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Jira MCP

by nguyenvanduocit

Go-based Jira MCP for issue management, sprint planning, status transitions, comments, worklogs, history, issue relationships, version management, and development information. 87 GitHub stars and 11 commits on main in the last 30 days.

87·9 tools·Released APR 2025·MIT
go install github.com/nguyenvanduocit/jira-mcp@latest
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Go-based Jira MCP for issue management, sprint planning, status transitions, comments, worklogs, history, issue relationships, version management, and development information. 87 GitHub stars and 11 commits on main in the last 30 days. Highest-cadence Jira MCP at time of review across the candidate set.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

Requires authenticationAtlassian API token from id.atlassian.com. JIRA_USERNAME (email) and JIRA_API_TOKEN env vars. JIRA_HOST for the Atlassian instance URL.
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "jira-mcp", "args": [], "env": { "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-org.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "<your-email>", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<your-atlassian-api-token>" } } } }
PrereqInstall via `go install github.com/nguyenvanduocit/jira-mcp@latest`. Set JIRA_HOST, JIRA_USERNAME (email), JIRA_API_TOKEN (from id.atlassian.com). Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "jira-mcp", "args": [], "env": { "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-org.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "<your-email>", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<your-atlassian-api-token>" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "jira-mcp", "args": [], "env": { "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-org.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "<your-email>", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<your-atlassian-api-token>" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "jira-mcp", "args": [], "env": { "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-org.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "<your-email>", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<your-atlassian-api-token>" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "jira": { "command": "jira-mcp", "args": [], "env": { "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-org.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "<your-email>", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<your-atlassian-api-token>" } } } }

9 TOOLS AVAILABLE

create_issue
Create a new Jira issue
Write
get_issue
Get a Jira issue by key
Read
search_issues
Search issues with JQL
Read
transition_issue
Transition an issue between statuses
Write
add_comment
Add a comment to an issue
Write
list_sprints
List sprints for a board
Read

OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • 87 GitHub stars and MIT licence.
  • 11 commits on main in the last 30 days.
  • Tool surface covers the Jira workflow end-to-end: issues, sprints, transitions, comments, worklogs, history, relationships, versions, development info.
  • Go binary distribution: single-file deploy.
  • JQL search support for advanced filtering.
  • CLI usage documented for headless agent setups.
Weaknesses
  • Single-maintainer governance.
  • Atlassian API tokens carry scoped access; the operator scopes per Atlassian admin policy.
  • Jira-only; Confluence and Bitbucket need separate MCPs.
  • 87 stars; adoption signal is early.
Security Notes

Atlassian API tokens (created via id.atlassian.com) grant access to the user account they belong to. Use a dedicated agent service account with scoped project permissions. The MCP forwards all calls to the configured Jira endpoint; for self-hosted Jira (Data Center), scope the network path to the agent host.

Best For

Atlassian Jira customers who want agents to triage issues, manage sprints, transition workflow states, and inspect change history from inside the editor; workflows that benefit from JQL search inside agent prompts; teams that want a Go binary deploy over Node or Python runtimes.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
go
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
MIT
GitHub
npm
jira-mcp
Last Release
jira-mcp (Go module)MAY 3, 2026
First Released
APR 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
87

// Reading this87 stars on the nguyenvanduocit/jira-mcp repo. 11 commits on main in the last 30 days.

// Popularity Rank
#9
Globally · #10 in Productivity

// Reading thisHighest-cadence Jira MCP across the candidate set. Pairs with the existing Atlassian MCP entry for broader Atlassian coverage.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.

01
Discovered
Manual submission
First indexed MAY 3, 2026
02
Cross-referenced
4 directories
PulseMCP, MCP.so, Glama, Smithery
03
Verified against
Claude Desktop, Cursor
Installed and tested across clients
04
Last re-checked
MAY 3, 2026
Weekly re-verification
// How other directories see it

The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.

SourceTheir ratingTheir star countTheir downloadsLast synced
AutomationSwitch This page3.9editorial87MAY 3, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026

// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.

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