jira

Manage Jira issues using `jira` CLI — search, create, view, comment, and transition issues without leaving the terminal.

<quick_start> For simple queries, use jira directly. See cli-reference.md.

jira issue list --plain                                        # List issues
jira issue view PROJ-123 --comments 5 --plain                  # View with comments
jira issue create -pPROJ -tTask -s"Summary" --no-input <<< "Description"  # Create
jira issue move PROJ-123 "In Progress" --no-input              # Transition
echo "Comment" | jira issue comment add PROJ-123 --no-input    # Comment
jira issue assign PROJ-123 "Jane Smith"                        # Assign (full name!)

</quick_start>

<reference_guides>

• getting-started.md — Installation, auth, and project configuration
• cli-reference.md — Command patterns and flags
• jql-patterns.md — Common JQL queries by use case

</reference_guides>

• Always use --plain for non-interactive output (without it, jira-cli opens a TUI)
• Always use --no-input for create/edit commands (prevents interactive prompts)
• Assignee is full display name, not email — jira me returns login only; find display name from any assigned issue via jira issue view PROJ-123 --raw | jq -r '.fields.assignee.displayName'
• != in JQL can break — interactive shells may interpret ! in double quotes as history expansion; use single quotes or prefer not in (Done)
• No ORDER BY in JQL — jira-cli does not support it, omit the clause
• Check for stored project defaults before asking the user — see getting-started.md
• Pipe body content via heredoc or echo — don't rely on the -b flag for multi-line text
• Include --comments N when viewing issues — comments often contain the most relevant context

<success_criteria> Jira operations are successful when:

• Commands execute without authentication errors
• Issues are created with all required fields populated
• JQL queries return expected results
• Project settings are persisted for reuse across sessions </success_criteria>