROJ-123 --format adf --body-file ./comment.adf.json

Edit issue

colenio-jira-cli issue edit PROJ-123 --title "Updated title" --body "Updated description"
colenio-jira-cli issue edit PROJ-123 --add-label governance --remove-label old-label
colenio-jira-cli issue edit PROJ-123 --set-label governance,access --priority Highest

Close / reopen issue

# Auto-resolve transition (Done/Closed/Resolved)
colenio-jira-cli issue close PROJ-123 --comment "Completed"

# Auto-resolve transition (Reopen/Reopened/Open/To Do)
colenio-jira-cli issue reopen PROJ-123 --comment "Need follow-up"

# Explicit transition override by name or id
colenio-jira-cli issue close PROJ-123 --transition "Done"

Interactive TUI (Terminal User Interface)

Launch an interactive k9s-style interface for managing Jira issues:

# Basic TUI launch
colenio-jira-cli tui --project PROJ

# TUI will load default project from JIRA_PROJECT env if available
colenio-jira-cli tui

Keyboard Shortcuts in TUI:

Transition input format in TUI:

• t opens transition input for the selected issue.
• Enter either transition ID or transition name.
• Optional comment: <transition> | <comment>

Comment input format in TUI:

• c opens comment input for the selected issue.
• Supported formats:
  • plain:<text> or just <text>
  • md:<markdown> (lightweight markdown validation)
  • adf:<json> (ADF JSON parse + structure validation)

Installation (TUI included by default):

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Then use
uv run colenio-jira-cli tui --project PROJ

Or via uvx:

uvx --python 3.11 colenio-jira-cli tui --project PROJ

Running Without uvx

You can run the CLI and TUI without uvx in two common ways.

Option 1: Local repo via uv run

cd colenio/tools/jira-cli
uv sync
uv run colenio-jira-cli tui --project PROJ

Option 2: Virtualenv + pip (no uv required)

python -m venv .venv
# Linux/macOS: source .venv/bin/activate
# Windows PowerShell: .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
python -m pip install -U pip
python -m pip install colenio-jira-cli
colenio-jira-cli tui --project PROJ

Option 3: pip --user (no venv)

Useful for locked-down environments where virtual environments are not allowed.

python -m pip install --user -U pip
python -m pip install --user colenio-jira-cli
colenio-jira-cli tui --project PROJ

If the command is not found on Windows, ensure your user Scripts path is in PATH:

$scripts = Join-Path (py -m site --user-base) "Scripts"
$env:PATH += ";$scripts"
# Or restart the terminal after updating PATH permanently

Development

# Install dev dependencies
uv sync --extra dev --extra local-dev

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Format and lint
uv run black jira_cli
uv run ruff check jira_cli

# Run standardized local QA scripts
uv run jira-cli-ruff
uv run jira-cli-radon
uv run jira-cli-pylint
uv run jira-cli-check
uv run jira-cli-qa

Additional Docs

• docs/architecture.md
• docs/distribution.md

PowerShell Integration

Add to $PROFILE (e.g., via dotfiles/aliases.ps1):

function jira-cli {
    uvx colenio-jira-cli @args
}

# Or use directly
alias jira = 'uvx colenio-jira-cli'

Then:

jira list --project PROJ

License

MIT