Set up Jira MCP in Continue

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Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: 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

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

Verify it works

Restart Continue. 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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