Allows AI assistants to interact with Jira tickets by fetching assigned tickets, adding comments, getting available status transitions, and updating ticket status.
Jira MCP Server
A Simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants to interact with Jira. This server enables AI to perform actions like:
Fetching user's assigned tickets
Adding comments to tickets
Getting available status transitions
Updating ticket status
Prerequisites
Docker
Jira account with API access
Environment variables configured (see below)
Related MCP server: Jira MCP Server
Environment Variables
Create a .env file in the root directory with the following:
Get your API key from: https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens
Running Locally
Option 1: Using Docker
Option 2: Using Python
Install dependencies:
Run the server:
This will start the server on http://localhost:8000.
Using the MCP Server
The MCP server is exposed at http://localhost:8000/mcp.