An async Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for JIRA integration via stdio transport. Supports both Atlassian Cloud and Server/DC instances.
JIRA MCP Server (Async) is an MCP project maintained in the judexzhu/mcp-jira repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An async Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for JIRA integration via stdio transport. Supports both Atlassian Cloud and Server/DC instances”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares JIRA_SERVER_URL, JIRA_API_TOKEN, JIRA_USER_EMAIL. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| jira_search_issues | Search issues using JQL (paginated) |
| jira_get_issue | Get issue details, comments, links; optionally subtasks and transitions |
| jira_create_issue | Create a new issue |
| jira_update_issue | Update fields on an existing issue, optionally add a comment |
| jira_transition_issue | Move an issue through a workflow transition |
| jira_get_create_meta | Get required fields and allowed values before creating an issue |
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/mcp-jira",
"python",
"jira_mcp_server.py"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_SERVER_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_API_TOKEN",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "you@company.com"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| JIRA_SERVER_URL | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
| JIRA_API_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
| JIRA_USER_EMAIL | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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