Jira Project Management

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Provides Jira project management capabilities including issue creation and management, sprint planning, backlog grooming, JQL searches, and workflow automation. Activate when working with Jira tickets, sprint planning, backlog management, or Atlassian integration.

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506/2/2026
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Our review

This skill provides comprehensive Jira project management capabilities via the Jira API, including issue creation and management, sprint planning, JQL search, and bulk operations.

Strengths

  • Full integration with Jira API for common operations
  • Sprint and board management directly from the agent
  • Support for complex JQL queries and bulk operations
  • Ready-to-use issue templates

Limitations

  • Requires access to a Jira instance and an API token
  • Depends on the Python jira library, thus a Python environment is needed
  • Does not cover advanced features like custom fields or complex workflows
When to use it

Activate this skill when you need to automate Jira ticket management, plan sprints, or perform bulk operations on issues.

When not to use it

Do not use this skill if you don't have Jira access or if your needs are limited to a simple task list without API integration.

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score85/100

The skill provides Python snippets that use the 'jira' library for API calls; while legitimate for Jira automation, it involves network operations and data manipulation, falling under 'caution' per guidelines.

Findings
  • Uses Bash to execute Python code that interacts with external Jira API, which can read/write project data and potentially access sensitive information.

Examples

Create a Jira issue
Create a new Jira issue in project GA with summary 'Implement agent health monitoring', description 'Add health check endpoints and monitoring dashboards', issue type Story, priority High, and labels backend and monitoring.
Search for high priority bugs
Search for all open high priority bugs in project GA using JQL and list their keys and summaries.
Start a sprint
Create a new sprint named 'Sprint 15' on the board GA Board starting on 2024-01-15 and ending on 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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