Enables integration with Atlassian products, specifically Jira, for retrieving issue information and interacting with the Jira platform.
Supports environment variable configuration through .env files for storing credentials and configuration settings like Jira tokens and URLs.
Provides access to Jira, allowing users to query and retrieve information about Jira issues through the Cursor interface.
redhat-ai-tools/jira-mcp
A containerized Python MCP server for Cursor to provide access to Jira.
Important
This project is experimental and was initially created as a learning exercise. Be aware there are more capable and mature Jira MCP solutions available, such as sooperset/mcp-atlassian, and Atlassian's own MCP Server.
See also redhat-ai-tools/jira-mcp-snowflake which provides another way to access Red Hat Jira data.
Prerequisites
- podman - Install with
sudo dnf install podman
(Fedora/RHEL) orbrew install podman
(macOS) - make - Usually pre-installed on most systems
Quick Start
- Get the code
- Build the image & configure Cursor
This also creates a
~/.rh-jira-mcp.env
file like this.
- Prepare a Jira token
- Go to Red Hat Jira Personal Access Tokens and create a token
- Edit the
.rh-jira-mcp.env
file in your home directory and paste in the token
To confirm it's working, run Cursor, go to Settings and click on "Tools & Integrations". Under MCP Tools you should see "jiraMcp" with 20 tools enabled.
Available Tools
This MCP server provides the following tools:
Issue Search
get_jira
- Get details for a specific Jira issue by key.search_issues
- Search issues using JQL
Project Management
list_projects
- List all projectsget_project
- Get project details by keyget_project_components
- Get components for a projectget_project_versions
- Get versions for a projectget_project_roles
- Get roles for a projectget_project_permission_scheme
- Get permission scheme for a projectget_project_issue_types
- Get issue types for a project
Board & Sprint Management
list_boards
- List all boardsget_board
- Get board details by IDlist_sprints
- List sprints for a boardget_sprint
- Get sprint details by IDget_issues_for_board
- Get issues for a boardget_issues_for_sprint
- Get issues for a sprint
User Management
search_users
- Search users by queryget_user
- Get user details by account IDget_current_user
- Get current user infoget_assignable_users_for_project
- Get assignable users for a projectget_assignable_users_for_issue
- Get assignable users for an issue
Development Commands
make build
- Build the imagemake run
- Run the containermake clean
- Clean up the built imagemake cursor-config
- Modify~/.cursor/mcp.json
to install this MCP Servermake setup
- Builds the image, configures Cursor, and creates~/.rh-jira-mcp.env
if it doesn't exist
Troubleshooting
Server Not Starting
- Confirm that
make run
works - Check that the JIRA_API_TOKEN is correct
- Verify the image was built successfully with
podman images jira-mcp
- Go to the "Output" tab in Cursor's bottom pane, choose "MCP Logs" from the drop-down select and examine the logs there
Connection Issues
- Restart Cursor after configuration changes
- Check Cursor's developer console for error messages
- Verify the Jira URL is accessible from your network
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
This server cannot be installed
hybrid server
The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.
A simple MCP server that provides access to Jira issues from Cursor AI, allowing users to reference and query Jira tickets directly in the chat panel.
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