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Atlassian MCP Expert

Connects Jira and Confluence through MCP to query issues, manage pages, and automate sprint workflows.

AutomationIntermediate★ 11,827⑂ 1,138AI score 9/10Last updated: Oct 3, 2026

What it does

  • Guides you in picking an Atlassian MCP server (official cloud, open-source, or self-hosted) and writing the config JSON.
  • Helps author JQL (Jira) and CQL (Confluence) queries, validating with a maxResults=1 probe first.
  • Covers OAuth 2.1, API token, and PAT authentication plus documenting required permission scopes.
  • Enforces resilient implementation rules: exponential backoff on rate limits, pagination (50–100 items), error recovery, audit logging.
  • Adds safety guardrails: never hardcode tokens, confirm before any write or bulk op on production data.

Who it's for

  • Dev teams, PMs, and tech leads living in Jira/Confluence.
  • Anyone automating issue triage, backlog grooming, or sprint reporting.
  • Engineers debugging Atlassian API integrations or wiring up an MCP server for the first time.

Examples

  1. "Show my in-progress issues in the current sprint by priority" → generates JQL, probes it, then runs the full query.
  2. Turn meeting notes into a Confluence page and bulk-create Jira tickets for action items, with a confirmation step.
  3. Search the ENG space with CQL for pages containing "deployment runbook", sorted by last modified.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills.git /tmp/claude-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/skills/atlassian-mcp ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-skills/skills/atlassian-mcp ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Create API tokens in your Atlassian account settings and export them: export JIRA_API_TOKEN=... and export CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN=...
  6. Add the sample MCP config from SKILL.md (npx -y @sooperset/mcp-atlassian) to your MCP settings file.
  7. Restart Claude Code and try "list my open Jira issues" to confirm it works.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT