jira

Purpose

Model-neutral helper to interact with Jira via Atlassian REST API v3. Supports creating issues, listing, viewing, assigning, and transitioning.

Triggers

Use when the user says: "create a jira ticket", "list jira issues", "jira create", "show jira issue", "assign ticket".

Configuration

Reads from ~/.jira.d/:

• config.yml - endpoint, user, authentication-method
• api-token - raw API token (no variable assignment)

Example config.yml:

endpoint: https://yourcompany.atlassian.net
user: your.email@company.com
authentication-method: api-token

How to use

Create Issue

# Create Epic
lisa jira create --type epic --project PROJ --summary "Feature title" --description "Description text"

# Create Story
lisa jira create --type story --project PROJ --summary "Story title" --parent PROJ-123

# Create Sub-task
lisa jira create --type subtask --project PROJ --summary "Sub-task title" --parent PROJ-123

# Create with assignment
lisa jira create --type task --project PROJ --summary "Task" --assign me

List Issues

# List by project
lisa jira list --project PROJ --limit 10

# List with JQL
lisa jira list --jql "assignee = currentUser() ORDER BY created DESC" --limit 5

# List my issues
lisa jira list --mine --limit 10

View Issue

lisa jira view PROJ-123

Assign Issue

# Assign to self
lisa jira assign PROJ-123 --to me

# Assign to user
lisa jira assign PROJ-123 --to "user@company.com"

Transition Issue

# Move to In Progress
lisa jira transition PROJ-123 --to "In Progress"

# Move to Done
lisa jira transition PROJ-123 --to "Done"

# Move to Code Review
lisa jira transition PROJ-123 --to "Code Review"

Change Issue Type

# Change Epic to Story
lisa jira change-type PROJ-123 --to story

# Change to Task
lisa jira change-type PROJ-123 --to task

Valid types: epic, story, task, subtask, bug

Workflow: PR Created

When a Pull Request is created, transition all associated Jira tickets to "Code Review":

1. Identify the ticket(s) from the branch name (e.g., PROJ-123)
2. Check if the ticket has subtasks (use view command)
3. Transition the main ticket and ALL subtasks to "Code Review"

# Example: Transition epic and all subtasks to Code Review
lisa jira transition PROJ-123 --to "Code Review"

# For subtasks (if in "To Do", first move to "In Progress")
for ticket in PROJ-124 PROJ-125 PROJ-126; do
  lisa jira transition "$ticket" --to "Code Review"
done

Note: If a ticket is in "To Do", you may need to transition through "In Progress" first:

lisa jira transition PROJ-123 --to "In Progress"
lisa jira transition PROJ-123 --to "Code Review"

See also: git skill for PR creation, CI triggers, and test retriggers.

I/O Contract (examples)

Create

{
  "status": "ok",
  "action": "create",
  "issue": {
    "key": "PROJ-123",
    "url": "https://company.atlassian.net/browse/PROJ-123",
    "summary": "Feature title",
    "type": "Epic"
  }
}

List

{
  "status": "ok",
  "action": "list",
  "issues": [
    {"key": "PROJ-123", "summary": "...", "status": "To Do", "assignee": "John Doe"}
  ],
  "total": 10
}

View

{
  "status": "ok",
  "action": "view",
  "issue": {
    "key": "PROJ-123",
    "summary": "...",
    "description": "...",
    "status": "To Do",
    "assignee": "John Doe",
    "reporter": "...",
    "created": "2026-01-13T...",
    "subtasks": [...]
  }
}

Change Type

{
  "status": "ok",
  "action": "change-type",
  "issue": {
    "key": "PROJ-123",
    "url": "https://company.atlassian.net/browse/PROJ-123",
    "previousType": "Epic",
    "newType": "story"
  }
}

Error

{
  "status": "error",
  "error": "Authentication failed",
  "details": "..."
}

Issue Types

Standard Jira issue types (IDs may vary by project):

• epic (10000) - Parent for features
• story (10001) - User stories
• task (10002) - General tasks
• subtask (10003) - Sub-tasks linked to parent
• bug (10004) - Bug reports

Cross-model checklist

• Claude: concise instructions; use JSON output for parsing
• Gemini: explicit commands and minimal formatting

Notes

• All commands use the lisa CLI binary — no scripts to run directly.
• API token must have project access permissions
• Description uses Atlassian Document Format (ADF) internally
• Rate limits apply per Atlassian Cloud policies