jira-mcp

MCP server for Jira Cloud — tailored for ALM projects with Zephyr Scale integration.

Built on the Model Context Protocol SDK (TypeScript). Runs as a local stdio process used by Claude Code.

Setup

cp .env.dist .env
# Fill in your values in .env
npm install
npm run build

Then register in your Claude config (~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json or equivalent):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/jira-mcp/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration

See .env.dist for all available variables.

| Variable | Required | Description | |---|---|---| | JIRA_HOST | ✅ | e.g. your-company.atlassian.net | | JIRA_USERNAME | ✅ | Your Atlassian email | | JIRA_API_TOKEN | ✅ | API token from id.atlassian.com | | JIRA_PROJECT_KEY | ✅ | e.g. ALM | | ZEPHYR_API_TOKEN | — | Required for test step tools | | AUTO_CREATE_TEST_TICKETS | — | Auto-create Test ticket when a Story has points (default: true) |

Custom field IDs (story points, acceptance criteria, epic link, etc.) are configurable via env — see .env.dist.

Tools

Issues

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | create-ticket | Create a ticket (Bug, Story, Task, Test) with full field support | | get-ticket | Get ticket details | | update-ticket | Update any field: summary, description, labels, priority, assignee, sprint… | | search-tickets | Search by issue type with optional JQL criteria | | search-tickets-jql | Free JQL search | | transition-ticket | Move a ticket through its workflow (with optional comment) | | assign-ticket | Assign or unassign a ticket | | get-issue-history | Full changelog of a ticket | | get-related-issues | Linked issues (blocks, is blocked by, relates to…) | | get-dev-info | PRs, branches and commits linked via GitHub integration |

Comments & Time

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | add-comment | Add a comment (Markdown → ADF) | | list-comments | List comments on a ticket | | add-worklog | Log time spent (2h 30m, 1d…) with optional comment |

Watchers

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | add-watcher | Add a watcher by account ID | | remove-watcher | Remove a watcher by account ID |

Links

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | link-tickets | Create a link between two tickets |

Sprints

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | get-sprints | List sprints for a board (active / future / closed) |

Zephyr Scale (test steps)

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | get-test-steps | Get test steps from a Test ticket | | add-test-steps | Add test steps to a Test ticket |

Markdown support

Descriptions and comments accept Markdown — converted to Atlassian Document Format (ADF) automatically:

## Heading / ### Sub-heading
- bullet list
`inline code`
**bold**

Development

npm run build      # Compile TypeScript → build/

Restart Claude (or /mcp) to pick up a new build.

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