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Atlassian Cloud MCP server

Access Confluence pages and Jira issues via Atlassian API.
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Provider
sooperset
Release date
Dec 03, 2024
Language
Python
Package
pypi
Stats
373.4K downloads
2.2K stars
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MCP Atlassian provides integration between AI assistants and Atlassian products like Confluence and Jira, allowing you to search, create, and update content through natural language requests. It supports both Cloud and Server/Data Center deployments.

Installation

Authentication Setup

MCP Atlassian supports three authentication methods:

API Token Authentication (Cloud) - Recommended

  1. Go to https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens
  2. Click Create API token, name it
  3. Copy the token immediately

Personal Access Token (Server/Data Center)

  1. Go to your profile (avatar) → Profile → Personal Access Tokens
  2. Click Create token, name it, set expiry
  3. Copy the token immediately

OAuth 2.0 Authentication (Cloud) - Advanced

  1. Go to Atlassian Developer Console
  2. Create an "OAuth 2.0 (3LO) integration" app
  3. Configure Permissions (scopes) for Jira/Confluence
  4. Set Callback URL (e.g., http://localhost:8080/callback)
  5. Run setup wizard: 
    docker run --rm -i \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v "${HOME}/.mcp-atlassian:/home/app/.mcp-atlassian" \
  ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest --oauth-setup -v
  6. Follow prompts for Client ID, Secret, URI, and Scope
  7. Complete browser authorization
  8. Add obtained credentials to .env or IDE config

Installation with Docker

# Pull Pre-built Image
docker pull ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest

IDE Integration

Configuration Examples

Basic Configuration (API Token):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-atlassian": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL",
        "-e", "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME",
        "-e", "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN",
        "-e", "JIRA_URL",
        "-e", "JIRA_USERNAME",
        "-e", "JIRA_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki",
        "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
        "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN": "your_confluence_api_token",
        "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
        "JIRA_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_jira_api_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Server/Data Center Configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-atlassian": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-e", "CONFLUENCE_URL",
        "-e", "CONFLUENCE_PERSONAL_TOKEN",
        "-e", "CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY",
        "-e", "JIRA_URL",
        "-e", "JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN",
        "-e", "JIRA_SSL_VERIFY",
        "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://confluence.your-company.com",
        "CONFLUENCE_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "your_confluence_pat",
        "CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY": "false",
        "JIRA_URL": "https://jira.your-company.com",
        "JIRA_PERSONAL_TOKEN": "your_jira_pat",
        "JIRA_SSL_VERIFY": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Jira Tools

  • jira_get_issue: Get details of a specific issue
  • jira_search: Search issues using JQL
  • jira_create_issue: Create a new issue
  • jira_update_issue: Update an existing issue
  • jira_transition_issue: Transition an issue to a new status
  • jira_add_comment: Add a comment to an issue

Confluence Tools

  • confluence_search: Search Confluence content using CQL
  • confluence_get_page: Get content of a specific page
  • confluence_create_page: Create a new page
  • confluence_update_page: Update an existing page

Tool Filtering and Access Control

The server provides two ways to control tool access:

  1. Tool Filtering: Use --enabled-tools flag or ENABLED_TOOLS environment variable to specify which tools should be available:

    # Via environment variable
ENABLED_TOOLS="confluence_search,jira_get_issue,jira_search"

# Or via command line flag
docker run ... --enabled-tools "confluence_search,jira_get_issue,jira_search" ...

  2. Read/Write Control: Tools are categorized as read or write operations. When READ_ONLY_MODE is enabled, only read operations are available regardless of ENABLED_TOOLS setting.

Troubleshooting & Debugging

Common Issues

  • Authentication Failures:
    • For Cloud: Check your API tokens (not your account password)
    • For Server/Data Center: Verify your personal access token is valid and not expired
    • For older Confluence servers: Some older versions require basic authentication with CONFLUENCE_USERNAME and CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN (where token is your password)
  • SSL Certificate Issues: If using Server/Data Center and encounter SSL errors, set CONFLUENCE_SSL_VERIFY=false or JIRA_SSL_VERIFY=false
  • Permission Errors: Ensure your Atlassian account has sufficient permissions to access the spaces/projects

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "mcp-atlassian" '{"command":"docker","args":["run","-i","--rm","-e","CONFLUENCE_URL","-e","CONFLUENCE_USERNAME","-e","CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN","-e","JIRA_URL","-e","JIRA_USERNAME","-e","JIRA_API_TOKEN","ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest"],"env":{"CONFLUENCE_URL":"https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki","CONFLUENCE_USERNAME":"[email protected]","CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN":"your_confluence_api_token","JIRA_URL":"https://your-company.atlassian.net","JIRA_USERNAME":"[email protected]","JIRA_API_TOKEN":"your_jira_api_token"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-atlassian": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "CONFLUENCE_URL",
                "-e",
                "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME",
                "-e",
                "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN",
                "-e",
                "JIRA_URL",
                "-e",
                "JIRA_USERNAME",
                "-e",
                "JIRA_API_TOKEN",
                "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki",
                "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
                "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN": "your_confluence_api_token",
                "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
                "JIRA_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
                "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_jira_api_token"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
  • Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-atlassian": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "CONFLUENCE_URL",
                "-e",
                "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME",
                "-e",
                "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN",
                "-e",
                "JIRA_URL",
                "-e",
                "JIRA_USERNAME",
                "-e",
                "JIRA_API_TOKEN",
                "ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CONFLUENCE_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net/wiki",
                "CONFLUENCE_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
                "CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN": "your_confluence_api_token",
                "JIRA_URL": "https://your-company.atlassian.net",
                "JIRA_USERNAME": "[email protected]",
                "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_jira_api_token"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

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