Jira MCP Server
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An MCP server for interacting with Jira projects and issues.
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- Author
- brianstone
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- Categories
- Productivity, Project Management, Developer Tools
Jump to
- Get Issue By Key
- Search Issues
- Create Issue
- Assign and Unassign Issues
- Edit and Transition Issues
- Archive Issues
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Jira MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repository, run npm install and npm run build, then add the server to your MCP client configuration. Set the required environment variables: JIRA_PROJECT_URL, JIRA_USER_EMAIL, JIRA_API_KEY, and JIRA_PROJECT_KEY.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira mcp server": {
"jira-mcp-server": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"path-to-repo/jira-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_PROJECT_URL": "https://project-url.atlassian.net/rest/api/3",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com",
"JIRA_API_KEY": "yourAPIkey",
"JIRA_PROJECT_KEY": "ABC"
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"jira-mcp-server": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"path-to-repo/jira-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_PROJECT_URL": "https://project-url.atlassian.net/rest/api/3",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com",
"JIRA_API_KEY": "yourAPIkey",
"JIRA_PROJECT_KEY": "ABC"
}
}
}An MCP server for interacting with Jira projects and issues.
⚠️ This MCP Server is a work in progress ⚠️
This may work with Jira Data Center rest endpoints (/rest/api/2), but as of right now only cloud endpoints have been tested (/rest/api/3).
- Clone this repo
- cdinto the repo
- Runnpm install
- Runnpm run build
In your MCP client, you'll need to add the following environment variables:
- JIRA_PROJECT_URL- Including/rest/api/3at the end. This should look likehttps://your-project.atlassian.net/rest/api/3.
- JIRA_USER_EMAIL- Your user email address. This is needed for Authorization with the API.
- JIRA_API_KEY- Your Jira API key. You can find info on creating and managing Jira API keyshere
- JIRA_PROJECT_KEY- The default key you'd like to use for creating new issues
- Get Issue By Key
- Search Issues
- Create Issue
- Assign Issue
- Unassign Issue
- Edit Issue
- Transition Issue
- Archive Issues
Setup with MCP Client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.)
Add the server to the configuration file of your MCP Client.
{ "mcpServers": { "jira-mcp-server": { "command": "node", "args": ["path-to-repo/jira-mcp-server/build/index.js"], "env": { "JIRA_PROJECT_URL": "https://project-url.atlassian.net/rest/api/3", "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com", "JIRA_API_KEY": "yourAPIkey", "JIRA_PROJECT_KEY": "ABC" } } } }
Please open any issues if you encounter them.
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