jira-validate-blockers

jira-validate-blockers is a skill for Claude Code from openshift-eng/ai-helpers. It costs 14 tokens per session (3,529 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A procedure for evaluating proposed JIRA release blockers. JIRA is a system for tracking work and bugs; this procedure reads blocker issues, checks them against OpenShift release rules, and recommends approval, rejection, or discussion.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review all proposed blockers for a target release, filter them by component, or validate one specific bug using JIRA data.
Why use it?
It gives release managers a repeatable way to judge whether an issue should delay a release. It reduces reliance on informal judgments or inconsistent checks.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: positional $N argument.

Part of the jira plugin — 13 skills, 17 commands shipped together

Good fit Use it to review all proposed blockers for a target release, filter them by component, or validate one specific bug using JIRA data.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/openshift-eng/ai-helpers/jira-validate-blockers
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add openshift-eng/ai-helpers --skill jira-validate-blockers
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openshift-eng/ai-helpers

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install jira, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 13 skills, 17 commands.

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Per session 14 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,529 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00014 $0.03529
Opus 5.5 $0.00006 $0.01412
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00706
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00353

Measured 1mo ago against content hash dc8fe21289c7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

jira-validate-blockers scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 1mo 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/jira/skills/jira-validate-blockers/SKILL.md · 319 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 319 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

JIRA Release Blocker Validator - Implementation Guide

This skill provides detailed implementation guidance for the /jira:validate-blockers command, which helps release managers make data-driven blocker approval/rejection decisions.

When to Use This Skill

This skill is invoked automatically when the /jira:validate-blockers command is executed. It provides step-by-step implementation details for:

  • Querying JIRA for proposed release blockers (Release Blocker = Proposed)
  • Scoring blockers against Red Hat OpenShift release blocker criteria
  • Generating APPROVE/REJECT/DISCUSS recommendations

Prerequisites

  • Jira MCP server must be configured (see plugin README)
  • MCP Jira tools available (Atlassian Rovo MCP)
  • Read-only access to JIRA APIs (no credentials required for public Red Hat JIRA issues)
  • For single bug mode: bug must be accessible and exist

Detailed Implementation Steps

Phase 1: Parse Arguments

Parse command-line arguments:

  • Extract target version from $1 (optional, format: X.Y like "4.21")
  • Extract component filter from $2 (optional, supports comma-separated values)
  • Extract --bug flag value (optional, for single bug validation mode)

Project:

  • Hardcoded to "OCPBUGS" project

Validate inputs:

  • If neither --bug nor target-version is provided, error out with message: "Error: Either target-version or --bug must be provided. Usage: /jira:validate-blockers [target-version] [component-filter] [--bug issue-key]"
  • If target version provided, verify it matches pattern X.Y (e.g., "4.21", "4.22")
  • If component filter provided without target version and without --bug, error out

Phase 2: Build JQL Query for Proposed Blockers

Determine query mode:

  1. Single bug mode (if --bug is provided):

    • Skip JQL query construction
    • Use getJiraIssue to fetch the single bug
    • Target version and component filter are ignored in this mode
    • Proceed to analysis with single bug only
  2. Version + component mode (if both target version and component are provided):

    • Build JQL query for proposed blockers matching target version and component filter
    • Continue with query construction below

Read the full file on GitHub · 319 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.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 319 lines · 14 tokens per session scan A dc8fe21289c7

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jira-validate-blockers is a skill published in the GitHub repository openshift-eng/ai-helpers (121 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 14 tokens to every session and 3,529 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-05.

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