Connect GitHub to Jira

Use 12 documented GitHub triggers to run 24 documented Jira actions.

12 source triggers

24 target actions

Reverse direction supported

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Why Connect GitHub & Jira?

Start with a GitHub event

Choose from 12 documented triggers, including New Branch Created, New Card in Column (Classic Projects), New Collaborator.

Run a Jira action

Send the event into one of 24 documented actions, such as Add Attachment To Issue, Add Comment To Issue, Add Multiple Attachments To Issue.

Map and review the workflow

Choose the fields and conditions for the workflow, then test the result before activation.

Available Triggers & Actions

GitHub

Triggers (12)

New Branch Created

Emit new event when a branch is created.

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New Card in Column (Classic Projects)

Emit new event when a (classic) project card is created or moved to a specific column. For Projects V2 use New Issue with Status trigger. More information here

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New Collaborator

Emit new event when a collaborator is added

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New Commit

Emit new event when commits are pushed to a branch

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New Commit Comment

Emit new event when a commit comment is created

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New Discussion

Emit new event when a discussion is created

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New Fork

Emit new event when a repository is forked

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New Gist

Emit new events when new gists are created by the authenticated user. See the documentation

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New Issue Comment

Emit new event when a new comment is added to an issue or pull request

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New Label

Emit new event when a new label is created

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New Mention

Emit new event when you are @mentioned in a new commit, comment, issue or pull request. See the documentation

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New Notification

Emit new event when the authenticated user receives a new notification. See the documentation

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Actions (24)

Create Issue

Create a new issue in a GitHub repo. See the documentation

Search Issues and Pull Requests

Find issues and pull requests by state and keyword. See the documentation

Create Branch

Create a new branch in a GitHub repo. See the documentation

Create Gist

Allows you to add a new gist with one or more files. See the documentation

Create Issue Comment

Create a new comment in a issue. See the documentation

Create or Update File Contents

Create or update a file in a repository. See the documentation

Create Pull Request

Creates a new pull request for a specified repository. See the documentation

Create Repository

Creates a new repository for the authenticated user. See the documentation

Create Workflow Dispatch

Creates a new workflow dispatch event. See the documentation

Disable Workflow

Disables a workflow and sets the **state** of the workflow to **disabled_manually**. See the documentation

Enable Workflow

Enables a workflow and sets the **state** of the workflow to **active**. See the documentation

Get Commit

Get a commit in a GitHub repo. See the documentation

Get Current User

Gather a full snapshot of the authenticated GitHub actor, combining /user, /user/orgs, and /user/teams. Returns profile metadata (login, name, email, company, plan, creation timestamps) and trimmed lists of organizations and teams for quick role awareness. Helpful when you need to validate which user is calling the API, adapt behavior based on their org/team memberships, or provide LLMs with grounding before repository operations. See the documentation.

Get Issue

Get details of an issue in a GitHub repository. See the documentation

Get Issue Assignees

Get assignees for an issue in a GitHub repo. See the documentation

Get Repository Content

Get the content of a file or directory in a specific repository. See the documentation

Get Repository Info

Get information for a specific repository. See the documentation

Get Reviewers

Get reviewers for a PR (see documentation) or Commit SHA (see documentation).

Get Workflow Run

Gets a specific workflow run. See the documentation

List Branches

List branches for a repository using its owner/repo full name (for example, octocat/Hello-World). If you need to discover repository names first, use **List Repositories**. See the documentation

List Commits

List commits in a GitHub repo. See the documentation

List Gist Id Options

Retrieves available options for the Gist Id field.

List Gists for a User

Lists public gists for the specified user. See the documentation

List Organization Options

Retrieves available options for the Organization field.

Jira

Triggers (4)

New Event

Emit new event when an event with subscribed event source triggered, See the documentation

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New Issue Created Event (Instant)

Emit new event when an issue is created. Note that Jira supports only one webhook, if more sources are needed please use New Event source and select multiple events.

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New Issue Deleted Event (Instant)

Emit new event when an issue is deleted. Note that Jira supports only one webhook, if more sources are needed please use New Event source and select multiple events.

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New Issue Updated Event (Instant)

Emit new event when an issue is updated. Note that Jira supports only one webhook, if more sources are needed please use New Event source and select multiple events.

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Actions (24)

Add Attachment To Issue

Adds an attachment to an issue. See the documentation

Add Comment To Issue

Adds a new comment to an issue. See the documentation

Add Multiple Attachments To Issue

Adds multiple attachments to an issue. See the documentation

Add Watcher To Issue

Adds a user as a watcher of an issue by passing the account ID of the user, For example, 5b10ac8d82e05b22cc7d4ef5, If no user is specified the calling user is added. See the documentation

Assign Issue

Assigns an issue to a user. See the documentation

Check Issues Against JQL

Checks whether one or more issues would be returned by one or more JQL queries. See the documentation

Count Issues Using JQL

Provide an estimated count of the issues that match the JQL. See the documentation

Create Custom Field Options (Context)

Create a context for custom field options. See the documentation.

Create Future Sprint

Creates a future sprint. See the documentation

Create Issue

Creates an issue or, where the option to create subtasks is enabled in Jira, a subtask. See the documentation

Create Jira Version in Project

Creates a project version. See the documentation

Delete Project

Deletes a project. See the documentation

Get All Projects

Gets metadata on all projects. See the documentation

Get Board

Returns the board for the given board ID. See the documentation

Get Cloud ID

Gets the cloud ID and details of all accessible Jira Cloud sites. See the documentation

Get Current User

Returns the authenticated Jira user's account ID, display name, email, and active status. Call this first when the user says 'my issues', 'assigned to me', or needs their Jira identity. Use the returned accountId with **Search Issues with JQL** (e.g. assignee = '{accountId}') or **Assign Issue**. Requires a Cloud ID to identify the Jira site. See the documentation.

Get Issue

Gets the details for an issue. See the documentation

Get Issue Picker Suggestions

Returns lists of issues matching a query string. See the documentation

Get Issue Types

Gets the available issue types. If a project ID is provided, returns issue types for that project. Otherwise, returns all issue types accessible to the user. See the documentation

Get Sprint

Returns the sprint for a given sprint ID. See the documentation

Get Task

Gets the status of a long-running asynchronous task. See the documentation

Get Transitions

Gets either all transitions or a transition that can be performed by the user on an issue, based on the issue's status. See the documentation

Get User

Gets details of user. See the documentation

Get Users

Gets the details for a list of users. See the documentation