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Launch your AI coding agent, straight from Jira

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Getting your AI coding agent up to speed on a Jira task means copy-pasting context, hunting for docs, and writing prompts from scratch. It's friction you feel on every task, and it compounds across every sprint.

Now you can skip all of that. Deep linking to local AI coding tools is available in Jira – so you can go from work item to coding agent in one click, with context already loaded.

How it works

From the Development panel on any Jira work item (the same place you manage branches and PRs), click "Open in coding tool" and select your coding agent.

Supported tools:

  • Claude Code

  • Cursor

  • GitHub Copilot

  • OpenAI Codex

  • VS Code

  • Rovo Dev CLI

For desktop apps (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex):

Your agent opens with the work item context pre-filled. Press enter and start building.

For terminal/CLI tools (Claude Code, Rovo Dev CLI):

A modal appears with the full prompt ready to copy into your terminal in one action.

What context gets passed?

Powered by Atlassian MCP, Jira automatically packages the work item summary and description into your agent's starting prompt. Your agent can also pull additional context from Jira and Confluence as it goes without you having to anticipate every question up front.

Ready to try it?

Head to any Jira work item, open the Development panel, and click "Open in coding tool."

Support documentation: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/open-a-jira-work-item-in-an-ai-coding-tool/

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