nguyenvanduocit/jira-mcp
3.5
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A Go-based MCP connector for Jira that enables AI assistants like Claude to interact with Atlassian Jira.
Jira MCP
Control Jira from Cursor/Claude. Create/update issues, manage sprints and versions, add comments/worklogs, and run transitions from your editor.
Capabilities
- Issues: get/create/update, child issues, JQL search, transitions
- Sprints: list sprints, get active sprint, move up to 50 issues
- Collaboration: comments, worklogs, related issues (links)
- Versions: list and inspect released/unreleased versions
- Output: compact text formatted for AI tools
Quick start
1) Get an API token
Create one at https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens.
2) Add to Cursor
Use Docker or a local binary (STDIO; no ports needed).
Docker
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run", "--rm", "-i",
"-e", "ATLASSIAN_HOST=https://your-company.atlassian.net",
"-e", "ATLASSIAN_EMAIL=your-email@company.com",
"-e", "ATLASSIAN_TOKEN=your-api-token",
"ghcr.io/nguyenvanduocit/jira-mcp:latest"
]
}
}
}
Binary
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira": {
"command": "/usr/local/bin/jira-mcp",
"env": {
"ATLASSIAN_HOST": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
"ATLASSIAN_EMAIL": "your-email@company.com",
"ATLASSIAN_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
}
}
}
}
3) Try it in Cursor
- “Show my issues assigned to me”
- “What’s in the current sprint for ABC?”
- “Create a bug in ABC: Login fails on Safari”
Configuration
- ATLASSIAN_HOST:
https://your-company.atlassian.net - ATLASSIAN_EMAIL: your Atlassian email
- ATLASSIAN_TOKEN: API token
Optional .env (if running locally):
ATLASSIAN_HOST=https://your-company.atlassian.net
ATLASSIAN_EMAIL=your-email@company.com
ATLASSIAN_TOKEN=your-api-token
HTTP mode (optional, for debugging):
jira-mcp -env .env -http_port 3000
Cursor config (HTTP mode):
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp" } } }
Deeper docs
- API and architecture: see
docs/→ ,
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
