Is there an MCP server for Jira?

Yes: Jira is covered by the Atlassian Rovo MCP server, the official MCP server published by Atlassian, hosted at https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp for Atlassian Cloud sites, checked on 2026-10-02. There is no Jira-only server from Atlassian: the same endpoint also serves Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket Cloud, Compass and Loom. It is listed in the official MCP Registry as com.atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server, version 2.0.0.

How to connect the Atlassian MCP server

Atlassian's README lists ChatGPT, Codex CLI and Desktop, Claude.ai, Claude Desktop and Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, GitHub Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Docker, Kiro and Amazon Quick Suite as supported clients. These commands are copied from Atlassian's README and setup guide on 2026-10-02.

Claude Code, then run /mcp in a session to sign in:

claude mcp add --transport http atlassian https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp

Codex CLI:

codex mcp add atlassian --url https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp

Other clients install it from their own directories, per the README: in VS Code, search @mcp Atlassian in the Extensions view; in Cursor, add the Atlassian plugin from the Cursor marketplace; in Claude Desktop, open Settings, Extensions, Browse extensions, Plugins and search for Atlassian; in Codex Desktop, install Atlassian Rovo from Plugins or Connectors; in ChatGPT, use Atlassian's Add to ChatGPT link. In Windsurf, add a custom server with serverUrl set to the v2 URL. For Gemini CLI and any other client, use the server URL above. The old SSE endpoint stopped being supported after 2026-06-30.

What it can do for Jira, what it costs, and its limit

For Jira, the Atlassian MCP server searches and summarizes work items, creates them in bulk from notes, updates fields and moves issues between statuses. Organization admins grant tools by permission group (read_jira, write_jira, search_jira), and delete_jira and manage_jira stay off until an admin enables them. The server shows agents a few primary tools and lets them discover the rest; ?tools=all on the URL returns the full list for gateways.

Sign-in is OAuth 2.1 in a browser. For headless use, a personal API token or a service account key works once an admin enables token auth. Jira Service Management tools accept token auth only.

Every Atlassian Cloud plan has access at no extra charge, with hourly call limits that grow with the plan and, on Premium and Enterprise, with the number of users (Atlassian's page, read 2026-10-02). Enriched Teamwork Graph calls, such as searchAtlassian, use Rovo credits; paid Jira plans include a monthly credit allowance, and Atlassian bills extra usage from 2026-12-03.

The real limit is Cloud only: the server needs an Atlassian Cloud site, so Jira Server and Data Center are not covered. Atlassian also states it does not currently meet FedRAMP or HIPAA requirements.

Other Jira MCP servers

sooperset/mcp-atlassian is a community server: MIT, 5,961 GitHub stars, last push 2026-09-19 (checked 2026-10-02). It runs locally with uvx mcp-atlassian, covers Jira and Confluence, and supports both Cloud and Server or Data Center, using an API token on Cloud and a Personal Access Token on Data Center. Pick it for a self-managed Jira, or when you want the server on your own machine. Atlassian does not publish it.

If your team tracks issues in Linear rather than Jira, see the Linear MCP server.

Related on this site

Facts, rate limits and connect steps: Atlassian MCP server. Code hosts with their own servers: GitHub and GitLab. The same question for other work apps: Notion, Slack and Figma.