Jira

by softaworks

Jira is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by softaworks in agent-toolkit.

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Install Jira

Copy Jira into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit/tree/main/skills/jira ~/.claude/skills/jira

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/jira/SKILL.md in softaworks/agent-toolkit
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/jira
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Jira does

Jira enables natural language interaction with Jira issues, sprints, and workflows, supporting both CLI and MCP backends. Use it when users mention issue keys (e.g., PROJ-123), ask about tickets, create/view/update issues, check sprint status, or manage Jira workflows.

Jira is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Jira comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai, automation, claude and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Jira

Natural language interaction with Jira. Supports multiple backends.

Backend Detection

Run this check first to determine which backend to use:

1. Check if jira CLI is available:
   → Run: which jira
   → If found: USE CLI BACKEND

2. If no CLI, check for Atlassian MCP:
   → Look for mcp__atlassian__* tools
   → If available: USE MCP BACKEND

3. If neither available:
   → GUIDE USER TO SETUP

Backend	When to Use	Reference
CLI	`jira` command available	`references/commands.md`
MCP	Atlassian MCP tools available	`references/mcp.md`
None	Neither available	Guide to install CLI

Quick Reference (CLI)

Skip this section if using MCP backend.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Jira

What else does softaworks publish alongside Jira?
Jira is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from softaworks/agent-toolkit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include 10x Mode, Add Skill and Agent MD Refactor. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Jira does, and is maintained by softaworks in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the softaworks/agent-toolkit page.
How does Jira compare to other Automation skills?
Jira ranks #468 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Jira against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.