JIRA MCP Server

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with JIRA. It allows you to fetch tickets from active sprints and get detailed ticket information through the MCP…

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What is the JIRA MCP Server?

JIRA MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the boukeversteegh/mcp-server-jira repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with JIRA. It allows you to fetch tickets from active sprints and…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using npx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares JIRA_HOST, JIRA_EMAIL, JIRA_API_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the JIRA MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "path/to/this/repo/jira.ts"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_HOST": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
JIRA_HOSTDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
JIRA_EMAILDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
JIRA_API_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation