mcp-jira-scoped

Name: mcp-jira-scoped
Author: deepwired

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MCP server for Jira with scoped API tokens — the only server that supports Atlassian's modern authentication

Setup

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

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add jira-scoped --env JIRA_INSTANCE='<JIRA_INSTANCE>' --env JIRA_USER_EMAIL='<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>' --env JIRA_API_TOKEN='<JIRA_API_TOKEN>' -- npx -y mcp-jira-scoped

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.jira-scoped]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-jira-scoped"]
env = { JIRA_INSTANCE = "<JIRA_INSTANCE>", JIRA_USER_EMAIL = "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>", JIRA_API_TOKEN = "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>" }

# codex mcp add jira-scoped --env JIRA_INSTANCE='<JIRA_INSTANCE>' --env JIRA_USER_EMAIL='<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>' --env JIRA_API_TOKEN='<JIRA_API_TOKEN>' -- npx -y mcp-jira-scoped

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-scoped": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-scoped"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_INSTANCE": "<JIRA_INSTANCE>",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "jira-scoped": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-scoped"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_INSTANCE": "<JIRA_INSTANCE>",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-scoped": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-scoped"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_INSTANCE": "<JIRA_INSTANCE>",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-scoped": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-scoped"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_INSTANCE": "<JIRA_INSTANCE>",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-scoped": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-scoped"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_INSTANCE": "<JIRA_INSTANCE>",
        "JIRA_USER_EMAIL": "<JIRA_USER_EMAIL>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<JIRA_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

JIRA_INSTANCE
JIRA_USER_EMAIL
JIRA_API_TOKEN

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

Setup

Environment variables

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