What is jira-mcp-server CLAUDE.md?

Instructions for running and testing a Python server that connects an AI assistant to Jira, a tool for tracking project issues and work. The server uses Jira's API and requires a Jira server address and API token.

Use it to search Jira issues, view issue details and related work, and add comments. It is also for running the server and checking it with the included test suite.

It gives developers the commands and project context needed to start the server, install its packages, and run its tests. It also explains the available Jira operations without requiring them to inspect the repository first.

How rajsodhi-2/jira-mcp-server configures Claude Code

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Per session 3,744 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 3,744 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

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What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.03744	$0.03744
Opus 5.5	$0.01498	$0.01498
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00749	$0.00749
Haiku 4.5	$0.00374	$0.00374

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 30dbad0c71a3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

jira-mcp-server CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

@patch('jira_mcp_tool.requests.get')

CLAUDE.md · 436 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 436 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Claude AI to interact with any JIRA instance for project management and issue tracking. Built with FastMCP framework.

Key Commands

Running the Server

# Standard method (requires JIRA_API_TOKEN and JIRA_SERVER_URL env vars)
python jira_mcp_server.py

# Using batch script (Windows)
start_jira_server.bat

Running Tests

# Using unittest (built-in, no dependencies)
python -m unittest test_jira_mcp_tool.py -v

# Using pytest (if installed)
python -m pytest test_jira_mcp_tool.py -v

Installing Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Key dependencies: fastmcp==0.4.1, mcp==1.5.0, requests==2.32.3

Architecture

MCP Tools (Public API)

search_jira_issues() - JQL-based search with optional comments, returns rank and team. Supports team_filter for client-side filtering by team name.
get_jira_issue_details() - Single issue with subtasks, linked issues, comments, rank and team
add_jira_comment() - Add a comment to an issue (uses JIRA wiki markup)
edit_jira_comment() - Edit an existing comment on an issue
update_jira_issue() - Update issue fields (summary, description, priority, assignee, labels, fix_versions, team)
rank_jira_issues() - Rank issues before/after a reference issue using JIRA's Agile ranking API
reorder_jira_issues() - Convenience function to reorder multiple issues into a specific sequence

JQL Team Filtering Limitation

JIRA's Team field is an object type that cannot be filtered by display name in JQL queries. Queries like Team = "Team Name" or Team ~ "partial" will return 0 results.

Solution: Use the team_filter parameter in search_jira_issues() for client-side filtering:

# Instead of JQL: Team = "Platform Team" (doesn't work)
search_jira_issues(
    jql_query="project = MYPROJECT AND status != Closed",
    max_results=25,
    team_filter="Platform"  # Case-insensitive partial match
)

Read the full file on GitHub · 436 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

2mo ago First seen · 436 lines · 3,744 tokens per session scan A 30dbad0c71a3

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jira-mcp-server CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository rajsodhi-2/jira-mcp-server (0 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,744 tokens to every session, about $0.0150 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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