Tools Reference

Overview of all 72 MCP tools for Jira and Confluence — organized by category with quick links

MCP Atlassian provides 72 tools for interacting with Jira and Confluence. Tools are organized by category below.

Jira Tools

Issues

Create, read, update, delete, and transition issues

Search & Fields

Search with JQL, explore fields and options

Agile

Boards, sprints, and agile management

Comments & Worklogs

Comments, worklogs, changelogs, user profiles

Links & Versions

Issue links, epic links, versions, components

Attachments

Download attachments and render images

Service Desk

Service desk queues and queue issues

Forms & Metrics

ProForma forms, SLA, dates, development info

Confluence Tools

Pages

Create, read, update, delete pages

Search

Search content with CQL, find users

Attachments

Upload, download, manage attachments

Comments & Labels

Comments, labels, page analytics

Tool Access Control

Toolset Groups

Toolsets group related tools for easier management via TOOLSETS env var or --toolsets flag.

Jira Toolsets (15):

Toolset	Core	Tools
jira_issues	Yes	jira_get_issue, jira_search, jira_get_project_issues, jira_create_issue, jira_update_issue, jira_delete_issue, jira_batch_create_issues, jira_batch_get_changelogs
jira_fields	Yes	jira_search_fields, jira_get_field_options
jira_comments	Yes	jira_add_comment, jira_edit_comment
jira_transitions	Yes	jira_get_transitions, jira_transition_issue
jira_projects	No	jira_get_all_projects, jira_get_project_versions, jira_get_project_components, jira_create_version, jira_batch_create_versions
jira_agile	No	jira_get_agile_boards, jira_get_board_issues, jira_get_sprints_from_board, jira_get_sprint_issues, jira_create_sprint, jira_update_sprint, jira_add_issues_to_sprint
jira_links	No	jira_get_link_types, jira_link_to_epic, jira_create_issue_link, jira_create_remote_issue_link, jira_remove_issue_link
jira_worklog	No	jira_get_worklog, jira_add_worklog
jira_attachments	No	jira_download_attachments, jira_get_issue_images
jira_users	No	jira_get_user_profile
jira_watchers	No	jira_get_issue_watchers, jira_add_watcher, jira_remove_watcher
jira_service_desk	No	jira_get_service_desk_for_project, jira_get_service_desk_queues, jira_get_queue_issues
jira_forms	No	jira_get_issue_proforma_forms, jira_get_proforma_form_details, jira_update_proforma_form_answers
jira_metrics	No	jira_get_issue_dates, jira_get_issue_sla
jira_development	No	jira_get_issue_development_info, jira_get_issues_development_info

Confluence Toolsets (6):

Toolset	Core	Tools
confluence_pages	Yes	confluence_search, confluence_get_page, confluence_get_page_children, confluence_get_page_history, confluence_create_page, confluence_update_page, confluence_delete_page, confluence_move_page, confluence_get_page_diff
confluence_comments	Yes	confluence_get_comments, confluence_add_comment, confluence_reply_to_comment
confluence_labels	No	confluence_get_labels, confluence_add_label
confluence_users	No	confluence_search_user
confluence_analytics	No	confluence_get_page_views
confluence_attachments	No	confluence_upload_attachment, confluence_upload_attachments, confluence_get_attachments, confluence_download_attachment, confluence_download_content_attachments, confluence_delete_attachment, confluence_get_page_images

# All toolsets are enabled when TOOLSETS is not set.
# To restrict to core toolsets plus specific extras:
TOOLSETS=default,jira_agile,jira_attachments

# Enable all toolsets (72 tools)
TOOLSETS=all

# Command line
uvx mcp-atlassian --toolsets "default,jira_agile"

Enable Specific Tools

Use ENABLED_TOOLS environment variable or --enabled-tools flag:

# Environment variable
ENABLED_TOOLS="confluence_search,jira_get_issue,jira_search"

# Command line
uvx mcp-atlassian --enabled-tools "confluence_search,jira_get_issue,jira_search"

Read-Only Mode

Disable all write operations:

READ_ONLY_MODE=true

When enabled, only read operations are available regardless of ENABLED_TOOLS setting.