Lightweight Jira Cloud MCP server for agents: read everything, write almost nothing - flip READ_ONLY_MODE to disable writes entirely.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add jira-mini --env JIRA_BASE_URL='<JIRA_BASE_URL>' --env JIRA_API_TOKEN='<JIRA_API_TOKEN>' --env JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET='<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>' -- uvx jira-mini-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.jira-mini]
command = "uvx"
args = ["jira-mini-mcp"]
env = { JIRA_BASE_URL = "<JIRA_BASE_URL>", JIRA_API_TOKEN = "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>", JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET = "<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>" }
# codex mcp add jira-mini --env JIRA_BASE_URL='<JIRA_BASE_URL>' --env JIRA_API_TOKEN='<JIRA_API_TOKEN>' --env JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET='<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>' -- uvx jira-mini-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-mini": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jira-mini-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"jira-mini": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jira-mini-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-mini": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jira-mini-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-mini": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jira-mini-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira-mini": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jira-mini-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_BASE_URL": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>",
"JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>",
"JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
JIRA_BASE_URLJIRA_API_TOKENJIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.