Connect Jira to AI agents

Connect Jira to Claude, Codex, Cursor, or other AI agents for your entire team. Metorial security, governance, observability, and gives your team a unified Magic MCP url to connect.

Supported Tools

list_projects

List Projects

List Jira projects accessible to the authenticated user. Supports pagination for large project lists.

create_filter

Create Filter

Create a saved JQL filter in Jira. Filters can be used to quickly access frequently used search queries.

search_users

Search Users

Search for Jira users by name, username, or email. Useful for finding account IDs needed when assigning issues or other operations.

search_issues

Search Issues

Search for Jira issues using JQL (Jira Query Language). Returns matching issues with their key fields. Supports pagination and field selection.

list_boards

List Boards

List Jira boards (Scrum or Kanban). Optionally filter by board type or project.

move_issues_to_sprint

Move Issues to Sprint

Move one or more issues to a specific sprint. Issues will be removed from their current sprint and added to the target sprint.

create_issue

Create Issue

Create a new Jira issue in a specified project. Supports setting all standard fields including summary, description, assignee, priority, labels, components, and custom fields. Use the **issueTypeName** field for common types like "Task", "Bug", "Story", "Epic", or "Sub-task".

link_issues

Link Issues

Create a link between two Jira issues. Common link types include "Blocks", "Cloners", "Duplicate", and "Relates". The outward issue is the source and the inward issue is the target. For example, with "Blocks": outward issue **blocks** inward issue.

get_issue

Get Issue

Retrieve detailed information about a Jira issue by its key or ID. Returns the full issue data including all fields, status, assignee, reporter, comments, and changelog. Optionally expand additional information like transitions, rendered fields, or changelog.

list_sprints

List Sprints

List sprints for a given board. Optionally filter by sprint state (active, future, or closed).

add_comment

Add Comment

Add a comment to a Jira issue. Supports plain text or Atlassian Document Format (ADF) for rich text comments.

update_version

Update Version

Update a project version's details, release it, or archive it.

list_versions

List Versions

List versions (releases) for a Jira project. Returns version details including release status and dates.

get_transitions

Get Transitions

Get the available workflow transitions for an issue. Returns the transition IDs and names needed to move an issue to a new status via the Update Issue tool.

list_favourite_filters

List Favourite Filters

List the authenticated user's favourite saved JQL filters.

create_sprint

Create Sprint

Create a new sprint on a Scrum board. Optionally set start/end dates and a sprint goal.

update_issue

Update Issue

Update an existing Jira issue's fields, transition it to a new status, or reassign it. Combines field updates, workflow transitions, and assignment into a single flexible tool. Only provided fields will be updated.

create_version

Create Version

Create a new version (release) in a Jira project for release management.

list_issue_link_types

List Issue Link Types

List all available issue link types in the Jira instance (e.g., "Blocks", "Duplicate", "Relates").

log_work

Log Work

Log time spent on a Jira issue. Provide time as a human-readable string (e.g., "2h 30m") or in seconds. Optionally include a start timestamp and comment.

list_comments

List Comments

List comments on a Jira issue with pagination support.

delete_issue

Delete Issue

Permanently delete a Jira issue. Optionally delete all sub-tasks along with the parent issue. This action cannot be undone.

list_worklogs

List Worklogs

List worklogs for a Jira issue with pagination support.

delete_filter

Delete Filter

Delete a saved Jira JQL filter owned by the authenticated user.

get_filter

Get Filter

Retrieve a saved Jira JQL filter by ID.

delete_issue_link

Delete Issue Link

Delete an existing link between two Jira issues by issue link ID. Use Get Issue with fields=["issuelinks"] to find link IDs.

delete_comment

Delete Comment

Delete a comment from a Jira issue.

update_filter

Update Filter

Update a saved Jira JQL filter's name, description, query, or favourite state.

delete_worklog

Delete Worklog

Delete a worklog from a Jira issue.

update_comment

Update Comment

Update an existing comment on a Jira issue. Supports plain text or Atlassian Document Format (ADF) bodies.

delete_version

Delete Version

Delete a Jira project version. Optionally move affected or fixed issues to replacement versions.

update_worklog

Update Worklog

Update time spent, start time, or comment for an existing Jira issue worklog.

More integrations teams use with Jira

Linear

Create, read, update, and delete issues across teams with support for priorities, labels, assignees, due dates, and workflow states. Manage projects that group related issues, and organize work into time-boxed cycles (sprints). Create and manage documents, comments, and file attachments. Search issues using vector similarity or rich filters. Configure teams, workflow states, and labels. Track customers and link them to issues. Subscribe to real-time webhooks for changes to issues, projects, cycles, comments, documents, and more.

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Microsoft Outlook

Send, read, reply to, forward, and manage email messages in user mailboxes. Organize messages into folders, apply categories, flags, and importance levels. Manage file and item attachments. Create, update, delete, and respond to calendar events and meetings. Find available meeting times, manage attendees, handle recurrence, and work with shared or delegated calendars. Create, read, update, and delete contacts, organize them into contact folders, and manage contact photos. Manage tasks and task lists via Microsoft To Do, including due dates, reminders, recurrence, and checklist items. Subscribe to webhook notifications for changes to messages, calendar events, and contacts. Support for Focused Inbox, @-mentions, mail tips, send-on-behalf, and send-as capabilities.

Airtable

Create, read, update, and delete records in Airtable bases and tables. Manage base schemas including creating tables and fields. Filter records using formulas, sort by fields, and scope queries to specific views. Upsert records to find, create, or update in a single call. Upload attachments to records, read and write record comments, list accessible bases, and receive real-time base change events through webhooks.

Bitbucket

Manage Git repositories, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines on Bitbucket Cloud. Create, fork, and configure repositories within workspaces and projects. Create, review, approve, merge, and decline pull requests with inline code comments. Browse source code, list commits, and manage branches and tags. Track issues with the built-in issue tracker. Trigger, monitor, and manage Bitbucket Pipelines. List workspace members, configure repository default reviewers and branch restrictions, create and manage repository webhooks, and search code across repositories.

GitLab

Manage GitLab projects, repositories, issues, merge requests, releases, and CI/CD workflows from one provider. Includes pipeline, job, variable, environment, schedule, trigger, runner, deployment, CI lint, and test report tools.

Technical notes for Jira

Create, read, update, and delete issues across projects. Search issues using JQL queries. Manage projects, boards, sprints, and epics for agile workflows. Log work time, add comments and attachments, and transition issues through workflow statuses. Create and manage project versions/releases, issue links, filters, and dashboards. Query users, groups, and permissions. Receive webhooks for issue, comment, sprint, project, board, user, and configuration change events.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Jira to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. Can Metorial connect Jira to AI agents?
    Yes. Metorial connects AI agents to Jira through a governed integration layer, so teams can use the provider while keeping access controlled and observable.
  2. Metorial is MCP compatible and lets teams expose approved provider tools to MCP-capable agents and clients through a controlled access layer.
  3. Metorial applies policies across users, groups, providers, agents, and individual tools, then records the context around every agent interaction.
  4. Yes. Metorial records provider activity so teams can inspect tool calls, troubleshoot integrations, and give security teams the visibility they need.