How to Install Atlassian Remote MCP in Claude Desktop

Official Atlassian integration — Jira issues, Confluence docs, and your entire work graph via AI

What Atlassian Remote MCP does

The official Atlassian Remote MCP server gives AI agents permission-aware access to your entire Atlassian workspace — Jira for issues and sprints, Confluence for documentation and knowledge. Features: Jira: - Create, search, and update issues with full field support - Manage sprint backlog and velocity - Track epic progress and team workload - Run JQL queries for advanced filtering - Manage project boards and workflow transitions Confluence: - Search and read pages across your knowledge base - Create and update documentation - Comment on pages and answer questions from your wiki - Access space hierarchies and page trees OAuth-secured with granular permission scopes. Works with both Jira Software and Jira Service Management. Perfect for enterprise teams who need their AI to integrate with existing Atlassian workflows.

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Installation steps

1Copy the config below
2Open claude_desktop_config.json
3Paste inside "mcpServers": {}
4Restart Claude Desktop

Configuration

File location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.jsonjson

{
  "atlassianRemoteMcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "@atlassian/mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "your_token",
      "ATLASSIAN_EMAIL": "you@company.com",
      "ATLASSIAN_DOMAIN": "your-company"
    }
  }
}

Full server details Open Config Editor

Install in other clients

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