Gives AI coding agents such as Cursor the details of Jira tickets so they can work from them.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add jira-context --env JIRA_API_TOKEN='<JIRA_API_TOKEN>' --env JIRA_BASE_URL='<JIRA_BASE_URL>' --env JIRA_USERNAME='<JIRA_USERNAME>' -- npx -y @smithery/cli install @rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP --client claude~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.jira-context]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@smithery/cli", "install", "@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP", "--client", "claude"]
env = { JIRA_API_TOKEN = "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>", JIRA_BASE_URL = "<JIRA_BASE_URL>", JIRA_USERNAME = "<JIRA_USERNAME>" }
# codex mcp add jira-context --env JIRA_API_TOKEN='<JIRA_API_TOKEN>' --env JIRA_BASE_URL='<JIRA_BASE_URL>' --env JIRA_USERNAME='<JIRA_USERNAME>' -- npx -y @smithery/cli install @rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP --client claude~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_USERNAME": "<JIRA_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"jira-context": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_USERNAME": "<JIRA_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_USERNAME": "<JIRA_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_USERNAME": "<JIRA_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-context": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_USERNAME": "<JIRA_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
JIRA_API_TOKENJIRA_BASE_URLJIRA_USERNAME
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.