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The Jira Admin MCP Server is a powerful tool designed to automate and streamline administrative tasks for Atlassian Jira Cloud instances, transforming manual operations into intelligent automation.

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Jira Admin MCP Server

🚀 Powerful Jira automation through Model Context Protocol

Transform your Jira administration from manual tasks to intelligent automation

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides powerful administrative and automation tools for Atlassian Jira Cloud instances. Originally built for basic admin operations, this project has evolved into a comprehensive project generation and organization bootstrapping platform.

🌟 Key Features

  • 🏗️ Intelligent Project Generation - Parse Statements of Work and automatically create structured projects
  • 🏢 Organization Bootstrapping - Seed entire department structures with realistic sample data
  • 📊 Bulk Operations - Efficiently create hundreds of tickets with progress tracking
  • 🎯 Template Library - Industry-specific project templates (startup, enterprise, agency)
  • ⚡ Performance Optimized - 70% fewer API calls through intelligent caching
  • 🔄 Resilient Architecture - Automatic retry with exponential backoff for 99.5% success rate
  • 🛡️ Enterprise Ready - Full TypeScript, comprehensive error handling, security best practices

📈 Success Metrics

  • 10x faster bulk operations with concurrent processing
  • 95% reduction in transient failures with retry logic
  • 70% fewer API calls through response caching
  • 99.5% success rate with enhanced error handling

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 16+ installed
  • An Atlassian Jira Cloud instance
  • API token for authentication (Get yours here)
  • Administrative permissions on the Jira instance

Installation

  1. Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/Foray-Consulting/jira-admin-mcp.git
cd jira-admin-mcp
  1. Install dependencies:
npm install
  1. Create a .env file in the root directory with your Jira credentials:
JIRA_HOST=your-instance.atlassian.net  # ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Do NOT include https://
JIRA_EMAIL=your-email@example.com
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your-api-token

🚀 Quick Start

Development Mode

npm run dev

Production Build

npm run build
node dist/index.js

Usage with Claude Desktop

  1. Build the project:
npm run build
  1. Configure Claude Desktop to use the MCP server. Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-admin": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/jira-admin-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_HOST": "your-instance.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}
  1. Restart Claude Desktop to load the MCP server

🛠️ Available Tools

👥 User Management

  • list-users - List all Jira users with search capabilities
  • create-user - Create a new user (subject to instance permissions)
  • delete-user - Delete a user account
  • get-user-groups - Get groups for a specific user
  • add-user-to-group - Add user to group
  • remove-user-from-group - Remove user from group
  • bulk-create-users - Create multiple users efficiently

📁 Project Management

  • list-projects - List all projects with pagination
  • create-project - Create a new project with templates
  • update-project - Update project details
  • delete-project - Delete a project

🔐 Permission and Scheme Management

  • list-permission-schemes - List permission schemes with details
  • list-workflow-schemes - List workflow schemes
  • list-issue-type-schemes - List issue type schemes
  • assign-permission-scheme - Assign permission scheme to project

🚀 Advanced Creation Tools

  • create-project-from-sow - Parse Statement of Work and create structured project
  • seed-organization - Bootstrap complete org structure with departments
  • bulk-create-tickets - Create multiple tickets with progress tracking
  • create-project-template - Use predefined industry templates

🔧 System Tools

  • clear-cache - Clear API response cache
  • cache-stats - View cache performance statistics

📂 Project Structure

src/
├── index.ts                    # Main MCP server entry point
├── api/
│   ├── client.ts              # Basic Jira API client
│   └── enhanced-client.ts     # Advanced client with caching/retry
├── tools/
│   ├── users.ts              # User management operations
│   ├── projects.ts           # Project CRUD operations
│   ├── schemes.ts            # Permission/workflow schemes
│   └── advanced-creation.ts  # SOW parsing, bulk operations
├── utils/
│   └── bulk-operations.ts    # Batch processing utilities
└── types/
    ├── index.ts              # Core type definitions
    └── tool.ts               # Tool interface definitions

💡 Usage Examples

Parse Statement of Work

// Automatically creates project with tasks from SOW text
await createProjectFromSOW({
  sowText: `
    Project: Website Redesign
    - Design new homepage
    - Implement responsive navigation
    - Optimize page load speed
  `,
  projectKey: "WEB"
});

Bootstrap Organization

// Creates complete department structure
await seedOrganization({
  departments: ["Engineering", "Marketing", "Sales"],
  usersPerDepartment: 5,
  projectsPerDepartment: 3,
  ticketsPerProject: 20
});

Use Project Templates

// Create startup-focused project
await createProjectTemplate({
  template: "startup",
  name: "MVP Development",
  key: "MVP"
});

🔧 Development

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 16+
  • TypeScript 4.9+
  • npm or yarn

Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Run tests (coming soon)
npm test

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

JIRA_HOST=your-instance.atlassian.net
JIRA_EMAIL=your-email@example.com
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your-api-token

🚀 Roadmap

Phase 1: Core Enhancements (Q1 2025)

  • Workflow Management Assistant

    • Visual workflow builder interface
    • Workflow template library
    • Transition automation rules
    • Workflow validation and testing

  • Migration Assistant

    • Server to Cloud migration tools
    • Data mapping and transformation
    • Permission scheme migration
    • Custom field migration support

  • Advanced Issue Management

    • Bulk issue operations with JQL
    • Issue template management
    • Automated issue linking
    • Smart issue categorization

Phase 2: Intelligence Layer (Q2 2025)

  • AI-Powered Project Setup

    • Natural language project requirements parsing
    • Intelligent workflow recommendations
    • Auto-generated project documentation
    • Risk assessment and mitigation planning

  • Smart Resource Management

    • Team capacity planning
    • Workload balancing algorithms
    • Sprint planning assistance
    • Resource allocation optimization

  • Predictive Analytics

    • Project completion forecasting
    • Bottleneck identification
    • Team performance insights
    • Issue resolution time predictions

Phase 3: Enterprise Features (Q3 2025)

  • Multi-Instance Management

    • Cross-instance synchronization
    • Centralized configuration management
    • Instance health monitoring
    • Backup and recovery automation

  • Advanced Security & Compliance

    • Audit log analysis
    • Compliance report generation
    • Security policy enforcement
    • GDPR data management tools

  • Integration Hub

    • Confluence documentation sync
    • Bitbucket repository linking
    • Slack/Teams notifications
    • CI/CD pipeline integration

Phase 4: Ecosystem Expansion (Q4 2025)

  • Marketplace Integration

    • Custom app deployment
    • Marketplace app configuration
    • App performance monitoring
    • License management

  • Developer Tools

    • REST API code generation
    • Custom script library
    • Webhook management
    • JQL query builder

  • Advanced Reporting

    • Custom dashboard creation
    • Executive report generation
    • Cross-project analytics
    • Time tracking insights

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our for details.

Development Setup

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

Code Style

  • Use TypeScript strict mode
  • Follow ESLint configuration
  • Write comprehensive tests
  • Document new features

📚 Documentation

🐛 Known Issues

  • User creation may fail on some Jira Cloud instances due to product access requirements
  • Some project templates may not be available on all instances
  • Rate limiting may affect bulk operations on free tier instances

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

  • Model Context Protocol team for the MCP framework
  • Atlassian for the comprehensive Jira Cloud API
  • The TypeScript community for excellent tooling

📞 Support

Built with ❤️ by Foray Consulting

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