jira

name	jira
description	Manage Jira issues, transitions, and worklogs via the Jira Cloud REST API.
homepage	https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
metadata	{"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🧭","requires":{"bins":["curl","jq","bc","python3"],"env":["JIRA_URL","JIRA_EMAIL","JIRA_API_TOKEN"],"optional_env":["JIRA_BOARD"]}}}

Jira Skill

Work with Jira issues and worklogs from Clawdbot (search, status, create, log work, worklog summaries).

Setup

1. Get your API key: https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens
2. Click "Create API Token"
3. Set environment variables:

   export JIRA_EMAIL="[e-mail]"
   export JIRA_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"
   export JIRA_URL="https://your-domain.atlassian.net"
   # Optional project scope (comma-separated). Empty = search all.
   export JIRA_BOARD="ABC"
   

Requires curl, jq, bc, and python3.

Quick Commands

All commands live in {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh.

• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh search "timeout" [max] — fuzzy search by summary or key inside JIRA_BOARD
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh link ABC-123 — browser link for an issue
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh issue ABC-123 — quick issue details
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh status ABC-123 "In Progress" — move an issue (validates available transitions)
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh transitions ABC-123 — list allowed transitions
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh assign ABC-123 "name or email" — assign by user search
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh assign-me ABC-123 — assign to yourself
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh comment ABC-123 "text" — add a comment
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh create "Title" ["Description"] — create a Task in JIRA_BOARD
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh log ABC-123 2.5 [YYYY-MM-DD] — log hours (defaults to today UTC)
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh my [max] — open issues assigned to you
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh hours 2025-01-01 2025-01-07 — your logged hours by issue (JSON)
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh hours-day 2025-01-07 [name|email] — logged hours for a day grouped by user/issue; optional filter (name/email; also resolves to accountId)
• {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh hours-issue ABC-123 [name|email] — logged hours for an issue; optional filter (name/email; also resolves to accountId)

Command Reference

• Search issues

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh search "payment failure" [maxResults]
  

• Issue link

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh link ABC-321
  

• Issue details

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh issue ABC-321
  

• Update status

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh status ABC-321 "Done"
  

• List transitions

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh transitions ABC-321
  

• Assign issue

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh assign ABC-321 "Jane Doe"
  

• Assign to yourself

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh assign-me ABC-321
  

• Add comment

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh comment ABC-321 "Deployed to staging"
  

• Create issue

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh create "Fix auth timeout" "Users being logged out after 5m"
  

• Log hours

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh log PB-321 1.5 2025-01-18
  

• My open issues

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh my [maxResults]
  

• Logged hours by issue (me)

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh hours 2025-01-01 2025-01-05
  

• Logged hours for a day (everyone)

  {baseDir}/scripts/jira.sh hours-day 2025-01-05
  

• Logged hours for a day (user filter)

Notes

• Worklog commands use Jira's worklog/updated + worklog/list combo and may take a few seconds on large projects.
• hours filters by JIRA_EMAIL; hours-day returns all users with totals per issue and user.
• Outputs for hours commands are JSON for reuse in other tools.
• Status transitions are validated against the server-provided transition list before applying.