Interact with Atlassian Jira Cloud via the REST API v3. Search issues, view details, create issues, add comments, list projects, and transition status.

Why Install This Skill

When your agent loads this skill, it can manage your entire Jira workflow without opening a browser. That means:

Search issues by project, JQL, or assignee — find anything in your tracker
View full issue details — description, status, assignee, comments
Create and update issues — new tasks, bugs, stories from the terminal
Add comments — update threads without the web UI
Transition status — move tickets through workflows
List projects — see what's available

What You Get

Directory	Purpose
`SKILL.md`	Complete command reference with setup and examples
`scripts/jira-cli`	CLI tool for Jira REST API v3

Quick Start

export JIRA_EMAIL="your-email@example.com"
export JIRA_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"
export JIRA_SERVER="https://your-domain.atlassian.net"

API token from id.atlassian.com (free).

Triggers

Load this when managing Jira issues, searching tickets, creating bugs, or tracking project work.

Requirements

Python 3.8+ with requests library.