Agent skill · marketing growth · affaan-m
jira-integration
Use this skill when retrieving Jira tickets, analyzing requirements, updating ticket status, adding comments, or transitioning issues. Provides Jira API patterns via MCP or direct REST calls.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific Jira API patterns and MCP integration commands that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires python, uv installed locally. Requires atlassian account access. About 6k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 238,342 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Jira Integration Skill Retrieve, analyze, and update Jira tickets directly from your AI coding workflow. Supports both MCP-based (recommended) and direct REST API approaches. When to Activate Fetching a Jira ticket to understand requirements Extracting testable acceptance criteria from a ticket Adding progress comments to a Jira issue Transitioning a ticket status (To Do → In Progress → Done) Linking merge requests or branches to a Jira issue Searching for issues by JQL query Prerequisites Option A: MCP Server (Recommended) Install the mcp-atlassian MCP server. This exposes Jira tools directly to your AI agent. Requirements: Python 3.10+ uvx (from uv), installed via your package manager or the official uv installation documentation Add to your MCP config (e.g., ~/.claude.json → mcpServers): Security: Never hardcode secrets. Prefer setting JIRAURL, JIRAEMAIL, and JIRAAPITOKEN in your system environment (or a secrets manager). Only use the MCP env block for local, uncommitted config files. To get a Jira API token: 1. Go to <https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens> 2. Click Create API token 3. Copy the token — store it in your environment, never in source code Option B: Direct REST API If MCP is not available, use the Jira REST API v3 directly via curl or a helper script. Required environment variables: Variable Description ---------- ------------- JIRAURL Your Jira instance URL (e.g., https://yourorg.atlassian.net) JIRAEMAIL Your Atlassian account email JIRAAPITOKEN API token from id.atlassian.com Store these in your shell environment, secrets manager, or an untracked local env file. Do not commit them to the repo. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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