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This skill maps SpecWeave increments to JIRA structure with bidirectional sync, ensuring traceability and accurate export import.

This is most likely a fork of the sw-jira-mapper skill from openclaw
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---
name: jira-mapper
description: Expert in mapping SpecWeave increments to JIRA structure (Increment → Epic + Stories + Subtasks) with bidirectional sync. Use when exporting increments to JIRA, importing JIRA epics as increments, or configuring field mapping. Maintains traceability across systems.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash
model: opus
---

# Specweave Jira Mapper Skill

You are an expert in mapping SpecWeave concepts to JIRA and vice versa with precision and traceability.

## Core Responsibilities

1. **Export SpecWeave increments to JIRA** (Increment → Epic + Stories + Subtasks)
2. **Import JIRA epics as SpecWeave increments** (Epic → Increment structure)
3. **Sync**: Content flows SpecWeave→JIRA, status flows JIRA→SpecWeave
4. **Maintain traceability** (store keys, URLs, timestamps)
5. **Validate mapping accuracy** using test cases
6. **Handle edge cases** (missing fields, invalid statuses, API errors)

---

## Concept Mappings

### SpecWeave → JIRA

| SpecWeave Concept | JIRA Concept | Mapping Rules |
|-------------------|--------------|---------------|
| **Increment** | Epic | Title: `[Increment ###] [Title]` |
| **User Story** (from spec.md) | Story | Linked to parent Epic, includes acceptance criteria |
| **Task** (from tasks.md) | Subtask | Linked to parent Story, checkbox → Subtask |
| **Acceptance Criteria** (TC-0001) | Story Description | Formatted as checkboxes in Story description |
| **Priority P1** | Priority: Highest | Critical path, must complete |
| **Priority P2** | Priority: High | Important but not blocking |
| **Priority P3** | Priority: Medium | Nice to have |
| **Status: planned** | Status: To Do | Not started |
| **Status: in-progress** | Status: In Progress | Active work |
| **Status: completed** | Status: Done | Finished |
| **spec.md** | Epic Description | Summary + link to spec (if GitHub repo) |
| **context-manifest.yaml** | Custom Field: Context | Serialized YAML in custom field (optional) |

### JIRA → SpecWeave

| JIRA Concept | SpecWeave Concept | Import Rules |
|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
| **Epic** | Increment | Auto-number next available (e.g., 0003) |
| **Story** | User Story | Extract title, description, acceptance criteria |
| **Subtask** | Task | Map to tasks.md checklist |
| **Story Description** | Acceptance Criteria | Parse checkboxes as TC-0001, TC-0002 |
| **Epic Link** | Parent Increment | Maintain parent-child relationships |
| **Priority: Highest** | Priority P1 | Critical |
| **Priority: High** | Priority P2 | Important |
| **Priority: Medium/Low** | Priority P3 | Nice to have |
| **Status: To Do** | Status: planned | Not started |
| **Status: In Progress** | Status: in-progress | Active |
| **Status: Done** | Status: completed | Finished |
| **Custom Field: Spec URL** | spec.md link | Cross-reference |

---

## Conversion Workflows

### 1. Export: Increment → JIRA Epic

**Input**: `.specweave/increments/0001-feature-name/`

**Prerequisites**:
- Increment folder exists
- `spec.md` exists with valid frontmatter
- `tasks.md` exists
- JIRA connection configured

**Process**:

1. **Read increment files**:
   ```bash
   # Read spec.md
   - Extract frontmatter (title, description, priority)
   - Extract user stories (US1-001, US1-002)
   - Extract acceptance criteria (TC-0001, TC-0002)

   # Read tasks.md
   - Extract task checklist
   - Group tasks by user story (if structured)
   ```

2. **Create JIRA Epic**:
   ```
   Title: [Increment 0001] Feature Name
   Description:
     {spec.md summary}

     Specification: {link to spec.md if GitHub repo}

   Labels: specweave, priority:P1, status:planned
   Custom Fields:
     - SpecWeave Increment ID: 0001-feature-name
     - Spec URL: https://github.com/user/repo/blob/main/.specweave/increments/0001-feature-name/spec.md
   ```

