Jira

Jira Project permission schemes API

This resource represents permission schemes for a project. Use this resource to: * get details of a project's issue security levels available to the calling user. * get the permission scheme associated with the project or assign different permission scheme to the project. * get details of a project's issue security scheme. See [Managing project permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/yodKLg) for more information about permission schemes.

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Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 4

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

GET /rest/api/3/project/{projectKeyOrId}/issuesecuritylevelscheme Get a project's issue security scheme · Get project issue security scheme #
Ask an LLM
“Which issue security scheme is attached to my project?”
“Does this project use an issue security scheme at all?”
Tell an agent
Get the issue security scheme for project {projectKeyOrId}.
Show which issue security scheme project {projectKeyOrId} uses.
GET /rest/api/3/project/{projectKeyOrId}/permissionscheme Get the permission scheme a project uses · Get assigned permission scheme #
Ask an LLM
“What permission scheme is my project using?”
“Can I see the permission grants in a project's scheme?”
Tell an agent
Get the permission scheme assigned to project {projectKeyOrId}.
Show project {projectKeyOrId}'s permission scheme expanded with {expand}.
PUT /rest/api/3/project/{projectKeyOrId}/permissionscheme Assign a permission scheme to a project · Assign permission scheme #
Ask an LLM
“How do I switch a project to a different permission scheme?”
“Can I apply an existing permission scheme to a new project?”
Tell an agent
Assign permission scheme {id} to project {projectKeyOrId}.
Make project {projectKeyOrId} use permission scheme {id}.
GET /rest/api/3/project/{projectKeyOrId}/securitylevel List a project's issue security levels · Get project issue security levels #
Ask an LLM
“What security levels can I set on issues in this project?”
“Which issue security levels do I have access to in a project?”
Tell an agent
List the issue security levels for project {projectKeyOrId}.
Show the security levels I can use in {projectKeyOrId}.

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 Specification

jira-project-permission-schemes-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 Project permission schemes API
  version: 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-82b018affa468e58f284fbe4df33536469d757df
servers:
- url: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
tags:


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