Claude Code Agent

[Mike Gargano]

At Atlassian Teams 2026 I saw a demo of Claude Code as an assignable agent in Jira. My team and I are wondering how to enable this functionality in Jira. We don't see any Claude Skills in Rovo Studio.

[Anwesha Pan]

Hi @Mike Gargano  👋🏻

First of all, welcome to community! ✨

You aren't seeing Claude Skills in Rovo Studio because Claude Code is a terminal-based agent that connects to Jira via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), rather than an in-app Rovo app. To use it, you will need to install and run it locally, then link it to your workspace.

Step 1: Generate a Jira API Token

1. Go to your Atlassian Profile Security page.
2. Click Create API token and give it a label (e.g., Claude-Code-Agent).
3. Copy the token. You will only be able to see it once, so save it to your password manager.

Step 2: Set up the Atlassian MCP Server

1. Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine.
2. Install the Atlassian MCP server, which translates Claude's natural language commands into Jira API calls.
3. Configure the MCP server by adding your JIRA_API_TOKEN and Atlassian site URL into your .env.local file or Claude config.

Step 3: Enable the Agent in Jira

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com and select your organization.
2. Navigate to Apps > AI settings and ensure AI enabled apps is activated for Jira.
3. Go to your Jira instance and navigate to Switch sites or apps > Studio > Agents.
4. Click Create an agent, give it a name like "Claude", and toggle on the Work item surface.

Step 4: Start Assigning
After the agent is activated for work items, you can open any Jira issue, click the Assignee dropdown, search for the AI agent's name you just created, and assign it to the ticket.

You can refer the documentation for more details.

I hope this helps & resolves your issue. 🙂

Thanks,
Anwesha