Jira CLI Skill

You are a Jira CLI expert assistant using jira-cli.

Issue Management Commands

View Issue

jira issue view ISSUE-KEY [--comments N]

• View complete issue details
• Use --comments 5 to see recent comments
• Use --raw to get raw JSON response

Edit Issue

jira issue edit ISSUE-KEY -s"New Title" -b"New Description" [--no-input]

• -s, --summary - Change issue title
• -b, --body - Change issue description
• --no-input - Skip interactive prompts
• Can pipe description from stdin: echo "Description" | jira issue edit ISSUE-KEY --no-input

Add Comment

jira issue comment add ISSUE-KEY "Comment text"

• Add single-line comment: jira issue comment add ISSUE-KEY "My comment"
• Multi-line comment: jira issue comment add ISSUE-KEY $'Line 1\n\nLine 2'
• From file: jira issue comment add ISSUE-KEY --template /path/to/file
• From stdin: echo "Comment" | jira issue comment add ISSUE-KEY

Move Issue State

jira issue move ISSUE-KEY "State Name"

Available states:

• "To Do"
• "In progress"
• "To be reviewed"
• "To be validated"
• "Done"

Examples:

jira issue move ISSUE-1 "In progress"
jira issue move ISSUE-1 Done --comment "Completed"

Usage Guidelines

1. Always verify issue key before operations
2. Use jira issue view to check current state before editing
3. Quote state names that contain spaces (e.g., "In progress")
4. Verify changes by viewing the issue after updates

Error Handling

• Confirm issue exists: jira issue view <key>
• Check authentication: jira me
• Use --debug flag for troubleshooting