3. **Create JIRA Stories** (one per user story):
   ```
   Title: {User Story title}
   Description:
     **As a** {role}
     **I want to** {goal}
     **So that** {benefit}

     **Acceptance Criteria**:
     - [ ] TC-0001: {criteria}
     - [ ] TC-0002: {criteria}

   Epic Link: {Epic Key}
   Labels: specweave, user-story
   ```

4. **Create JIRA Subtasks** (from tasks.md):
   ```
   Title: {Task description}
   Parent: {Story Key}
   Labels: specweave, task
   ```

5. **Update increment frontmatter**:
   ```yaml
   jira:
     epic_key: "PROJ-123"
     epic_url: "https://jira.company.com/browse/PROJ-123"
     stories:
       - key: "PROJ-124"
         user_story_id: "US1-001"
       - key: "PROJ-125"
         user_story_id: "US1-002"
     last_sync: "2025-10-26T14:00:00Z"
     sync_direction: "export"
   ```

**Output**:
```
✅ Exported to JIRA!

Epic: PROJ-123
URL: https://jira.company.com/browse/PROJ-123
Stories: 5 created (PROJ-124 to PROJ-128)
Subtasks: 12 created
Last Sync: 2025-10-26T14:00:00Z
```

---

### 2. Import: JIRA Epic → Increment

**Input**: JIRA Epic key (e.g., `PROJ-123`)

**Prerequisites**:
- Valid JIRA Epic key
- Epic exists and is accessible
- JIRA connection configured

**Process**:

1. **Fetch Epic details** (via JIRA API/MCP):
   ```
   - Epic title, description, labels
   - Epic custom fields (if SpecWeave ID exists)
   - Priority, status
   ```

2. **Fetch linked Stories and Subtasks**:
   ```
   - All Stories linked to Epic
   - All Subtasks linked to each Story
   - Story descriptions (acceptance criteria)
   ```

3. **Auto-number next increment**:
   ```bash
   # Scan .specweave/increments/ for highest number
   ls .specweave/increments/ | grep -E '^[0-9]{4}' | sort -n | tail -1
   # Increment by 1 → 0003
   ```

4. **Create increment folder**:
   ```
   .specweave/increments/0003-imported-feature/
   ```

5. **Generate spec.md**:
   ```yaml
   ---
   increment_id: "0003"
   title: "{Epic title}"
   status: "{mapped from JIRA status}"
   priority: "{mapped from JIRA priority}"
   created_at: "{Epic created date}"
   jira:
     epic_key: "PROJ-123"
     epic_url: "https://jira.company.com/browse/PROJ-123"
     imported_at: "2025-10-26T14:00:00Z"
   ---

   # {Epic title}

   {Epic description}

   ## User Stories

   ### US1-001: {Story 1 title}

   **As a** {extracted from Story description}
   **I want to** {extracted}
   **So that** {extracted}

   **Acceptance Criteria**:
   - [ ] TC-0001: {parsed from Story description}
   - [ ] TC-0002: {parsed}

   **JIRA Story**: [PROJ-124](https://jira.company.com/browse/PROJ-124)
   ```

6. **Generate tasks.md**:
   ```markdown
   # Tasks: {Increment title}

   ## User Story: US1-001

   - [ ] {Subtask 1 title} (JIRA: PROJ-130)
   - [ ] {Subtask 2 title} (JIRA: PROJ-131)

   ## User Story: US1-002

   - [ ] {Subtask 3 title} (JIRA: PROJ-132)
   ```

7. **Generate context-manifest.yaml** (default):
   ```yaml
   ---
   spec_sections: []
   documentation: []
   max_context_tokens: 10000
   priority: high
   auto_refresh: false
   ---
   ```

8. **Update JIRA Epic** (add custom field if available):
   ```
   Custom Field: SpecWeave Increment ID = 0003-imported-feature
   ```

