# MCP Atlassian (community)

> A community MCP server for Jira and Confluence that supports both Cloud and Server/Data Center.

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 5,931
- **Language:** Python
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** 3 days ago (Sep 19, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://mcp-atlassian.soomiles.com
- **Source code:** https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/mcp-atlassian
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## Best for
Teams on Jira or Confluence Data Center, which Atlassian's official remote server does not cover.

## About MCP Atlassian (community)
MCP Atlassian is a community MCP server for Confluence and Jira. Unlike Atlassian's official server, which covers Atlassian Cloud, it supports both Cloud and self-managed Server/Data Center deployments, authenticating with API tokens or personal access tokens, and lets assistants search, read, create and update issues and pages.

## Connect to an MCP client
Launch command from the project's README: `JIRA_URL=https://your-company.atlassian.net JIRA_USERNAME=<email> JIRA_API_TOKEN=<token> uvx mcp-atlassian`

### Claude Code (Run in your terminal)

```shell
claude mcp add mcp-atlassian -e JIRA_URL=https://your-company.atlassian.net -e 'JIRA_USERNAME=<email>' -e 'JIRA_API_TOKEN=<token>' -- uvx mcp-atlassian
```

### Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-atlassian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-atlassian"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_USERNAME": "<email>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-atlassian": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-atlassian"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_USERNAME": "<email>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-atlassian": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-atlassian"],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_USERNAME": "<email>",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "<token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

```toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-atlassian]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-atlassian"]
env = { JIRA_URL = "https://your-company.atlassian.net", JIRA_USERNAME = "<email>", JIRA_API_TOKEN = "<token>" }
```

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