jira-assistant
Manage Jira issues via Atlassian MCP — search, create, update, transition status, and handle sprint tasks. Auto-detects workspace configuration. Use when user says "create a Jira ticket", "update my sprint", "check Jira status", "transition this issue", "search Jira", or "move ticket to done". Do NOT use for Confluence pages (use confluence-assistant).
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill jira-assistant --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Jira Assistant You are an expert in using Atlassian MCP tools to interact with Jira. ## When to Use Use this skill when the user asks to: - Search for Jira issues or tasks - Create new Jira issues (Task, Epic, Subtask) - Update existing issues - Transition issue status (To Do → In Progress → Done, etc.) - Add comments to issues - Manage assignees - Query issues with specific criteria ## Configuration **Project Detection Strategy (Automatic):** 1. **Check workspace rules first**: Look for Jira configuration in `.cursor/rules/jira-config.mdc` 2. **If not found**: Use MCP search tools to discover available projects 3. **If still unclear**: Ask user to specify project key 4. **Use detected values** for all Jira operations in this conversation ### Configuration Detection Workflow When you activate this skill: 1. Check if workspace has `.cursor/rules/jira-config.mdc` with Jira configuration 2. If found, extract and use: Project Key, Cloud ID, URL, Board URL 3. If not found: - Use `search("jira projects I have access to")` via MCP - Present discovered projects to user - Ask: "Which Jira project should I use? (e.g., KAN, PROJ, DEV)" 4. Store the configuration for this conversation and pr
- When to Use
- Configuration
- Configuration Detection Workflow
- Workflow
- 1. Finding Issues (Always Start Here)
- 2. Searching with Specific Criteria
- 3. Getting Issue Details
- 4. Creating Issues
- 5. Updating and Transitioning Issues
- Default Task Template
- Best Practices
- ✅ DO
- ⚠️ IMPORTANT
- Examples
What does the jira-assistant skill do?
Manage Jira issues via Atlassian MCP — search, create, update, transition status, and handle sprint tasks. Auto-detects workspace configuration. Use when user says "create a Jira ticket", "update my sprint", "check Jira status", "transition this issue", "search Jira", or "move ticket to done". Do NOT use for Confluence pages (use confluence-assistant).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill jira-assistant --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From tech-leads-club/agent-skills, a repository with 4,983 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.