Forge App Jam #5 - Configuration Explorer: Visualize Screens used in Workflow Transitions

[Caterina Curti]

In this new hands‑on Forge live build, we’ll explore how to make Jira configuration easier to understand, navigate, and share – right inside Jira.

This idea was inspired by this post (with associated script) from @Nikola Perisic.

Jira admins often need to answer questions like:

• “Which workflows are using this screen?”

• “Where is this field actually visible?”

• “How do I quickly review configurations across projects for an audit?”

Manually clicking through admin screens to piece this together can be time‑consuming because it requires a lot of manual navigation.

So in this episode, we’ll start designing and building a Jira configuration explorer app – aiming for a tool that surfaces this information directly in Jira, with powerful filtering and export options.

We’ll build it on Forge’s jira:adminPage module so it lives natively in the Jira admin experience.

💡 The screenshot below is an early concept of the kind of experience we’re working towards in this series.

🧭 What we’re building in Episode 5

We’ll use Forge to lay the foundations of an in‑product view that helps you:

• Display workflow data and associated screens directly inside Jira

• Navigate with one click to the underlying configuration

• Filter the configuration data to focus on exactly what you need

• Export to CSV for audits, reviews, or sharing with your team

In this episode, we’ll focus on wiring up the core pieces: reading Jira configuration, getting it into a useful shape, and presenting an initial UI that Jira admins and power users can build on.

You’ll leave with a reusable pattern you can extend for your own configuration‑related tools.

This episode is scheduled on:

📅 Tuesday, 10 March 2026 – 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM PST

If this sounds interesting, you can register for this event on the Atlassian Community event page (link) or via our LinkedIn event (link).

If you can't make it at this time, the session will be recorded and the video posted on YouTube and will be available on LinkedIn too.

See you there 🤞!

Caterina