Jira Software

Jira is an enterprise agile project management tool providing scrum and kanban boards, customizable issue workflows, roadmaps, and automation rules for engineering teams.

When to Use

• Enterprise Agile Project Management: Sprint planning, backlog grooming, Kanban boards, and issue tracking.
• Automated Workflow Transitions via API: Transitioning issues and assigning tasks via Jira REST API v3.
• Advanced JQL (Jira Query Language): Querying issues across projects, sprints, releases, and epics.
• DevOps Toolchain Integration: Linking Jira tickets to GitHub PRs, Bitbucket commits, and deployment pipelines.

Quick Start

# Search issues via Jira REST API using JQL
curl -X GET "https://mycompany.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search?jql=project=PROJ+AND+status='In+Progress'+ORDER+BY+created+DESC" \
  -u "dev@example.com:$JIRA_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" | jq '.issues[] | {key, summary: .fields.summary}'