MCP to talk to Jira from cursor
Connect MCP Jira Server to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP to talk to Jira from cursor. The mcp jira server mcp server is what makes that connection.
An MCP server that integrates with Jira for issue management.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
JIRA_SERVER — Your Jira instance URLJIRA_USER — Your Jira emailJIRA_TOKEN — Your Jira API tokenJIRA_TIMEOUT — API timeout in seconds (default: 30)JIRA_MAX_RESULTS — Maximum results per page (default: 50)MCP_SERVER_PORT — Server port (default: 8000)Configuration is passed through the environment: JIRA_TOKEN. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.
Plenty of planning and project tracking servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP Jira Server's toolset — JIRA_SERVER, JIRA_USER, JIRA_TOKEN and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by SoorajChandran; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| JIRA_SERVER | Your Jira instance URL |
| JIRA_USER | Your Jira email |
| JIRA_TOKEN | Your Jira API token |
| JIRA_TIMEOUT | API timeout in seconds (default: 30) |
| JIRA_MAX_RESULTS | Maximum results per page (default: 50) |
| MCP_SERVER_PORT | Server port (default: 8000) |
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| JIRA_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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