Atlassian + MCP

Control Jira/Confluence in your code editor using MCP.

Requirements

• Cursor
• Docker/Orbstack
• Atlassian account (Jira/Confluence)

Setup

1. Get API token.

Create an API token at https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

2. Create .env file

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your credentials.

3. Update mcp.json path

Edit .cursor/mcp.json and set the absolute path to your .env file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-atlassian": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--env-file",
        "./.env",
        "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

4. Enable MCP server in Cursor.

Open Cursor Settings > Tools & MCP > Enable mcp-atlassian.

5. Prompt like ninja.

"Search for open bugs in project MYPROJ"
"Get details of MYPROJ-123"
"Create a task in MYPROJ: Fix login bug"
"Find Confluence pages about API documentation"

Links

• mcp-atlassian
• Documentation