Atlassian Jira

Jira is a leading issue tracking and project management platform developed by Atlassian. It provides REST APIs for Jira Cloud Platform, Jira Software, and Jira Service Management enabling programmatic management of issues, projects, workflows, boards, sprints, users, and service desk requests with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

Atlassian Jira publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Fields API, Issue Comments API, Issue Search API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Agile, Atlassian, Bug Tracking, Issue Tracking, and ITSM.

Atlassian Jira’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 14 more developer resources.

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41.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

8 APIs 6 Features 5 Use Cases

Agile Atlassian Bug Tracking Issue Tracking ITSM Kanban Project Management Scrum Service Desk

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 41.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 12.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 8.1 / 20

Access Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Atlassian Jira Fields API

Read Jira field metadata.

Atlassian Jira Issue Comments API

Manage comments on issues.

Atlassian Jira Issue Search API

Search issues using JQL.

Atlassian Jira Issue Transitions API

List and perform workflow transitions.

Atlassian Jira Issue Worklogs API

Manage worklogs on issues.

Atlassian Jira Issues API

Create, read, update and delete Jira issues.

Atlassian Jira Projects API

Manage Jira projects.

Atlassian Jira Users API

Read user information.

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Open Collections 10

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Issue Comments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Issue Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Issue Transitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Issue Worklogs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Issues API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Atlassian Jira Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Atlassian Jira Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Atlassian Jira Finops

FINOPS

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Issue Management

Create, update, transition, and delete Jira issues with full support for custom fields, attachments, comments, and workflow transitions.

Project Management

Manage Jira projects including project categories, components, versions, and project-level configurations.

Board and Sprint Management

Create and manage Scrum boards, sprints, and Kanban boards for agile project planning and execution.

Service Desk

Manage service desk projects, request types, queues, and SLA data for IT service management workflows.

Workflow Configuration

Programmatically configure Jira workflows, statuses, transitions, and screen configurations.

Forge App Development

Build Jira apps using the Atlassian Forge platform with serverless functions and UI modules.

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Atlassian Jira Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Atlassian Jira Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Atlassian Jira Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Atlassian Jira Trust Center

FedRAMP

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Atlassian Jira Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Atlassian Jira Agentic Access

15 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Issue Automation

Automate issue creation, assignment, and transitions from CI/CD pipelines, monitoring alerts, and external systems.

Project Reporting

Extract issue data, sprint velocity, and project metrics for custom reporting and analytics dashboards.

ITSM Integration

Integrate Jira Service Management with external monitoring, CMDB, and ITSM tools for incident and change management.

DevOps Pipeline Integration

Link Jira issues to commits, branches, builds, and deployments from GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.

Custom Field Automation

Synchronize custom field data between Jira and external systems for portfolio tracking and compliance reporting.

Integrations 6

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Confluence

Link Jira projects and issues to Confluence spaces and pages for integrated project documentation.

Bitbucket

Connect Bitbucket repositories to Jira for branch, commit, and pull request linking.

GitHub

Integrate GitHub with Jira via the GitHub for Jira app for development activity tracking.

Slack

Receive Jira issue notifications and create issues directly from Slack using the Jira for Slack app.

Jenkins

Connect Jenkins build and deployment events to Jira issues via the Atlassian Jenkins plugin.

PagerDuty

Create Jira issues automatically from PagerDuty incidents for integrated incident management.

Solutions 3

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Agile Project Management

Manage software development with Scrum and Kanban boards, sprint planning, and backlog management.

IT Service Management

Provide enterprise ITSM with service catalogs, SLAs, queues, and approval workflows via Jira Service Management.

