Jira CLI
Commands

Issues

Search, create, edit, transition issues and everything around them.

Find issues (JQL)

# Convenience filters (the CLI builds the JQL for you)
jira issue list --mine
jira issue list -p ABC --status "In Progress" -o json
jira issue list -p ABC --type Bug --label regression

# Raw JQL (Cloud uses /search/jql cursor paging; --all fetches everything)
jira issue search "project = ABC AND statusCategory != Done ORDER BY updated DESC" -o json
jira issue search --jql "assignee = currentUser() AND resolution IS EMPTY" --all
jira issue search "project = ABC" --count        # approximate count only

Inspect, create, edit

jira issue get ABC-123 -o json
jira issue get ABC-123 --fields summary,status,assignee --expand changelog

jira issue create -p ABC --type Task --summary "Title" -d "Plain description"
jira issue create -p ABC --type Bug --summary "X" -d "**bold** details" --markdown -a me@acme.com -l urgent
jira issue create -p ABC --type Task --summary "X" --field customfield_10010=5

jira issue edit ABC-123 --summary "New title" --add-label triaged --remove-label blocker
jira issue assign ABC-123 --to me@acme.com      # or @me, id:<accountId>, default, none
jira issue delete ABC-123 --yes

Transition (change status)

jira issue transitions ABC-123                  # list available transitions
jira issue transition ABC-123 "In Progress"     # match by target status or transition name
jira issue transition ABC-123 Done --resolution Fixed --comment "Shipped"
jira issue comment ABC-123 --body "Looks good" [--markdown]
jira issue comments ABC-123 -o json
jira issue worklog ABC-123 --time "2h 30m" --comment "review" --started "2026-06-13T09:00:00.000+0000"
jira issue attach ABC-123 ./error.log ./screenshot.png
jira issue attachments ABC-123
jira issue download <attachmentId> --out ./file
jira issue link ABC-1 ABC-2 --type Blocks       # "ABC-1 Blocks ABC-2"
jira issue link-types
jira issue watch ABC-123 ; jira issue unwatch ABC-123 ; jira issue watchers ABC-123
jira issue vote  ABC-123 ; jira issue unvote  ABC-123 ; jira issue votes   ABC-123

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