Jira MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets Copilot and other AI agents interact with Jira. It exposes a rich set of tools for managing issues, comments, sprints, and more — all over stdio.

Tools Provided

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | get_issue | Fetch full details for an issue by key | | search_issues | Search with JQL | | get_issue_comments | Read comments on an issue | | add_comment | Post a comment (suggestions, notes, etc.) | | create_issue | Create a new issue | | update_issue | Update fields (summary, description, priority, labels, assignee) | | get_transitions | List available status transitions | | transition_issue | Move an issue to a new status | | assign_issue | Assign or unassign an issue | | find_users | Search users by name/email (for getting account IDs) | | list_projects | List accessible projects | | link_issues | Link two issues together | | add_worklog | Log time on an issue | | list_boards | List Scrum/Kanban boards | | list_sprints | List sprints for a board | | get_sprint_issues | Get issues in a sprint |

Usage Examples

Once configured, you can ask Copilot things like:

• "What's the status of PROJ-123?"
• "Search for open bugs assigned to me in the BACKEND project"
• "Add a comment on PROJ-456 suggesting we refactor the auth module"
• "Create a new bug in PROJ for the login timeout issue"
• "Move PROJ-789 to In Review"
• "What's in the current sprint?"

Developing

Prerequisites

• Node.js v22+
• npm

Install dependencies

npm install

Build

npm run build

To rebuild on file changes:

npm run dev

Run tests

npm test

To run tests in watch mode during development:

npm run test:watch