How to Connect Atlassian Remote MCP to Claude Code
Add Atlassian's remote MCP server to Claude Code in about a minute.
Step-by-step
- Run the add command
claude mcp add --transport sse atlassianhttps://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse``. - AuthorizeOn first use your client opens a Atlassian OAuth consent screen โ approve it and tools become available. Run
/mcpinside Claude Code to trigger the OAuth flow, orclaude mcp listto check status. - VerifyVerify in the browser: paste
https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sseinto remotemcp.net/inspector and run initialize + tools/list.
Troubleshooting OAuth / 401
- A
401 Unauthorizedon first connect is normal โ the endpoint is OAuth-protected; let Claude Code finish the browser consent flow. - If the consent window never opens, remove and re-add the server, then retry.
- Check the exact challenge at our OAuth debugger.
- This server only speaks SSE โ make sure Claude Code supports the legacy SSE transport.
- Run the live endpoint through the online inspector to see the raw JSON-RPC exchange.
Or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"atlassian": {
"url": "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport sse atlassian https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
Or add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"atlassian": {
"type": "sse",
"url": "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse"
}
}
}- Open Settings โ Connectors (Integrations) โ Add Custom Connector.
- Paste the endpoint URL:
https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse - Complete the browser OAuth 2.1 login flow when prompted.
Bridge the remote endpoint into stdio with mcp-remote in claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"atlassian": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse"
]
}
}
}Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"atlassian": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse"
}
}
}Tools exposed by Atlassian MCP (4)
| Tool | Safety | Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|---|
| search_jira_issues | ๐ข Read | Search Jira issues with JQL or text across accessible sites. | jql*: stringcloudId: string |
| create_jira_issue | ๐ Write | Create a Jira issue in a project. | projectKey*: stringsummary*: stringissueType: stringdescription: string |
| get_confluence_page | ๐ข Read | Retrieve a Confluence page's content. | pageId*: stringcloudId: string |
| search_confluence | ๐ข Read | Search Confluence content with CQL or text. | cql*: string |
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