What it does
Jira and Confluence are Atlassian's tools for tracking work and sharing documents. MCP Atlassian is an MCP server, a standard plug-in that gives AI assistants new abilities, which connects them to these tools.
Once set up in Claude Desktop, Cursor or a similar app, you can ask things like "find issues assigned to me" or "create a bug ticket for the login issue" and the assistant does it.
It works with both the cloud and self-hosted versions of Jira and Confluence. You need an Atlassian access token.
Who it's for
Teams that use Jira or Confluence and want their AI assistant to work with them directly.
Can I use it without coding?
With some setup. You edit your AI app's settings and add your Atlassian details and token. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
- Runs on
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Computer
- An ordinary computer is fine
- Privacy
- Sends what you give it to an online service
- API key
- Needed. An API key is a password-like code from an online AI service. What's that?
Try it
- Create an API token in your Atlassian account settings.
- Add MCP Atlassian to your AI app's MCP settings with your Jira and Confluence addresses and the token.
- Ask your assistant to find or update your Jira issues.
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
- License (MIT): Very permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
- Keep your API key private. Never paste it into websites or share it, and set a spending limit with the AI service.
- What you type or upload is sent to an online service. Avoid sharing private or sensitive information.
- More on staying safe