Mode: 🔑 Atlassian REST API · Domain: configured with ATLASSIAN_JIRA_BASE_URL
Read Jira issues, comments, attachments, and links through Atlassian REST APIs. The adapter supports Jira Cloud and Jira Data Center without driving a browser session.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
opencli jira issue <KEY> |
Normalized issue context for agents |
opencli jira search <JQL> |
Search issues with JQL |
opencli jira comments <KEY> |
Issue comments as Markdown |
opencli jira attachments <KEY> |
Issue attachment metadata |
opencli jira links <KEY> |
Linked Jira issues |
export ATLASSIAN_JIRA_BASE_URL=https://example.atlassian.net
export ATLASSIAN_DEPLOYMENT=cloud # cloud | datacenter | auto
export ATLASSIAN_EMAIL=you@example.com
export ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN=...For Data Center, use a personal access token when available:
export ATLASSIAN_JIRA_BASE_URL=https://jira.example.com
export ATLASSIAN_DEPLOYMENT=datacenter
export ATLASSIAN_PAT=...Cloud instances default to Jira REST API v3. Data Center instances use Jira REST API v2. ATLASSIAN_DEPLOYMENT=auto treats *.atlassian.net as Cloud and other hosts as Data Center.
# Full issue context, including description, comments, attachments, and links
opencli jira issue PROJ-123 -f json
# Search with JQL
opencli jira search "project = PROJ order by updated desc" --limit 20 -f json
# Focused reads
opencli jira comments PROJ-123 -f json
opencli jira attachments PROJ-123 -f json
opencli jira links PROJ-123 -f jsonissuereturns an agent-friendly object withkey,summary,status,priority,description.markdown,comments,attachments,linkedIssues, versions, components, and timestamps.- Jira Cloud ADF descriptions and comments are converted to Markdown.
- Rendered Jira HTML from Data Center is converted through OpenCLI's Markdown converter.
- Invalid issue keys fail early with
ArgumentError.
Some Jira fields are instance-specific. Set these environment variables to include them in jira issue output:
export ATLASSIAN_JIRA_ACCEPTANCE_FIELD=customfield_12345
export ATLASSIAN_JIRA_SPRINT_FIELD=customfield_10020
export ATLASSIAN_JIRA_STORY_POINTS_FIELD=customfield_10016- The adapter only reads Jira data; it does not generate RCA, design docs, or release notes itself.
- Agents should generate documentation from
jira issue ... -f json, then write it with the Confluence adapter. - Expected auth, rate-limit, argument, and not-found failures are normalized to
CliErrorsubclasses.