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Set up Jira MCP in Claude Code

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1

Locate the config file

Claude Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.claude.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

You can configure Jira MCP using the CLI command or by editing the config file directly.

Option A: CLI command

bash
claude mcp add jira-mcp -e JIRA_URL=YOUR_JIRA_URL -e JIRA_EMAIL=YOUR_JIRA_EMAIL -e JIRA_API_TOKEN=YOUR_JIRA_API_TOKEN -- npx -y jira-mcp

Option B: Config file

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "jira-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "YOUR_JIRA_URL",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "YOUR_JIRA_EMAIL",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Jira MCP requires the following environment variables:

JIRA_URLRequired

Jira instance URL

JIRA_EMAILRequired

Jira account email

JIRA_API_TOKENRequired

Jira API token

4

Verify it works

Restart Claude Code. Jira MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 10 tools available.

This server adds approximately 5,150 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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