jira-cli — Jira Issue Tracker from the Terminal

Interact with Atlassian Jira Cloud via the REST API v3. Search issues, view details, create issues, add comments, 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"
export JIRA_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"
export JIRA_SERVER="https://your-domain.atlassian.net"  # defaults to this format

--help and --dry-run work without credentials.

Essential Commands