Atlassian Skill

Access Jira and Confluence directly via REST APIs. This skill provides full CRUD operations for issues and pages without requiring the MCP server.

Authentication

Requires environment variables in ~/.local/secrets/atlassian.env:

• ATLASSIAN_SITE - Your Atlassian site (e.g., yourcompany.atlassian.net)
• ATLASSIAN_EMAIL - Your Atlassian account email
• ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN - API token from https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

Available Scripts

Jira

Search Issues

bunx tsx scripts/jira-search.ts "<JQL query>" [maxResults] [nextPageToken]

Examples:

• bunx tsx scripts/jira-search.ts "assignee = currentUser() AND status != Done"
• bunx tsx scripts/jira-search.ts "project = PROJ AND type = Bug" 50
• bunx tsx scripts/jira-search.ts "project = PROJ" 50 "token..." (pagination)

See docs/jql-guide.md for JQL syntax reference.

Get Issue Details

bunx tsx scripts/jira-get.ts <issueKey>

Example: bunx tsx scripts/jira-get.ts PROJ-123

Create Issue

bunx tsx scripts/jira-create.ts '<JSON>'

Single issue:

bunx tsx scripts/jira-create.ts '{"project": "PROJ", "type": "Story", "summary": "New feature", "description": "Details here"}'

Bulk create (array):

bunx tsx scripts/jira-create.ts '[{"project": "PROJ", "type": "Bug", "summary": "Bug 1"}, {"project": "PROJ", "type": "Bug", "summary": "Bug 2"}]'

Update Issue

bunx tsx scripts/jira-update.ts <issueKey> '<JSON updates>'

Example: bunx tsx scripts/jira-update.ts PROJ-123 '{"status": "In Progress", "assignee": "user@example.com"}'

Comments

# Get comments
bunx tsx scripts/jira-comment.ts <issueKey> get

# Add comment - inline markdown
bunx tsx scripts/jira-comment.ts <issueKey> add "<markdown text>"

# Add comment - read markdown from a file
bunx tsx scripts/jira-comment.ts <issueKey> add -f <path>

# Add comment - read markdown from stdin (pipe-friendly)
cat notes.md | bunx tsx scripts/jira-comment.ts <issueKey> add --stdin

Comment bodies support full markdown via the same converter used for issue descriptions: headings, bold/italic/strike/underline/inline-code, bullet/ ordered/task lists, fenced code blocks (with language), tables, blockquotes, GitHub-style alerts (> [!NOTE] etc.), <details> expand blocks, footnotes, and links.

For long or multi-line comment bodies, prefer -f <path> or --stdin over inline arguments to avoid shell argument-length limits and quoting issues.

Upload Attachment

bunx tsx scripts/jira-attachment.ts <issueKey> <filePath> [fileName]

Examples:

• bunx tsx scripts/jira-attachment.ts PROJ-123 ./diagram.png
• bunx tsx scripts/jira-attachment.ts PROJ-123 ./image.png architecture.png

Image embedding note:

• For markdown image syntax (![alt](url)), the converter uses mediaSingle only for Atlassian-hosted URLs.
• External image URLs fall back to a clickable link to avoid Jira INVALID_INPUT errors.
• If you want embedded images, upload the file first with jira-attachment.ts, then use the returned Atlassian contentUrl in your markdown image URL.

Confluence

Personal Space

When the user asks to work with their personal space (e.g., "write a page in my personal space", "search my personal space", "read a page from my space"), you MUST first discover their personal space before performing the requested operation.

Auto-detection rule: Any mention of "my space", "my personal space", "personal space", or "my Confluence space" means the user's personal Confluence space. Always run the discovery script first to get the space key and ID, then use those values in subsequent operations (create, search, get, etc.).

Discover Personal Space

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-personal-space.ts

No arguments needed. Returns the current user's personal space key, ID, name, and URL.

Example output:

{
  "accountId": "5b10a2844c20165700ede21g",
  "displayName": "Jane Smith",
  "space": {
    "id": 98304,
    "key": "~5b10a2844c20165700ede21g",
    "name": "Jane Smith",
    "type": "personal",
    "status": "current",
    "url": "https://yourcompany.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/~5b10a2844c20165700ede21g"
  }
}

Then use the returned space.key as the space key for other Confluence operations. For example:

• Create page: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts '{"space": "~5b10a2844c20165700ede21g", "title": "My Notes", "body": "<p>Content</p>"}'
• Search pages: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-search.ts "space = ~5b10a2844c20165700ede21g AND type = page"
• Get page by title: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-get.ts "My Notes" ~5b10a2844c20165700ede21g

Note: Personal space keys on Confluence Cloud use the format ~accountId (not ~username). The discovery script handles this automatically.