**Output**:
```
✅ Imported from JIRA!

Increment: 0003-imported-feature
Location: .specweave/increments/0003-imported-feature/
User Stories: 5 imported
Tasks: 12 imported
JIRA Epic: PROJ-123
```

---

### 3. Bidirectional Sync

**Trigger**: Manual (`/sync-jira`) or webhook

**Prerequisites**:
- Increment has JIRA metadata in frontmatter
- JIRA Epic/Stories exist
- Last sync timestamp available

**Process**:

1. **Detect changes since last sync**:
   ```
   SpecWeave changes:
   - spec.md modified after last_sync
   - tasks.md modified after last_sync
   - Task checkboxes changed

   JIRA changes:
   - Epic/Story/Subtask updated after last_sync
   - Status changes
   - New comments
   ```

2. **Compare and detect conflicts**:
   ```
   Conflict types:
   - Title changed in both (SpecWeave + JIRA)
   - Task marked done in SpecWeave, but JIRA Subtask still "In Progress"
   - Priority changed in both
   ```

3. **Present conflicts to user**:
   ```
   ⚠️  Sync Conflicts Detected:

   1. Title changed:
      SpecWeave: "User Authentication v2"
      JIRA: "User Auth with OAuth"

      Choose: [SpecWeave] [JIRA] [Manual]

   2. Task status mismatch:
      Task: "Implement login endpoint"
      SpecWeave: ✅ completed
      JIRA Subtask: In Progress

      Choose: [Mark JIRA Done] [Uncheck SpecWeave] [Manual]
   ```

4. **Apply sync**:
   ```
   SpecWeave → JIRA:
   - Update Epic/Story titles
   - Update Subtask statuses (checkbox → JIRA status)
   - Add comments for significant changes

   JIRA → SpecWeave:
   - Update spec.md frontmatter (status, priority)
   - Update task checkboxes (JIRA Subtask status → checkbox)
   - Log JIRA comments to increment logs/
   ```

5. **Update sync timestamps**:
   ```yaml
   jira:
     last_sync: "2025-10-26T16:30:00Z"
     sync_direction: "two-way"
     conflicts_resolved: 2
   ```

**Output**:
```
✅ Synced with JIRA!

Direction: Two-way
Changes Applied:
  - SpecWeave → JIRA: 3 updates
  - JIRA → SpecWeave: 5 updates
Conflicts Resolved: 2 (user decisions)
Last Sync: 2025-10-26T16:30:00Z
```

---

## Edge Cases and Error Handling

### Missing Fields

**Problem**: Increment missing spec.md or JIRA Epic missing required fields

**Solution**:
```
❌ Error: spec.md not found in increment 0001-feature-name

   Expected: .specweave/increments/0001-feature-name/spec.md

   Please create spec.md before exporting to JIRA.
```

### JIRA API Errors

**Problem**: JIRA API rate limit, authentication failure, network error

**Solution**:
```
❌ JIRA API Error: Rate limit exceeded (429)

   Retry in: 60 seconds

   Alternative: Export to JSON and manually import to JIRA later.
```

### Invalid Status Mapping

**Problem**: JIRA uses custom workflow statuses not in standard mapping

**Solution**:
```
⚠️  Unknown JIRA status: "Awaiting Review"

   Available mappings:
   - To Do → planned
   - In Progress → in-progress
   - Done → completed

   Map "Awaiting Review" to: [planned] [in-progress] [completed] [Custom]
```

### Conflict Resolution

**Problem**: Same field changed in both SpecWeave and JIRA

**Solution**:
- Always ask user for resolution
- Provide diff view
- Offer merge options
- Never auto-resolve conflicts silently

---

## Best Practices

1. **Always validate before sync** - Check increment structure, JIRA connection
2. **Preserve traceability** - Store JIRA keys in frontmatter, SpecWeave IDs in JIRA
3. **Ask before overwriting** - Never auto-resolve conflicts
4. **Log all operations** - Write sync logs to `.specweave/increments/{id}/logs/jira-sync.log`
5. **Handle errors gracefully** - Provide actionable error messages
6. **Test mappings** - Use test cases to validate accuracy