Business Process Tracking

Track any business process or workflow using customizable Jira projects and issue types for non-software teams.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

Support

Community

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: atlassian-jira
name: Atlassian Jira
description: 'Jira is a leading issue tracking and project management platform developed by Atlassian. It provides REST APIs
  for Jira Cloud Platform, Jira Software, and Jira Service Management enabling programmatic management of issues, projects,
  workflows, boards, sprints, users, and service desk requests with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

  '
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/atlassian-jira.png
tags:
- Agile
- Atlassian
- Bug Tracking
- Issue Tracking
- ITSM
- Kanban
- Project Management
- Scrum
- Service Desk
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/atlassian-jira/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-fields-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Fields API
  description: Read Jira field metadata.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Fields
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-fields-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-issue-comments-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Issue Comments API
  description: Manage comments on issues.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Issue Comments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-issue-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-issue-search-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Issue Search API
  description: Search issues using JQL.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Issue Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-issue-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-issue-transitions-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Issue Transitions API
  description: List and perform workflow transitions.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Issue Transitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-issue-transitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-issue-worklogs-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Issue Worklogs API
  description: Manage worklogs on issues.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Issue Worklogs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-issue-worklogs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-issues-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Issues API
  description: Create, read, update and delete Jira issues.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Issues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-issues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-projects-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Projects API
  description: Manage Jira projects.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- aid: atlassian-jira:atlassian-jira-users-api
  name: Atlassian Jira Users API
  description: Read user information.
  humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/atlassian-jira-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/atlassian-jira-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/atlassian-jira-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/atlassian-jira-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/atlassian-jira-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/atlassian-jira-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/atlassian-jira-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/atlassian-jira
- type: Website
  url: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/getting-started/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/oauth-2-3lo-apps/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.atlassian.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.atlassian.com/
- type: Community
  url: https://community.developer.atlassian.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/cloud-terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/atlassian
- type: Blog
  url: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rate-limiting/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Issue Management
    description: Create, update, transition, and delete Jira issues with full support for custom fields, attachments, comments,
      and workflow transitions.
  - name: Project Management
    description: Manage Jira projects including project categories, components, versions, and project-level configurations.
  - name: Board and Sprint Management
    description: Create and manage Scrum boards, sprints, and Kanban boards for agile project planning and execution.
  - name: Service Desk
    description: Manage service desk projects, request types, queues, and SLA data for IT service management workflows.
  - name: Workflow Configuration
    description: Programmatically configure Jira workflows, statuses, transitions, and screen configurations.
  - name: Forge App Development
    description: Build Jira apps using the Atlassian Forge platform with serverless functions and UI modules.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Issue Automation
    description: Automate issue creation, assignment, and transitions from CI/CD pipelines, monitoring alerts, and external
      systems.
  - name: Project Reporting
    description: Extract issue data, sprint velocity, and project metrics for custom reporting and analytics dashboards.
  - name: ITSM Integration
    description: Integrate Jira Service Management with external monitoring, CMDB, and ITSM tools for incident and change
      management.
  - name: DevOps Pipeline Integration
    description: Link Jira issues to commits, branches, builds, and deployments from GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.
  - name: Custom Field Automation
    description: Synchronize custom field data between Jira and external systems for portfolio tracking and compliance reporting.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Confluence
    description: Link Jira projects and issues to Confluence spaces and pages for integrated project documentation.
  - name: Bitbucket
    description: Connect Bitbucket repositories to Jira for branch, commit, and pull request linking.
  - name: GitHub
    description: Integrate GitHub with Jira via the GitHub for Jira app for development activity tracking.
  - name: Slack
    description: Receive Jira issue notifications and create issues directly from Slack using the Jira for Slack app.
  - name: Jenkins
    description: Connect Jenkins build and deployment events to Jira issues via the Atlassian Jenkins plugin.
  - name: PagerDuty
    description: Create Jira issues automatically from PagerDuty incidents for integrated incident management.
- type: Solutions
  data:
  - name: Agile Project Management
    description: Manage software development with Scrum and Kanban boards, sprint planning, and backlog management.
  - name: IT Service Management
    description: Provide enterprise ITSM with service catalogs, SLAs, queues, and approval workflows via Jira Service Management.
  - name: Business Process Tracking
    description: Track any business process or workflow using customizable Jira projects and issue types for non-software
      teams.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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