JiraMCP Documentation

@bodywave/jira-mcp is a comprehensive MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Jira Cloud and Confluence. It gives AI agents like Claude full control over Jira and Confluence — issues, sprints, boards, wiki pages, bulk operations, custom fields, time tracking, and more.

Quick Install

claude mcp add jira -- env \
  JIRA_URL=https://your-domain.atlassian.net \
  JIRA_EMAIL=your@email.com \
  JIRA_API_KEY=your-api-key \
  npx -y @bodywave/jira-mcp

What’s Included

116 tools across 22 categories
89 Jira tools — Issues, sprints, boards, projects, bulk operations, custom fields, time tracking, webhooks, filters, and more
27 Confluence tools — Spaces, pages, comments, labels, attachments, properties, and search
Multi-account support — Add, switch, and remove Jira accounts at runtime
Built-in rate limiting — Exponential backoff with jitter, request queuing, and automatic retry
Operation verification — Automatic verification of create/update/transition operations

Next Steps

Getting Started Installation, configuration, and your first commands

Architecture How the MCP server is built

Jira Tools Reference All 89 Jira tools with parameters

Confluence Tools Reference All 27 Confluence tools with parameters