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mcp jira server for VS Code

io.github.edrich13/mcp-jira-server

MCP server for self-hosted Jira instance with Personal Access Token authentication

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Install mcp jira server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jira-base-url",
      "description": "JIRA_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jira-pat",
      "description": "JIRA_PAT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-jira-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "${input:jira-base-url}",
        "JIRA_PAT": "${input:jira-pat}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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