Jira Context MCP
About
MCP server to provide Jira Tickets information to AI coding agents like Cursor.
Details
- Author
- rahulthedevil
- GitHub stars
- 26
- Downloads
- 446
- Categories
- Developer Tools, Community, Other, Project Management, Automation
Jump to
- Fetch detailed information about a specific Jira issue
- Retrieve issues assigned to you in a project
- Filter issues by type (Bug, Story, Epic, etc.)
- List all available projects and issue types
- Retrieve recent ticket changes over a specified period
- Seamless integration with Cursor IDE
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Jira Context MCPCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install via Smithery (npx -y @smithery/cli install @rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP --client claude) or manually by cloning the repo, running npm install, creating a .env with your Jira credentials, and building (npm run build). Start the HTTP server with npm start or CLI mode with npm run start:cli. Then in Cursor, open Command Palette, choose “Connect to MCP Server”, and enter http://localhost:3000/sse.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"jira context mcp": {
"Jira-Context-MCP": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"Jira-Context-MCP": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli",
"install",
"@rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP",
"--client",
"claude"
]
}
}Jira Context MCP
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Setup
Prerequisites
- Node.js 20.17.0 or higher - A Jira account with API access - A Jira API token (can be generated at Atlassian API Tokens)Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Jira Context MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery: ``bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @rahulthedevil/Jira-Context-MCP --client claude
`
Installing manually
1. Clone this repository:
`bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/Jira-Context-MCP.git
cd Jira-Context-MCP
`
2. Install dependencies:
`bash
npm install
# or if you use pnpm
pnpm install
`
3. Create a .env file based on the example:
`bash
cp .env.example .env
`
4. Edit the .env file with your Jira details:
`
JIRA_BASE_URL=https://your-domain.atlassian.net
JIRA_USERNAME=your-email@example.com
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your-api-token-here
HTTP_PORT=3000
`
Build
Build the project with:
``bash
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