Can a PDF be automatically converted into a Jira ticket?

[SianS]

I’m exploring whether it’s possible to take information from a PDF document and automatically convert it into a Jira ticket. Ideally, the process would extract relevant details (such as title, description, attachments, or structured data) and populate the corresponding fields in Jira without manual entry.

Has anyone implemented something like this before?

Are there built-in features, integrations, or apps that support this?

Would this require using APIs, automation rules, or third-party tools?

Any best practices for handling different PDF formats (structured vs unstructured)?

Thanks in advance for any guidance or examples

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

To me it sounds like a good candidate for AI.

Even if you are not familiar with programming, you could use Rovo DEV to "vibe code" a simple Forge app which:

• offer a screen where you can upload the PDF
• extracts the texts from the PDF
• finds out which text fragment should be mapped to which field (you could help his work with clever promping)
• creates the work item

It is definitely an interesting project.

[SianS]

Thanks i"ll give it a go

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @SianS 

Disclaimer: I have not tried to implement a solution for this.

Where is the PDF file stored?

It might be possible to accomplish that through a Rovo chat, asking Rovo (in Jira) to analyze the content of the document and then asking Rovo to create an issue from its analysis.

[SianS]

Thanks i"ll give it a go