jira-mcp-server

An MCP server that enables LLMs to interact with Jira through a set of API tools. This server provides a bridge between language models and Jira's functionality, allowing for automated issue management and tracking.

Features

• Search Jira issues using JQL
• Create new issues
• Get issue details
• Update existing issues
• Delete issues

Setup in Cursor

Add a new entry to your mcp.json file:

"jira": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "JIRA_BASE_URL",
        "-e",
        "JIRA_EMAIL",
        "-e",
        "JIRA_TOKEN",
        "chasepd/jira-mcp-server:latest"
      ]
      "env":{
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "[THE BASE URL OF YOUR JIRA INSTANCE]",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "[EMAIL OF YOUR JIRA ACCOUNT]",
        "JIRA_TOKEN": "[YOUR JIRA API TOKEN]"
      }
    }

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Jira account with API access
• Environment variables for Jira authentication:
  • JIRA_BASE_URL
  • JIRA_EMAIL
  • JIRA_TOKEN

Dev Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/jira-mcp-server.git
cd jira-mcp-server

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up environment variables:

export JIRA_BASE_URL="your-jira-instance-url"
export JIRA_EMAIL="your-email@example.com"
export JIRA_TOKEN="your-api-token"

Running the Server

Local Development

python src/mcp-server.py

Using Docker

The server is available as a Docker image at chasepd/jira-mcp-server.

Pull and run the latest version:

docker pull chasepd/jira-mcp-server:latest
docker run -e JIRA_BASE_URL="your-jira-instance-url" \
           -e JIRA_EMAIL="your-email@example.com" \
           -e JIRA_TOKEN="your-api-token" \
           -p 8000:8000 \
           chasepd/jira-mcp-server:latest

Available Tools

The server provides the following tools for interacting with Jira:

• jira_search_issues(jql: str): Search for issues using JQL
• jira_create_issue(project_key: str, summary: str, description: str, issuetype: str): Create a new issue
• jira_get_issue(issue_key: str): Get details of a specific issue
• jira_update_issue(issue_key: str, fields: dict): Update an existing issue
• jira_delete_issue(issue_key: str): Delete an issue

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request if there's a new feature you'd like to see.