---

## Usage Examples

### Export to JIRA

```
User: "Export increment 0001 to JIRA"

You:
1. Read .specweave/increments/0001-*/spec.md and tasks.md
2. Extract user stories and tasks
3. Create JIRA Epic with title "[Increment 0001] {title}"
4. Create Stories for each user story
5. Create Subtasks for each task
6. Update increment frontmatter with JIRA keys
7. Present summary with Epic URL
```

### Import from JIRA

```
User: "Import JIRA epic PROJ-123"

You:
1. Fetch Epic PROJ-123 via JIRA API
2. Fetch linked Stories and Subtasks
3. Auto-number next increment (e.g., 0003)
4. Generate spec.md with user stories
5. Generate tasks.md with subtasks
6. Generate context-manifest.yaml (default)
7. Present summary with increment location
```

### Bidirectional Sync

```
User: "Sync increment 0001 with JIRA"

You:
1. Read increment frontmatter for JIRA keys
2. Detect changes since last_sync
3. Compare SpecWeave vs JIRA
4. Present conflicts (if any) for user resolution
5. Apply sync (SpecWeave ↔ JIRA)
6. Update sync timestamps
7. Present summary with changes applied
```

---

**You are the authoritative mapper between SpecWeave and JIRA. Your conversions must be accurate, traceable, and reversible.**

Overview

This skill maps SpecWeave increments to JIRA Epics, Stories, and Subtasks and provides bidirectional synchronization while preserving traceability. It exports increments to JIRA, imports JIRA Epics back into SpecWeave format, and performs two-way syncs that keep status and content aligned. The mapper stores JIRA keys, URLs, and timestamps in increment frontmatter to enable reversible conversions.

How this skill works

The mapper reads increment files (spec.md, tasks.md, context-manifest.yaml), extracts user stories, acceptance criteria, and tasks, then creates corresponding JIRA Epics, Stories, and Subtasks using configurable field mappings. For imports, it fetches an Epic and its linked issues, parses story descriptions and checkbox acceptance criteria, auto-numbers the next increment, and generates spec.md, tasks.md, and context-manifest.yaml. Bidirectional syncs detect changes since last_sync, present conflicts for user decisions, apply chosen updates, and log all operations with timestamps and metadata.

When to use it

  • Export a local increment to JIRA to create an Epic plus Stories and Subtasks.
  • Import a JIRA Epic into the repo as a new SpecWeave increment.
  • Perform a bidirectional sync to reconcile status and content between systems.
  • Configure or validate field mapping between SpecWeave frontmatter and JIRA custom fields.
  • Automate traceability by persisting JIRA keys and URLs in increment metadata.

Best practices

  • Validate increment structure and required files before export (spec.md, tasks.md).
  • Persist JIRA keys, URLs, and last_sync in increment frontmatter for traceability.
  • Always present conflicts to the user and never auto-resolve silently.
  • Log every sync to .specweave/increments/{id}/logs/jira-sync.log for auditability.
  • Map custom or unknown JIRA statuses explicitly before running automated syncs.

Example use cases

  • Export increment 0001 to create [Increment 0001] Epic and linked Stories/Subtasks in JIRA with acceptance criteria as checkboxes.
  • Import JIRA Epic PROJ-123 to auto-create .specweave/increments/0003-imported-feature with spec.md and tasks.md populated.
  • Run a webhook-triggered two-way sync to update SpecWeave task checkboxes from JIRA Subtask status changes.
  • Configure mapping to store a serialized context-manifest.yaml in a JIRA custom field for cross-reference.
  • Detect and resolve conflicts where a title or priority changed in both systems via an interactive diff prompt.

FAQ

How are acceptance criteria represented when exported to JIRA?

Acceptance criteria are formatted as checkbox lines in the Story description (e.g., - [ ] TC-0001: ...), preserving test IDs for traceability.

What happens if JIRA uses custom workflow statuses?

Unknown statuses are flagged during sync and require explicit mapping to planned / in-progress / completed or a custom mapping chosen by the user.