Jira MCP

hh-jira-mcp-server MCP server

A MCP server project

Quickstart

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Install

Install Claude Desktop
https://claude.ai/download

Install uv:

brew install uv

Install keyring:
https://pypi.org/project/keyring/

Store password for jira account

keyring set hh-jira-mcp-server v.pupkin

Claude Desktop

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Published Servers Configuration

{ "mcpServers": { "hh-jira-mcp-server": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "hh-jira-mcp-server" ], "env": { "HH_JIRA_MCP_USER": "v.pupkin", "HH_JIRA_MCP_TEAM": "some-team", "HH_JIRA_MCP_SEARCH_FILTER": "status in ("Development: In progress")" } } }
}

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration

{ "mcpServers": { "hh-jira-mcp-server": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "<path_to_project>/hh-jira-mcp-server", "run", "hh-jira-mcp-server" ], "env": { "HH_JIRA_MCP_USER": "v.pupkin", "HH_JIRA_MCP_TEAM": "some-team", "HH_JIRA_MCP_SEARCH_FILTER": "status in ("Development: In progress")" } } }
}

Development

Building and Publishing

To prepare the package for distribution:

1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:

uv sync

2. Build package distributions:

uv build

This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.

3. Publish to PyPI:

uv publish

Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:

• Token: --token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN
• Or username/password: --username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD

Debugging

Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging
experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.

You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory <path_to_project>/hh-jira-mcp-server run hh-jira-mcp-server

Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.