Jira Skill

Use acli to interact with Atlassian Jira from the command line.

Tool Constraint

Only use acli for all Jira operations. Do not attempt alternative methods such as curl , REST API calls, Python scripts, or any other tool — even if an acli command fails or a flag seems unsupported. If something can't be done with acli , tell the user clearly rather than inventing a workaround.

Prerequisites

Verify acli is installed:

which acli

If not found, tell the user:

acli is not installed. Please install it: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/acli/guides/install-acli/

If a command fails with an authentication error, run acli jira auth status to check the current session. For auth setup, see references/JIRA_AUTH.md.

Rich Formatting (ADF)

To render headings, tables, lists, or code blocks in comments or descriptions, you must use Atlassian Document Format (ADF). See references/JIRA_ADF_FORMATTING.md for patterns and a Ruby builder.

Jira Subcommand Reference

• jira auth — login, logout, status, switch

• jira board — list-sprints, search

• jira dashboard — search

• jira field — cancel-delete, create, delete

• jira filter — add-favourite, change-owner, list, search

• jira project — archive, create, delete, list, restore, update, view

• jira sprint — list-workitems

• jira workitem — archive, assign, attachment, clone, comment, create, create-bulk, delete, edit, link, search, transition, unarchive, view, watcher