Jira CLI
Commands

Projects, users & fields

Manage projects, resolve users to accountIds, and inspect fields.

Projects

jira project list --query mobile -o json
jira project get ABC

# Manage projects (needs project-admin permission; OAuth needs the admin/all scope preset)
jira project create --key MOB --name "Mobile" --lead @me --template <projectTemplateKey>
jira project update ABC --name "New name" --lead me@acme.com
jira project delete ABC --enable-undo --yes

Users

jira user search "jane" -o json      # resolve a person to an accountId
jira user get <accountId>

Fields

jira field list --custom             # field ids + JQL clause names

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