Jira MCP connector

Jira is Atlassian's cloud-based issue tracking and project management platform for software development teams. The Jira MCP connector allows AI agents to create and update issues, manage assignments and priorities, and transition issues through workflows. It also supports adding watchers, creating comments, and retrieving issue details across projects.

Authentication type

• OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code - Requires a one-time user login to authorize the agent to access the service on their behalf.

Uses

Use the Jira MCP connector to perform the following actions:

• Create and assign software defects to development teams for rapid resolution
• Track project progress by transitioning issues through workflow statuses automatically
• Prioritize critical bugs and escalate them to the right stakeholders immediately
• Document issue resolution with comments and activity history for audit compliance
• Monitor issue changes and notify team members of updates in real time
• Search and filter issues across projects using advanced query language for insights
• Manage issue attachments and metadata to maintain complete technical documentation

Example prompts

Use the following example prompts to invoke Jira MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:

• Create a new bug in our development project and assign it to the lead engineer.
• Show me all high-priority issues assigned to our platform team that are still open.
• Transition this issue to in progress and add a comment that development has started.
• Search for all issues created in the last week related to authentication failures.
• Change the priority of issue PROJ-1234 to critical and notify the team.
• Get the full history of changes made to this issue over the past month.
• Add me as a watcher to this issue so I receive updates on any changes.
• Remove the current assignee from this issue and reassign it to a different team member.
• Find all unresolved issues in our backlog that have been open for more than 30 days.
• Add a comment to this issue explaining the workaround for the reported problem.

Jira MCP connector tools

The Jira MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.

Tool	Description
jira_jiraaddwatch_invoke	Adds a watch to an issue to receive notifications about its activity.
jira_jiraassignissue_invoke	Assigns an issue to a specified user.
jira_jirachangepriority_invoke	Changes the priority level of an issue.
jira_jiracreatecomment_invoke	Creates a new comment on an issue.
jira_jiracreateissue_invoke	Creates a new issue in a Jira project.
jira_jiratransitionissue_invoke	Moves an issue to a different workflow status.
jira_jiraunassignissue_invoke	Removes the assignee from an issue.
createIssue	Creates a new issue in a Jira project.
getIssue	Retrieves details for a specific issue.
updateIssue	Modifies fields or properties of an existing issue.
deleteIssue	Removes an issue from Jira.
searchIssuesJql	Finds issues matching specified search criteria.
getIssueChangelog	Retrieves the history of changes made to an issue.
notifyIssue	Sends a notification to users about an issue.
getIssueTransitions	Lists available workflow status changes for an issue.
transitionIssue	Moves an issue to a different workflow status.
getAttachment	Retrieves metadata about a file attached to an issue.
removeAttachment	Deletes a file attached to an issue.
getIssueComments	Retrieves all comments on a specific issue.
addComment	Adds a new comment to an issue.
getComment	Retrieves a specific comment from an issue.
updateComment	Modifies an existing comment on an issue.
removeComment	Deletes a comment from an issue.
createUser	Creates a new user account in Jira.
getUser	Retrieves information about a specific user.
deleteUser	Removes a user account from Jira.