jira-mcp MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides access to JIRA data with relationship tracking, optimized data payloads, and data cleaning for AI context windows.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the jira-mcp Server?

jira-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the cosmix/jira-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides access to JIRA data with relationship tracking, optimized data payloads, and data cleaning for AI context…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. 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_API_TOKEN, JIRA_BASE_URL, JIRA_USER_EMAIL, JIRA_TYPE, JIRA_AUTH_TYPE. 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": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/jira-mcp/build/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_API_TOKEN",
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "your_jira_instance_url",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "your_email",
        "JIRA_TYPE": "cloud",
        "JIRA_AUTH_TYPE": "basic"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
JIRA_API_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
JIRA_BASE_URLDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
JIRA_USER_EMAILDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
JIRA_TYPEDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
JIRA_AUTH_TYPEDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional