jira-confluence-mcp

# jira-confluence-mcp — install, secure & operate the mcp-atlassian MCP server Scope: getting **[sooperset/mcp-atlassian](https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian)** — the MCP server that gives an agent Jira/Confluence tools — *connected, hardened, and debugged*, including **air-gapped**. This is the **setup/ops layer**: the knowledge that is invisible at tool-call time. **Hard boundary — what this skill does NOT do.** Once the server is connected, it **self-documents its full tool set at runtime** (72 at v0.21.1; v0.22.0/v0.23.0 added more — the live list is the count) (names, params, schemas) over the MCP protocol — so *using* the tools (`jira_search`, `jira_create_issue`, `jira_transition_issue`, …) needs no skill; just call them. For exhaustive tool/JQL/CQL docs, the project publishes an LLM-readable **`https://mcp-atlassian.soomiles.com/llms-full.txt`** — fetch it on demand instead of duplicating it here. Sibling skills: **`jira-cli`** (the `jira` CLI as an alternative execution path) and **`jira-best-practices`** (how to use Jira *well* — hierarchy, lean config). This skill is only the install/auth/hardening/air-gap/troubleshooting that those don't cover and the live MCP can't surface. **Self-hosted Data Center is the default here.** Where Cloud differs, it's flagged. ## The #1 gotcha: Data Center auth is a PAT, not username+token Claude's base instinct is the Cloud pattern — and it **fails on Data Center**. | Deployment | Required env vars | |---|---| | **Data ...