Jira Cloud REST API v3

REST discovered

Details

URL: https://{your-domain}.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
Docs: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/

Authentication

Atlassian personal API token api_key discovered Get key ↗

Authorization: Basic <credential>

Create a personal API token in your Atlassian account at API tokens. For Jira/Confluence REST and tenanted GraphQL basic auth, use your Atlassian account email together with the token as email:api_token in HTTP Basic auth. Atlassian's basic-auth guides are Jira and Confluence.

OAuth 2.0 oauth2 discovered

OAuth 2.0 — self-onboarding

Point your MCP client at the server URL and approve access in the browser. The server supports OAuth Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), so the client registers itself automatically — no developer-portal app, client_id, or client_secret to create.