Searches Jira issues with JQL and fetches detailed information about individual issues.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add jira-camdenclark --env JIRA_API_KEY='<JIRA_API_KEY>' --env JIRA_INSTANCE_URL='<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>' --env JIRA_USER_EMAIL='<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>' -- npx -y jira-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.jira-camdenclark]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "jira-mcp"]
env = { JIRA_API_KEY = "<JIRA_API_KEY>", JIRA_INSTANCE_URL = "<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>", JIRA_USER_EMAIL = "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>" }
# codex mcp add jira-camdenclark --env JIRA_API_KEY='<JIRA_API_KEY>' --env JIRA_INSTANCE_URL='<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>' --env JIRA_USER_EMAIL='<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>' -- npx -y jira-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-camdenclark": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_KEY": "<JIRA_API_KEY>",
"JIRA_INSTANCE_URL": "<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"jira-camdenclark": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_KEY": "<JIRA_API_KEY>",
"JIRA_INSTANCE_URL": "<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-camdenclark": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_KEY": "<JIRA_API_KEY>",
"JIRA_INSTANCE_URL": "<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-camdenclark": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_KEY": "<JIRA_API_KEY>",
"JIRA_INSTANCE_URL": "<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-camdenclark": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"jira-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_API_KEY": "<JIRA_API_KEY>",
"JIRA_INSTANCE_URL": "<JIRA_INSTANCE_URL>",
"JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
JIRA_API_KEYJIRA_INSTANCE_URLJIRA_USER_EMAIL
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.