Attlasian MCP in Github Copilot Coding Agent

[Peter Hostačný]

Hello,

Is there any documentation or tutorial on how to integrate the Atlassian MCP with a GitHub repository for use with the Copilot Coding Agent (not to be confused with the Copilot Agent mode inside IDEs)?
We’d like the Copilot agent to have context from JIRA issues so it can work on them and correctly link the changes back to their respective tickets.

So far, I found two pieces of information that seem to contradict the possibility of such integration:

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/coding-agent/extend-coding-agent-with-mcp
> Copilot coding agent does not currently support remote MCP servers that leverage OAuth for authentication and authorization.

https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-rovo-mcp-server/docs/authentication-and-authorization/
> The Atlassian Rovo MCP Server uses OAuth 2.1 authentication for secure, permission-based access to your Atlassian Cloud data.

Could you please clarify this topic?
Is my understanding correct that this integration is currently not possible?
If not entirely, could you suggest any possible workarounds?

Any example MCP JSON configurations to achieve this functionality (ideally with read-only access to JIRA) would also be highly appreciated.

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Hey @Peter Hostačný ,

There's an MCP dedicated group Atlassian Rovo MCP Server, where you might get better support regarding this.

Meanwhile, I'll ask the moderator team if they can move this post/question to the mentioned group.

Cheers,
Tobi

[Yusuf Mirza Altay]

I would like to learn this as well.

[Dan Dillon]

Hello, I'm looking for a solution to this problem as well.  Has anybody found out how to hook up Github Coding Agent (in the ui, not the ide)?  I'm currently blocked due to the auth mechanism (Copilot coding agent does not currently support remote MCP servers that leverage OAuthfor authentication and authorization.)

I've gotten this to work in the IDE. but would think it can do a lot more on the server.

Thanks for any info

[bondansebastian]

For those looking for a solution, Atlassian has implemented API authentication for the MCP server now, check it out: Announcing authentication via API token for Atlassian Rovo MCP Server. @Dan Dillon @Yusuf Mirza Altay @Peter Hostačný 

[Dan Dillon]

Thank you Bondansebastian!  Will check it out. appreciate the post!

Thanks.