Search Pages

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-search.ts "<CQL query>" [maxResults]

Examples:

• bunx tsx scripts/confluence-search.ts "title ~ 'Roadmap'"
• bunx tsx scripts/confluence-search.ts "space = DEV AND type = page" 25

See docs/cql-guide.md for CQL syntax reference.

Get Page Content

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-get.ts <pageId>
# or by title
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-get.ts "<page title>" <spaceKey>

Create Page

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts '<JSON>'

Example:

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts '{"space": "DEV", "title": "New Page", "body": "<p>Content here</p>"}'

Optional parent page:

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts '{"space": "DEV", "title": "Child Page", "body": "<p>Content</p>", "parentId": "123456"}'

Update Page

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-update.ts <pageId> '<JSON updates>'

Example: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-update.ts 123456 '{"title": "Updated Title", "body": "<p>New content</p>"}'

Page Properties (v2)

# List properties
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> get

# Get a single property
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> get <propertyKey>

# Set a property
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> set '<JSON>'

# Delete a property
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> delete <propertyKey>

# Get page emoji
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> get-emoji

# Set page emoji (updates both emoji-title-published and emoji-title-draft)
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> set-emoji "🚀"

# Remove page emoji
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-properties.ts <pageId> remove-emoji

Example property payloads:

• '{"key": "my-property", "value": {"foo": "bar"}}'
• '{"properties": [{"key": "one", "value": 1}, {"key": "two", "value": "two"}]}'

Note: Page CRUD uses the Confluence REST API v2. CQL search still uses the legacy endpoint because the v2 API does not expose CQL search.

Query Language References

For generating correct queries:

• Jira: Read docs/jql-guide.md for JQL syntax, fields, operators, and functions
• Confluence: Read docs/cql-guide.md for CQL syntax and fields

Large Content — File-Based Input

All scripts that accept a '<JSON>' argument also support @<filepath> syntax: write the JSON to a file first, then pass @path/to/file.json instead of the inline JSON string. This avoids shell argument-length limits that cause failures with large page bodies or issue descriptions.

You MUST use file-based input when creating or updating Confluence pages or Jira issues with non-trivial body/description content. Inline JSON is fine only for short payloads (simple metadata updates, status changes, etc.).

Workflow

1. Write the JSON payload to a temporary file (e.g., /tmp/confluence-payload.json)
2. Pass @/tmp/confluence-payload.json as the argument instead of the raw JSON string
3. Clean up the temp file afterward

Examples

Create a Confluence page with a large body:

# 1. Write payload to file
cat > /tmp/page.json << 'ENDJSON'
{"space": "DEV", "title": "Architecture Overview", "body": "<h1>Architecture</h1><p>Long content here...</p>"}
ENDJSON

# 2. Pass with @filepath
bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts @/tmp/page.json

Update a Confluence page:

bunx tsx scripts/confluence-update.ts 123456 @/tmp/update-payload.json

Create a Jira issue with a long description:

bunx tsx scripts/jira-create.ts @/tmp/issue.json

Update a Jira issue:

bunx tsx scripts/jira-update.ts PROJ-123 @/tmp/update.json

Important: When generating content programmatically (as an AI agent), always use the Write tool to create the JSON file, then invoke the script with @filepath. Never attempt to pass large HTML or markdown content as an inline shell argument.

Common Workflows

Find and update my open issues

1. Search: bunx tsx scripts/jira-search.ts "assignee = currentUser() AND status != Done"
2. Update: bunx tsx scripts/jira-update.ts PROJ-123 '{"status": "Done"}'

Create issues from a list

1. Bulk create: bunx tsx scripts/jira-create.ts '[{...}, {...}, {...}]'

Find and read documentation

1. Search: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-search.ts "title ~ 'API Documentation'"
2. Get content: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-get.ts 123456

Create a new documentation page

1. Create: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts '{"space": "DEV", "title": "API Guide", "body": "<h1>API Guide</h1><p>...</p>"}'

Work with your personal space

1. Discover: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-personal-space.ts → note the space.key value
2. Search: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-search.ts "space = <space.key> AND type = page"
3. Create: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-create.ts '{"space": "<space.key>", "title": "My Page", "body": "<p>Content</p>"}'
4. Read: bunx tsx scripts/confluence-get.ts "<page title>" <space.key>