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mcp jira stdio for VS Code

io.github.freema/mcp-jira-stdio

MCP server for Jira Cloud — issues, search, comments, attachments, transitions.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mcp jira stdio in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jira-base-url",
      "description": "JIRA_BASE_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jira-email",
      "description": "JIRA_EMAIL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "jira-api-token",
      "description": "JIRA_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-redact-sensitive",
      "description": "MCP_REDACT_SENSITIVE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "log-level",
      "description": "LOG_LEVEL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-jira-stdio": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-jira-stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "${input:jira-base-url}",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "${input:jira-email}",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "${input:jira-api-token}",
        "MCP_REDACT_SENSITIVE": "${input:mcp-redact-sensitive}",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "${input:log-level}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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