Jira Writer

yunidbauza/claude-kit

Updated August 4, 2026
yunidbauza/claude-kit

jira-writer is a Claude Code skill in the AI & Agent Building category. Read, search, create, and update Jira Cloud tickets — fetch issue details, search with JQL, list projects, look up users, and write rich content with automatic Mermaid diagram embedding

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jira-writer
AI & Agent Building
AI-coding skill

Jira Writer by the numbers

Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

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/plugin install jira-writer@claude-kit

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Last updated	August 4, 2026
Repository	yunidbauza/claude-kit ↗

What it does

Read, search, create, and update Jira Cloud tickets — fetch issue details, search with JQL, list projects, look up users, and write rich content with automatic Mermaid diagram embedding

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Jira Writer Plugin

Create and update Jira Cloud tickets with rich content, including automatic Mermaid diagram embedding and interactive checkboxes.

Prerequisites

Dependency	Purpose	Required
`JIRA_DOMAIN`	Your Jira Cloud domain	Yes
`JIRA_API_KEY`	REST API auth (`email:token`)	Yes
Atlassian MCP	Fallback when REST fails	No (optional)
`mmdc`	Mermaid CLI for diagrams	For diagrams only

Setup

# Required
export JIRA_DOMAIN="company.atlassian.net"
export JIRA_API_KEY="your-email@company.com:your-api-token"

# Optional: for Mermaid diagrams
npm install -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli

Get your API token at: https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

Verify Installation

# Test connection
./skills/jira-writer/scripts/test-jira-connection.sh

# Check all prerequisites
./skills/jira-writer/scripts/check-prerequisites.sh

Features

Create and update Jira issues
Rich formatting (headings, bold, italic, links, code blocks, tables)
Interactive checkboxes (- [ ] and - [x])
Auto-convert Mermaid diagrams to embedded images
Markdown file import
REST API primary with MCP fallback

Usage

The skill activates when you:

Ask to create or update a Jira ticket
Provide content with Mermaid diagrams
Reference a markdown file for ticket content

Examples

"Create a ticket for the authentication feature"
"Update PROJ-123 with this description"
"Add a sequence diagram showing the auth flow to PROJ-456"

Scripts

Script	Purpose
`test-jira-connection.sh`	Test API connectivity
`check-prerequisites.sh`	Verify dependencies
`jira-api-wrapper.sh`	Unified API interface
`jira-rest-api.sh`	Core REST API functions
`jira-mermaid-upload.sh`	Upload single diagram
`jira-mermaid-batch-upload.sh`	Upload multiple diagrams