Jira Project Management

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Comprehensive Jira project management with issue creation, sprint planning, backlog management, and workflow automation for the Golden Armada platform.

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306/2/2026
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Provides comprehensive Jira project management capabilities including issues, sprints, boards, and workflows via API.

Strengths

  • Full coverage of Jira operations: create, update, transition, and link issues.
  • Sprint and board management with sprint creation and updates.
  • Advanced JQL search with ready-to-use common queries.
  • Bulk operations for creating or transitioning multiple issues at once.

Limitations

  • Requires a Jira server and API token for authentication.
  • Does not replace the UI for complex configurations.
  • Error handling and rate limiting are not covered in the examples.
When to use it

Use this skill when you need to automate Jira project management, plan sprints, or query issues programmatically.

When not to use it

Do not use it if you need an advanced GUI or if your team does not use Jira.

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Quality score85/100

The skill provides Python code examples for Jira API interaction, issue templates, and workflow diagrams. It does not contain destructive commands, obfuscated scripts, or instructions that could harm the user's system or exfiltrate data. The use of API tokens is for authentication, typical for API usage, and no hardcoded secrets are present.

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Examples

Create a new Jira issue
Create a Jira issue in project GA with summary 'Implement agent health monitoring', description 'Add health check endpoints and monitoring dashboards', type Story, priority High, labels ['backend','monitoring'], and component 'Agent Platform'.
Search for issues in active sprint
Search for all issues in the active sprint of the GA project using JQL and list their keys and summaries.
Start a sprint
Start a sprint named 'Sprint 15' on the GA Board from 2024-01-15 to 2024-01-29, then add issues GA-123 and GA-124 to it.

name: jira description: Jira project management including issues, sprints, boards, and workflows. Activate for Jira tickets, sprint planning, backlog management, and Atlassian integration. allowed-tools:

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Jira Skill

Provides comprehensive Jira project management capabilities for the Golden Armada AI Agent Fleet Platform.

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when working with:

  • Issue creation and management
  • Sprint planning and execution
  • Backlog grooming
  • Jira API integration
  • Workflow automation

Jira API Quick Reference

Authentication

```python from jira import JIRA

Basic auth

jira = JIRA( server='https://your-domain.atlassian.net', basic_auth=('email@example.com', 'API_TOKEN') )

OAuth

jira = JIRA( server='https://your-domain.atlassian.net', oauth={ 'access_token': 'ACCESS_TOKEN', 'access_token_secret': 'ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET', 'consumer_key': 'CONSUMER_KEY', 'key_cert': 'KEY_CERT' } ) ```

Issue Operations

```python

Create issue

new_issue = jira.create_issue( project='GA', summary='Implement agent health monitoring', description='Add health check endpoints and monitoring dashboards', issuetype={'name': 'Story'}, priority={'name': 'High'}, labels=['backend', 'monitoring'], components=[{'name': 'Agent Platform'}] ) print(f"Created: {new_issue.key}")

Get issue

issue = jira.issue('GA-123') print(f"Summary: {issue.fields.summary}") print(f"Status: {issue.fields.status.name}")

Update issue

issue.update( summary='Updated summary', description='Updated description', priority={'name': 'Critical'} )

Add comment

jira.add_comment(issue, 'This is a comment')

Transition issue

jira.transition_issue(issue, 'In Progress')

Assign issue

jira.assign_issue(issue, 'username')

Link issues

jira.create_issue_link('Blocks', 'GA-123', 'GA-124') ```

Search (JQL)

```python

Basic search

issues = jira.search_issues('project = GA AND status = "In Progress"')

With fields

issues = jira.search_issues( 'project = GA', fields='summary,status,assignee', maxResults=50 )

Common JQL queries

queries = { 'my_open': 'assignee = currentUser() AND status != Done', 'sprint_backlog': 'project = GA AND sprint in openSprints()', 'high_priority': 'project = GA AND priority = High AND status != Done', 'recently_updated': 'project = GA AND updated >= -7d ORDER BY updated DESC', 'unassigned': 'project = GA AND assignee is EMPTY AND status != Done', 'bugs': 'project = GA AND issuetype = Bug AND status != Done' }

for name, jql in queries.items(): results = jira.search_issues(jql) print(f"{name}: {len(results)} issues") ```

Sprint Management

```python

Get board

board = jira.boards(name='GA Board')[0]

Get sprints

sprints = jira.sprints(board.id) active_sprint = next(s for s in sprints if s.state == 'active')

Get sprint issues

sprint_issues = jira.search_issues(f'sprint = {active_sprint.id}')

Create sprint

new_sprint = jira.create_sprint( name='Sprint 15', board_id=board.id, startDate='2024-01-15', endDate='2024-01-29' )

Add issues to sprint

jira.add_issues_to_sprint(active_sprint.id, ['GA-123', 'GA-124'])

Start/Complete sprint

jira.update_sprint(sprint.id, state='active') jira.update_sprint(sprint.id, state='closed') ```

Bulk Operations

```python

Bulk create

issues_to_create = [ { 'project': {'key': 'GA'}, 'summary': f'Task {i}', 'issuetype': {'name': 'Task'} } for i in range(1, 6) ] created = jira.create_issues(issues_to_create)

Bulk transition

issues = jira.search_issues('project = GA AND status = "To Do"') for issue in issues: jira.transition_issue(issue, 'In Progress') ```

Issue Templates

Story Template

```markdown

User Story

As a [type of user], I want [goal] So that [benefit]

Acceptance Criteria

  • [ ] Criterion 1
  • [ ] Criterion 2
  • [ ] Criterion 3

Technical Notes

  • Implementation details
  • Dependencies

Definition of Done

  • [ ] Code complete
  • [ ] Tests written
  • [ ] Documentation updated
  • [ ] Code reviewed ```

Bug Template

```markdown

Description

Brief description of the bug

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Step 1
  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3

Expected Behavior

What should happen

Actual Behavior

What actually happens

Environment

  • OS:
  • Browser:
  • Version:

Screenshots/Logs

Attach relevant screenshots or logs ```

Workflow States

``` ┌──────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────┐ │ To Do │ -> │ In Progress │ -> │ In Review │ -> │ Done │ └──────────┘ └─────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────┘ ^ │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ (Rejected) ```

Golden Armada Jira Commands

```bash

Create issue from CLI

/jira-create --type story --summary "Implement feature X" --priority high

Get sprint status

/jira-status --sprint current

Transition issue

/jira-transition GA-123 --status "In Progress"

Sync with development

/atlassian-sync --commits --branch main ```

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