Atlassian Integration
STDIOModel Context Protocol server integrating Confluence and Jira products with AI assistants.
Model Context Protocol server integrating Confluence and Jira products with AI assistants.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). This integration supports both Confluence & Jira Cloud and Server/Data Center deployments.
Ask your AI assistant to:
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Product | Deployment Type | Support Status |
---|---|---|
Confluence | Cloud | ✅ Fully supported |
Confluence | Server/Data Center | ✅ Supported (version 6.0+) |
Jira | Cloud | ✅ Fully supported |
Jira | Server/Data Center | ✅ Supported (version 8.14+) |
MCP Atlassian supports three authentication methods:
[!NOTE] OAuth 2.0 is more complex to set up but provides enhanced security features. For most users, API Token authentication (Method A) is simpler and sufficient.
http://localhost:8080/callback
)docker run --rm -i \ -p 8080:8080 \ -v "${HOME}/.mcp-atlassian:/home/app/.mcp-atlassian" \ ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest --oauth-setup -v
Client ID
, Secret
, URI
, and Scope
.env
or IDE config:
ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLOUD_ID
(from wizard)ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI
ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_SCOPE
[!IMPORTANT] Include
offline_access
in scope for persistent auth (e.g.,read:jira-work write:jira-work offline_access
)
MCP Atlassian is distributed as a Docker image. This is the recommended way to run the server, especially for IDE integration. Ensure you have Docker installed.
# Pull Pre-built Image docker pull ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest
MCP Atlassian is designed to be used with AI assistants through IDE integration.
[!TIP] For Claude Desktop: Locate and edit the configuration file directly:
- Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Linux:
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
For Cursor: Open Settings → MCP → + Add new global MCP server
There are two main approaches to configure the Docker container:
--env-file
flag (shown in collapsible sections)[!NOTE] Common environment variables include:
CONFLUENCE_SPACES_FILTER
: Filter by space keys (e.g., "DEV,TEAM,DOC")JIRA_PROJECTS_FILTER
: Filter by project keys (e.g., "PROJ,DEV,SUPPORT")READ_ONLY_MODE
: Set to "true" to disable write operationsMCP_VERBOSE
: Set to "true" for more detailed loggingMCP_LOGGING_STDOUT
: Set to "true" to log to stdout instead of stderrENABLED_TOOLS
: Comma-separated list of tool names to enable (e.g., "confluence_search,jira_get_issue")See the .env.example file for all available options.
Method 1 (Passing Variables Directly):
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN", "-e", "JIRA_URL", "-e", "JIRA_USERNAME", "-e", "JIRA_API_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki", "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME": "[email protected]", "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN": "your_confluence_api_token", "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "[email protected]", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_jira_api_token" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "--env-file", "/path/to/your/mcp-atlassian.env", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ] } } }
For Server/Data Center deployments, use direct variable passing:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_PERSONAL_TOKEN", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY", "-e", "JIRA_URL", "-e", "JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN", "-e", "JIRA_SSL_VERIFY", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://confluence.your-company.com", "CONFLUENCE_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "your_confluence_pat", "CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY": "false", "JIRA_URL": "https://jira.your-company.com", "JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "your_jira_pat", "JIRA_SSL_VERIFY": "false" } } } }
[!NOTE] Set
CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY
andJIRA_SSL_VERIFY
to "false" only if you have self-signed certificates.
This example shows how to configure mcp-atlassian
in your IDE (like Cursor or Claude Desktop) when using OAuth 2.0 for Atlassian Cloud. Ensure you have completed the OAuth setup wizard first.
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-v", "<path_to_your_home>/.mcp-atlassian:/home/app/.mcp-atlassian", "-e", "JIRA_URL", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL", "-e", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID", "-e", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET", "-e", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI", "-e", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_SCOPE", "-e", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLOUD_ID", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest", ], "env": { "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net", "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_OAUTH_APP_CLIENT_ID", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_OAUTH_APP_CLIENT_SECRET", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI": "http://localhost:8080/callback", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_SCOPE": "read:jira-work write:jira-work read:confluence-content.all write:confluence-content offline_access", "ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLOUD_ID": "YOUR_CLOUD_ID_FROM_SETUP_WIZARD" } } } }
[!NOTE]
ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLOUD_ID
is obtained from the--oauth-setup
wizard output.- Other
ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_*
variables are those you configured for your OAuth app in the Atlassian Developer Console (and used as input to the setup wizard).JIRA_URL
andCONFLUENCE_URL
for your Cloud instances are still required.
MCP Atlassian supports routing API requests through standard HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxies. Configure using environment variables:
HTTP_PROXY
, HTTPS_PROXY
, NO_PROXY
, SOCKS_PROXY
.JIRA_HTTPS_PROXY
, CONFLUENCE_NO_PROXY
).Add the relevant proxy variables to the args
(using -e
) and env
sections of your MCP configuration:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "... existing Confluence/Jira vars", "-e", "HTTP_PROXY", "-e", "HTTPS_PROXY", "-e", "NO_PROXY", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "... existing Confluence/Jira vars": "...", "HTTP_PROXY": "http://proxy.internal:8080", "HTTPS_PROXY": "http://proxy.internal:8080", "NO_PROXY": "localhost,.your-company.com" } } } }
Credentials in proxy URLs are masked in logs. If you set NO_PROXY
, it will be respected for requests to matching hosts.
