# Connect Jira with Unblocked to link tickets to the code behind them URL: https://getunblocked.com/integrations/jira/ Unblocked integrates with Jira to give AI coding agents and developers cited context from your projects and issues — connected to the code, pull requests, and discussions behind them. --- ## Jira integration details - **Category:** Issue trackers - **Indexed data:** issues, projects, sprints - **Supported products:** Jira Cloud · Jira Data Center - **Works with:** Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Codex, VS Code — via one MCP server connection - **Content reviewed:** July 20, 2026 - **Documentation:** - **Website:** ## What the Jira integration adds Jira issues capture requirements, implementation constraints, status changes, and discussion around planned work. Unblocked connects that delivery record to the resulting code and pull requests, helping an agent distinguish the original request from the decision that ultimately shipped. Jira context is reconciled with your code, pull requests, and docs, so an agent can trace a feature or bug from the ticket that requested it to the code that shipped it — with the reasoning in between. Once connected, any MCP-compatible coding agent — Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Codex — can pull this context through a single Unblocked MCP server connection. ### What you get - **Issues and projects as context** — Unblocked indexes the issues, projects, and discussions from the projects you select and cites the issue it used. - **Ticket-to-code tracing** — Jira issues are linked to the pull requests and code that address them, so agents can follow a feature or bug end to end. - **Identity sync with an admin install** — A Jira admin install lets Unblocked sync identities, so Data Shield can enforce per-user permissions without each user connecting manually. - **Cross-source synthesis** — Jira issues are combined with your code, pull requests, Confluence docs, and Slack threads into a single knowledge graph. ## How to connect Jira to Unblocked Prerequisites: - An Unblocked account (free to start). - A Jira account. A Jira admin is recommended — required to install the Unblocked for Jira app and to sync identities when Data Shield is enabled. - An MCP-compatible coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) to use the context in your editor. ### Step 1: Connect Jira to Unblocked 1. In Unblocked, go to Settings → Data Sources, click Connect Another, and under Issues select Jira. 2. Authorize your Jira account with Unblocked. 3. If you are a Jira admin, install the Unblocked for Jira app, then click Verify Installation. 4. Select the projects to index (all, or a subset) and click Save Settings. See the complete setup guide, screenshots, and troubleshooting: ### Step 2: Install the Unblocked MCP server On macOS, one command auto-detects and configures your supported agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Codex, VS Code): ```bash curl -fsSL https://getunblocked.com/install-mcp.sh | bash ``` The install script supports macOS only. On Windows or Linux, add the server manually using the configuration below, or follow the manual install guide: Claude Code — add the remote server, then run /mcp in Claude Code, select unblocked, and log in via OAuth: ```bash claude mcp add -s user --transport http unblocked https://getunblocked.com/api/mcpsse ``` Cursor — open View: Open MCP Settings → Add Custom MCP, add the server, then click Connect to authenticate via OAuth: ```json { "mcpServers": { "unblocked": { "url": "https://getunblocked.com/api/mcpsse" } } } ``` Any MCP-compatible client (Windsurf, Codex, VS Code, Claude Desktop, and others) can connect to the remote server with OAuth: `https://getunblocked.com/api/mcpsse` ## Connect Jira to Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI agents To give Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or another MCP-compatible AI coding agent access to Jira context, connect Jira to Unblocked and add the single Unblocked MCP server to your agent. Unblocked acts as the MCP context layer for your Jira data, searching issues, projects, sprints alongside your other connected sources and returning cited results through these tools: - **`context_research`** — Multi-source research across your Jira projects and issues, plus your code, pull requests, and other connected sources. Returns a synthesized answer with citations back to the Jira issue it used. - **`context_get_urls`** — Fetches the full content behind a Jira issue URL your agent encounters — plus GitHub, Linear, Confluence, Notion, Slack, and more. - **`research_task`** — Investigates a broader question across your Jira issues, code, pull requests, docs, and Slack together, synthesizing a research brief instead of a single citation — useful when you don’t know which ticket to start from. ## Questions to ask an AI agent about Jira Questions you (or your agent) can ask Unblocked about your Jira data: - "Which tickets are linked to the payment-refactor work?" - "What are the acceptance criteria for PROJ-123?" - "What was the reasoning behind closing the caching epic?" - "Which open issues are blocking the next release?" ## Related integrations - [Linear](https://getunblocked.com/integrations/linear/) — Issues from the Linear teams you select, indexed so answers can trace a feature or bug from ticket to the code that shipped it. - [Asana](https://getunblocked.com/integrations/asana/) — Projects, tasks, and comments from your Asana workspaces, surfaced as cited context with their project names attached. - [Confluence](https://getunblocked.com/integrations/confluence/) — Pages and blog posts from the Confluence spaces you select — including rendered macro content — indexed and cited in answers. - [GitHub](https://getunblocked.com/integrations/github/) — Repositories, pull requests, issues, discussions, and full code history — indexed, kept in sync on every push, and cited in answers. ## Get started with Unblocked - Start a free trial: - Pricing: - Documentation: - All integrations: