jira2mcp 0.1.2

MCP server exposing Jira Cloud tools via FastMCP

jira2mcp

MCP server for Jira Cloud — gives AI assistants like Claude the ability to read, create, edit, search, and comment on Jira issues.

This repository also contains jira2ai-core for shared operations and jira2cli for local/development CLI usage.

Built with FastMCP and jira2py.

Setup

1. Get your Jira credentials

You need three values from your Jira Cloud instance:

Variable	Description
JIRA_URL	Your Jira instance URL (e.g. https://yourcompany.atlassian.net)
JIRA_USER	Your Jira account email
JIRA_API_TOKEN	API token from id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

2. Install uv (if not already installed)

uvx is part of uv, a fast Python package manager:

# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

3. Add to Claude Code

claude mcp add jira -- uvx jira2mcp

4. Configure credentials

Option A: Shell environment variables

Export them in your shell profile (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc.):

export JIRA_URL="https://yourcompany.atlassian.net"
export JIRA_USER="[e-mail]"
export JIRA_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"

The MCP configuration stays minimal:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["jira2mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Option B: Inline in MCP configuration

If you prefer not to set global environment variables, provide them directly in the env section:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["jira2mcp"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "https://yourcompany.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_USER": "[e-mail]",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Description
jira_read	Read a Jira issue by key with full details
jira_search	Search issues using JQL
jira_create	Create a new issue
jira_edit	Update an existing issue
jira_comment	Add a comment to an issue
jira_comments	List comments with pagination
jira_fields	Get field metadata for create/edit screens
jira_projects	List accessible projects
jira_users	Search users by name or email
jira_attachment	Download an attachment
jira_add_link	Create a link between two issues
jira_delete_link	Delete an issue link

Resources

Resource	Description
data://jira/link-types	Available issue link types in your Jira instance

Prompts

Prompt	Description
jql_syntax	JQL syntax reference for building search queries

Key features

• Markdown in, Markdown out — write descriptions and comments in Markdown; they're auto-converted to Atlassian Document Format (ADF). ADF fields from Jira are converted back to Markdown.
• Field discovery — use jira_fields to discover required and available fields before creating or editing issues.
• User lookup — use jira_users to resolve display names to account IDs for assignment.
• Extra fields — request additional fields on jira_read beyond the standard set; rich-text fields are auto-converted.
• Link management — read the data://jira/link-types resource to discover available link types, then create or delete links between issues.

Repository layout

This repository is a uv workspace with three packages:

• packages/jira2ai-core — shared operations used by both adapters.
• packages/jira2mcp — the FastMCP server/adapter package published as jira2mcp.
• packages/jira2cli — the CLI adapter package for local/dev use.

End-user MCP setup stays the same: use uvx jira2mcp directly or claude mcp add jira -- uvx jira2mcp.

Maintainers

jira2mcp releases are part of a multi-package workspace. Future tags use jira2mcp-vX.Y.Z, not broad v* tags.

See the maintainer release guide for sequencing, stop gates, and Trusted Publishing boundaries:

• https://github.com/en-ver/jira2ai/blob/main/docs/releasing.md
• https://github.com/en-ver/jira2ai/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

License

MIT