For Confluence Cloud only:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki", "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME": "[email protected]", "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token" } } } }
For Confluence Server/DC, use:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL", "-e", "CONFLUENCE_PERSONAL_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://confluence.your-company.com", "CONFLUENCE_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "your_personal_token" } } } }
For Jira Cloud only:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "JIRA_URL", "-e", "JIRA_USERNAME", "-e", "JIRA_API_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net", "JIRA_USERNAME": "[email protected]", "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token" } } } }
For Jira Server/DC, use:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "JIRA_URL", "-e", "JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest" ], "env": { "JIRA_URL": "https://jira.your-company.com", "JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "your_personal_token" } } } }
Instead of using stdio
, you can run the server as a persistent HTTP service using either:
sse
(Server-Sent Events) transport at /sse
endpointstreamable-http
transport at /mcp
endpointBoth transport types support single-user and multi-user authentication:
Authentication Options:
Start the server with your chosen transport:
# For SSE transport docker run --rm -p 9000:9000 \ --env-file /path/to/your/.env \ ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest \ --transport sse --port 9000 -vv # OR for streamable-http transport docker run --rm -p 9000:9000 \ --env-file /path/to/your/.env \ ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest \ --transport streamable-http --port 9000 -vv
Configure your IDE (single-user example):
SSE Transport Example:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian-http": { "url": "http://localhost:9000/sse" } } }
Streamable-HTTP Transport Example:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian-service": { "url": "http://localhost:9000/mcp" } } }
Here's a complete example of setting up multi-user authentication with streamable-HTTP transport:
First, run the OAuth setup wizard to configure the server's OAuth credentials:
docker run --rm -i \ -p 8080:8080 \ -v "${HOME}/.mcp-atlassian:/home/app/.mcp-atlassian" \ ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest --oauth-setup -v
Start the server with streamable-HTTP transport:
docker run --rm -p 9000:9000 \ --env-file /path/to/your/.env \ ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest \ --transport streamable-http --port 9000 -vv
Configure your IDE's MCP settings:
Choose the appropriate Authorization method for your Atlassian deployment:
Cloud (OAuth 2.0) Example:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian-service": { "url": "http://localhost:9000/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <USER_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN>" } } } }
Server/Data Center (PAT) Example:
{ "mcpServers": { "mcp-atlassian-service": { "url": "http://localhost:9000/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Token <USER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>" } } } }
.env
:
JIRA_URL=https://your-company.atlassian.net CONFLUENCE_URL=https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=your_oauth_app_client_id ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=your_oauth_app_client_secret ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:8080/callback ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_SCOPE=read:jira-work write:jira-work read:confluence-content.all write:confluence-content offline_access ATLASSIAN_OAUTH_CLOUD_ID=your_cloud_id_from_setup_wizard
[!NOTE]
- The server should have its own fallback authentication configured (e.g., via environment variables for API token, PAT, or its own OAuth setup using --oauth-setup). This is used if a request doesn't include user-specific authentication.
- OAuth: Each user needs their own OAuth access token from your Atlassian OAuth app.
- PAT: Each user provides their own Personal Access Token.
- The server will use the user's token for API calls when provided, falling back to server auth if not
- User tokens should have appropriate scopes for their needed operations
jira_get_issue
: Get details of a specific issuejira_search
: Search issues using JQLjira_create_issue
: Create a new issuejira_update_issue
: Update an existing issuejira_transition_issue
: Transition an issue to a new statusjira_add_comment
: Add a comment to an issueconfluence_search
: Search Confluence content using CQLconfluence_get_page
: Get content of a specific pageconfluence_create_page
: Create a new pageconfluence_update_page
: Update an existing pageOperation | Jira Tools | Confluence Tools |
---|---|---|
Read | jira_search | confluence_search |
jira_get_issue | confluence_get_page | |
jira_get_all_projects | confluence_get_page_children | |
jira_get_project_issues | confluence_get_comments | |
jira_get_worklog | confluence_get_labels | |
jira_get_transitions | confluence_search_user | |
jira_search_fields | ||
jira_get_agile_boards | ||
jira_get_board_issues | ||
jira_get_sprints_from_board | ||
jira_get_sprint_issues | ||
jira_get_issue_link_types | ||
jira_batch_get_changelogs * | ||
jira_get_user_profile | ||
jira_download_attachments | ||
jira_get_project_versions | ||
Write | jira_create_issue | confluence_create_page |
jira_update_issue | confluence_update_page | |
jira_delete_issue | confluence_delete_page | |
jira_batch_create_issues | confluence_add_label | |
jira_add_comment | confluence_add_comment | |
jira_transition_issue | ||
jira_add_worklog | ||
jira_link_to_epic | ||
jira_create_sprint | ||
jira_update_sprint | ||
jira_create_issue_link | ||
jira_remove_issue_link | ||
jira_create_version | ||
jira_batch_create_versions |
*Tool only available on Jira Cloud
The server provides two ways to control tool access:
Tool Filtering: Use --enabled-tools
flag or ENABLED_TOOLS
environment variable to specify which tools should be available:
# Via environment variable ENABLED_TOOLS="confluence_search,jira_get_issue,jira_search" # Or via command line flag docker run ... --enabled-tools "confluence_search,jira_get_issue,jira_search" ...
Read/Write Control: Tools are categorized as read or write operations. When READ_ONLY_MODE
is enabled, only read operations are available regardless of ENABLED_TOOLS
setting.
CONFLUENCE_USERNAME
and CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN
(where token is your password)CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY=false
or JIRA_SSL_VERIFY=false
# Using MCP Inspector for testing npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx mcp-atlassian ... # For local development version npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/your/mcp-atlassian run mcp-atlassian ... # View logs # macOS tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log # Windows type %APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp*.log | more
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