jira — Jira Issue Tracker from the Terminal

Interact with Atlassian Jira Cloud via the REST API v3. Search issues, view details, create issues, add comments, count matches, list projects, and transition status.

Setup

1. Generate an API token at id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens
2. Set environment variables:

export JIRA_EMAIL="your-email@example.com"       # Atlassian account email
export JIRA_API_TOKEN="YOUR_API_TOKEN"           # from id.atlassian.com
export JIRA_SERVER="https://your-domain.atlassian.net"

Auth is HTTP Basic over base64(email:token) — your email address, never a password (passwords are deprecated for API use). Cloud has no Personal Access Tokens; Bearer PATs are Data Center only. Tokens now expire after at most one year. --help and --dry-run work without credentials.

Essential Commands