What it does

This MCP server integrates Claude with Atlassian Data Center instances of Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket. It exposes 31 tools for querying and modifying issues, projects, workflows, and related metadata. The server handles credential management through an interactive setup command that validates tokens before persisting them to macOS Keychain, Linux environment files, or Windows user-profile directories.

Who it's for

DevOps engineers and platform teams running Data Center instances who want to automate Jira workflows from Claude. Backend developers integrating issue triage or bulk data operations into AI-assisted processes without authoring custom API clients.

Common use cases

Query open issues in a project and summarize sprint status
Programmatically create or update issues based on AI analysis of external data or logs
Search and filter issues using natural-language constraints
Transition issues through approval workflows based on analyzed conditions
Generate aggregated reports from Jira fields

Setup pitfalls

This server stores 8 secrets including API tokens and host URLs. Keep credential files private; use the interactive setup command to validate tokens before saving.
Non-interactive mode (--non-interactive) exits with code 1 if credentials cannot be resolved from environment variables, Keychain, or existing config files, rather than prompting interactively.
On macOS, token retrieval shells out to /usr/bin/security once at startup (result is cached); verify Keychain access is permitted and the command is available.
If ATLASSIAN_DC_MCP_CONFIG_FILE is set, it must be an absolute path; a missing file causes immediate startup failure.

Tool name

Description

Destructive?

jira_searchIssues

✓ no

jira_getIssue

✓ no

jira_getIssueComments

✓ no

jira_createIssue

✓ no

jira_updateIssue

✓ no

jira_postIssueComment		✓ no
jira_getTransitions		✓ no
jira_transitionIssue		✓ no
bitbucket_getProjects		✓ no
bitbucket_getProject		✓ no
bitbucket_getRepositories		✓ no
bitbucket_getRepository		✓ no
bitbucket_getCommits		✓ no
bitbucket_getPullRequests		✓ no
bitbucket_getPullRequest		✓ no
bitbucket_getPR_CommentsAndAction		✓ no
bitbucket_getPullRequestChanges		✓ no
bitbucket_getUser		✓ no
bitbucket_postPullRequestComment		✓ no
bitbucket_submitPullRequestReview		✓ no
bitbucket_getPullRequestDiff		✓ no
bitbucket_createPullRequest		✓ no
bitbucket_updatePullRequest		✓ no
bitbucket_getRequiredReviewers		✓ no
bitbucket_getInboxPullRequests		✓ no
bitbucket_getDashboardPullRequests		✓ no
confluence_getContent		✓ no
confluence_searchContent		✓ no
confluence_createContent		✓ no
confluence_updateContent		✓ no
confluence_searchSpace		✓ no

@atlassian-dc-mcp/jira

What it does

Who it's for

Common use cases

Setup pitfalls