Jira

Jira Issue links API

This resource represents links between issues. Use it to get, create, and delete links between issues. To use it, the site must have [issue linking](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/yoXKM) enabled.

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Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /rest/api/3/issueLink Link two issues together · Create issue link #
Ask an LLM
“How do I mark one issue as blocking another?”
“Can I add a comment when linking two issues?”
Tell an agent
Link issue {outwardIssue} to {inwardIssue} with link type {type}.
Create a {type} link from {outwardIssue} to {inwardIssue} and comment {comment}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
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Authentication
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
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APIReference
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issues/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jira/refs/heads/main/openapi/jira-issue-links-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

jira-issue-links-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: ecosystem@atlassian.com
  description: Jira Cloud platform REST API documentation
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  termsOfService: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/atlassian-developer-terms/
  title: Jira Cloud platform REST Issue links API
  version: 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-82b018affa468e58f284fbe4df33536469d757df
servers:
- url: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
tags:


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