Atlassian Remote MCP Server beta now available for desktop applications

[summer ng 1120]

Try to run rm -rf ~/.mcp-auth , if there is no OAuth prompt out for mcp-remote

Atlassian MCP will be show under APP with access to your accounts after successful authenication.(https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/apps)

[Oleksii Golikov]

Please fix issue: Failed to validate tool bb7_transitionJiraIssue: Error: tool parameters array type must have items

[Shubham Dekate]

I was able to add the MCP server and list the tools, but when I used it to fetch the details for a particular JIRA story I got this error, please help to look into it.

[Matthew Buchanan]

Just a heads up to anyone else using VSCode - the insiders build includes native support for MCP server OAuth authentication, which means that you can add this MCP server without having to use mcp-remote.

I'm also seeing the transitionJiraIssue error and am working around it by disabling that specific tool, hoping for a fix for that one soon!

Thanks

[Max Chernyak]

For those looking for how to add this to Claude Code (assuming you have `uv`):

claude mcp add-json "atlassian-mcp" '{"command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-atlassian", "--jira-url", "https://yourcompany.atlassian.net", "--jira-username", "your-username", "--jira-token", "your-api-token"], "env": {}}'

[Soham Dasgupta]

I keep getting this error, do I have to tell my account admin to do anything special to enable the MCP server?

[asafl]

Is it possible to define the only permissions I'd like the MCP server to have? I don't want it to have permissions to Confluence, I want Jira only.

[henriquevalcanaia]

MCP is constantly failing for me. Same config was working last Friday.

From terminal:

npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
[49499] Using existing client port: 57608
[49499] [49499] Connecting to remote server: https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
[49499] Using transport strategy: http-first
[49499] Received error: Error POSTing to endpoint (HTTP 404): Not Found
[49499] Recursively reconnecting for reason: falling-back-to-alternate-transport
[49499] [49499] Connecting to remote server: https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
[49499] Using transport strategy: sse-only
[49499] Connected to remote server using SSEClientTransport
[49499] Local STDIO server running
[49499] Proxy established successfully between local STDIO and remote SSEClientTransport
[49499] Press Ctrl+C to exit
^C[49499] 
Shutting down...

From Cursor > Output > MCP Logs:

2025-05-29 17:49:33.812 [info] sian: Handling ReloadClient action
2025-05-29 17:49:33.813 [info] sian: Starting new stdio process with command: npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
2025-05-29 17:49:34.539 [info] sian: Client closed for command
2025-05-29 17:49:34.539 [error] sian: Failed to reload client: MCP error -32000: Connection closed
2025-05-29 17:49:34.539 [info] MCP: Handling ListOfferings action
2025-05-29 17:49:34.539 [error] MCP: No server info found
2025-05-29 17:49:34.540 [info] -mcp: Handling ListOfferings action
2025-05-29 17:49:34.540 [error] -mcp: No server info found
2025-05-29 17:49:34.541 [info] sian: Handling ListOfferings action
2025-05-29 17:49:34.541 [error] sian: No server info found
2025-05-29 17:49:34.546 [info] thub: Handling ListOfferings action
2025-05-29 17:49:34.546 [error] thub: No server info found
2025-05-29 17:49:34.546 [info] -git: Handling ListOfferings action
2025-05-29 17:49:34.546 [info] -git: Listing offerings
2025-05-29 17:49:34.547 [info] -git: Connected to stdio server, fetching offerings
2025-05-29 17:49:34.551 [info] listOfferings: Found 11 tools
2025-05-29 17:49:34.551 [info] -git: Found 11 tools, 0 resources, and 0 resource templates
2025-05-29 17:49:34.552 [info] dMCP: Handling ListOfferings action
2025-05-29 17:49:34.552 [error] dMCP: No server info found

[Darren McDaniel]

Has anyone gotten this to work in VSCode?   

 {

  "servers":

  {

    "atlassian":

    {

      "command": "npx",

      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse"]

    }

   }

}

using this config i get this on repeat:

2025-05-29 15:38:25.212 [info] Connection state: Starting

2025-05-29 15:38:25.212 [info] Connection state: Running

2025-05-29 15:38:26.952 [warning] [server stderr] (node:23624) Warning: Setting the NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED environment variable to '0' makes TLS connections and HTTPS requests insecure by disabling certificate verification.

2025-05-29 15:38:26.952 [warning] [server stderr] (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)

2025-05-29 15:38:28.512 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] Using existing client port: 5598

2025-05-29 15:38:28.513 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] [48608] Connecting to remote server: https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse

2025-05-29 15:38:28.513 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] Using transport strategy: http-first

2025-05-29 15:38:28.571 [warning] [server stderr] (node:48608) Warning: Setting the NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED environment variable to '0' makes TLS connections and HTTPS requests insecure by disabling certificate verification.

2025-05-29 15:38:28.571 [warning] [server stderr] (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)

2025-05-29 15:38:29.047 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] Received error: Error POSTing to endpoint (HTTP 404): Not Found

2025-05-29 15:38:29.047 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] Recursively reconnecting for reason: falling-back-to-alternate-transport

2025-05-29 15:38:29.047 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] [48608] Connecting to remote server: https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse

2025-05-29 15:38:29.047 [warning] [server stderr] [48608] Using transport strategy: sse-only

2025-05-29 15:38:30.224 [info] Waiting for server to respond to `initialize` request...

2025-05-29 15:38:35.224 [info] Waiting for server to respond to `initialize` request...

