A Jira MCP that uses basic authentication (username and password) and supports legacy self-hosted Jira instances.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add jira-easy --env JIRA_BASE_URL='<JIRA_BASE_URL>' --env JIRA_PASSWORD='<JIRA_PASSWORD>' -- npx -y jira-easy-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.jira-easy]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "jira-easy-mcp"]
env = { JIRA_BASE_URL = "<JIRA_BASE_URL>", JIRA_PASSWORD = "<JIRA_PASSWORD>" }
# codex mcp add jira-easy --env JIRA_BASE_URL='<JIRA_BASE_URL>' --env JIRA_PASSWORD='<JIRA_PASSWORD>' -- npx -y jira-easy-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-easy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-easy-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_PASSWORD": "<JIRA_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"jira-easy": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-easy-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_PASSWORD": "<JIRA_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-easy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-easy-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_PASSWORD": "<JIRA_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-easy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-easy-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_PASSWORD": "<JIRA_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-easy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-easy-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_PASSWORD": "<JIRA_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
JIRA_BASE_URLJIRA_PASSWORD
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.