Jira Cli

A solid wrapper around ankitpokhrel's jira-cli that lets Claude manage your Jira workflow without leaving the terminal. You can create and transition issues, log work, manage sprints, and run JQL queries through natural language. The skill shines in daily standup prep and repetitive issue management, like bulk assigning tickets or moving a batch through your workflow states. It requires the CLI tool installed and a JIRA_API_TOKEN set up front, which is standard but worth noting. The plain text output modes make it genuinely useful for scripting repetitive project management tasks instead of clicking through the web UI fifty times.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add code-and-sorts/awesome-copilot-agents --skill jira-cli --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Jira CLI

Interact with Atlassian Jira from the command line using jira-cli.

When to Use

User asks to create, view, edit, or search Jira issues/tickets
User needs to transition issues through workflow states (To Do → In Progress → Done)
User wants to manage sprints, epics, or boards
User needs to assign issues, add comments, or log work time
User asks about their current tasks or sprint progress

Prerequisites

Install jira-cli: brew install ankitpokhrel/jira-cli/jira-cli (macOS) or download from releases
Set API token: export JIRA_API_TOKEN="your-token"
Initialize: jira init and follow prompts

Issue Commands

List Issues

# List issues in current project
jira issue list

# List my assigned issues
jira issue list -a$(jira me)

# List issues by status
jira issue list -s"In Progress"

# List high priority issues
jira issue list -yHigh

# List issues with multiple filters
jira issue list -a$(jira me) -s"To Do" -yHigh --created week

# List issues with raw JQL
jira issue list -q "project = PROJ AND status = 'In Progress'"

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