2025-05-29 15:38:40.223 [info] Waiting for server to respond to `initialize` request...

[Dinesh Saini]

Do we have clear and consolidated instructions available for setting up the codebase in Visual Studio Code (VS Code)? Currently, the setup seems to be working well with Cursor, but we're still facing several challenges when trying to configure it with VS Code—especially related to MCP server steps. It would be helpful if we could clarify or document the specific steps required for a smooth setup in VS Code.

[timothy_deng]

i was able to set this up in cursor, but having issues setting this up in claude code. when i run in mcp debug mode:

MCP server "jira" Connection failed: Connection to MCP server "jira" timed out after 5000ms

Activating the server in cursor initiated the auth flow on my web browser, but it never did that with claude code. not sure if that's the issue? manually running `npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse` doesn't seem to trigger the auth flow, but this is my output from that command:

[7085] Using existing client port: 5598
[7085] [7085] Connecting to remote server: https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
[7085] Using transport strategy: http-first
[7085] Received error: Error POSTing to endpoint (HTTP 404): Not Found
[7085] Recursively reconnecting for reason: falling-back-to-alternate-transport
[7085] [7085] Connecting to remote server: https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/sse
[7085] Using transport strategy: sse-only
[7085] Connected to remote server using SSEClientTransport
[7085] Local STDIO server running
[7085] Proxy established successfully between local STDIO and remote SSEClientTransport
[7085] Press Ctrl+C to exit

any ideas?

[Dusan Spaic]

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[Dusan Spaic]

Has anyone managed to get past the Claude Desktop message "*Claude hit the maximum length for this conversation. Please start a new conversation to continue chatting with Claude*" that appears after just one new conversation with Atlassian MCP? It looks like MCP is logging too much (very verbose) into the chat, hitting the limit right away.

I'm on the Free plan, but I'm not sure that's the actual issue. I tried tweaking the prompts to direct Claude not to display MCP logs in the chat, but without success.

[Jon Duenas]

@Song Huang Did you ever figure out the "Something went wrong" issue? I'm getting the same error whenever I approve the oauth step.

[Rob Lopez]

I am seeing the same error as @Song Huang

Some more context is that it appears it is sending an authentication request in the network and I am getting a 400 response with

{"error":{"category":"failed-response"}}

[Dinesh Saini]

Do we have clear and consolidated instructions available for setting up the codebase in Visual Studio Code (VS Code)? Currently, the setup seems to be working well with Cursor, but we're still facing several challenges when trying to configure it with VS Code—especially related to MCP server steps. It would be helpful if we could clarify or document the specific steps required for a smooth setup in VS Code. Any help?

[Song Huang]

@Jon Duenas @Rob Lopez The current workaround is ask our admin grant me a confluence license temporary, after the authorization is done can remove it . But `mcp-remote` doesn't support to refresh token automatically so far, so the authorization could be expired after days. 

[Yoni Harris]

This is great, I connected the remote mcp with Cursor, and created a client:server app to automate my pipe with Jira. Great work!

[Rob Lopez]

@Song Huang Thanks for the direction it was a similar issue!
@Jon Duenas  I had a similar solve in that I did not have compass access which caused a permissioning failure.  Adding compass to my account gave my access. 

Solution: Had my Company Admin permission me for compass. I can now fully connect. 

[David Galera Alfaro]

+1

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-Platform-articles/Atlassian-Remote-MCP-Server-beta-now-available-for-desktop/bc-p/3022250#M344

My MCP client runs in the backend (AWS Bedrock LLM). How can I passthrough this OAuth verification to the frontend?

[Alex_horton]

I am seeing the same issue with "Accesss Denied". I asked my workplace admin to give me confluence admin access (I actually have no confluence access normally, and I do not need it). With confluence admin access, I could accept the connection and use the MCP.

It seems to me to be a scoping issue.

Please make it possible to scope the permissions of the MCP more. Even the ability just to turn on/off jira and confluence access would be a big improvement.

Thanks! The tool is fun to use now that I have it set up.

[Jose Martinez]

We're running into the "Access Denied" issue as well.

This was working up until today. Comparing the scopes in the OAUTH page from the initial guide (specifically this) and the scopes I see today. It looks like `Compass` was recently added. I believe that is what is causing myself and my teammates to run into the "Access Denied" issue.

I agree w/ @Alex_horton - it would be great to toggle the scopes we want to grant.

Hoping for a quick fix - as this was one of my most used MCPs. I enjoyed the OAUTH part - which made it super easy to setup the MCP.

[pallav gupta]

how to make it work with n8n?

[Tomas Rabczak]

This was working up until today. Comparing the scopes in the OAUTH page from the initial guide (specifically this) and the scopes I see today. It looks like `Compass` was recently added. I believe that is what is causing myself and my teammates to run into the "Access Denied" issue.

Can confirm this as we also did a test on our instance. A user without an associated Compass account got the error. We then enabled Compass for that user and the authorization started working.

+1 for the ability to toggle scopes

[Dallas Pool]

I'm trying to integrate into google ADK and receiving the following error. 

```

google.genai.errors.ClientError: 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT. {'error': {'code': 400, 'message': 'Unable to submit request because `getConfluenceSpaces` functionDeclaration `parameters.ids` schema specified other fields alongside any_of. When using any_of, it must be the only field set. Learn more: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/multimodal/function-calling', 'status': 'INVALID_ARGUMENT'}}

```