Assignee - Automatically Assign to the user's profile

[rburt@legisym.com]

How do we get the Assignee field to automatically assign to the person who is logged in, instead of having to click on the "Assign to Me" link each time? 

[Alexander Pappert]

so, everytime when a user opens the task, it should be automatically assigned to him, even if he just wants to view it?

[rburt@legisym.com]

Only when we create a task. 

When I hit Create, it brings up the Create issue window and sets the Assignee to 'automatic'. We either have to type in our names or click the Assign to me link. If we leave it on Automatic, it sets it to "unassigned" after the issue has been created. We would like it to just default to the user's profile of whoever created the issue. 

[Alexander Pappert]

then you can use automation for jira addon as example.
create a rule thet is triggerd on task creation and that you want to assign the issue to the reporter.
After the issue creation (not in the create issue window) it will change the assignee to the issue reporter.

https://docs.automationforjira.com/rule-playground/#/