Atlassian Jira MCP Server

Name: Atlassian Jira MCP Server
Author: aashari

aashari

Lets agents list Jira Cloud projects, search and read issues with JQL, work with comments and view linked commits and pull requests.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add atlassian-jira --env ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME='<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>' --env ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL='<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>' --env ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN='<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.atlassian-jira]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira"]
env = { ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME = "<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>", ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL = "<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>", ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN = "<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>" }

# codex mcp add atlassian-jira --env ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME='<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>' --env ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL='<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>' --env ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN='<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "atlassian-jira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>",
        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>",
        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "atlassian-jira": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>",
        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>",
        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "atlassian-jira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>",
        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>",
        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "atlassian-jira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>",
        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>",
        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "atlassian-jira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "<ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME>",
        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "<ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL>",
        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "<ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME
ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL
ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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