# Atlassian Jira

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/atlassian-jira/  
**Website:** https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira  
**APIs profiled:** 8

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.

## Kin Score — 41.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 48.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Atlassian Jira Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 7 acting

## Security (4)

- **Atlassian Jira Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Atlassian Jira Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Atlassian Jira Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Atlassian Jira Trust Center** — FedRAMP

## Plans (1)

- **Atlassian Jira Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **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.

## Tags

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

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/atlassian-jira/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.