Jira Automation rules - Can we copy from custom field to core field (description)

Question

I am trying to setup a base template for bugs. Since Jira doesnt natively support this and all plugins I found dont work in a convenient way I am trying to just do the most important thing with the automation rules:

Pre-populate the "Description" field in the "Create Issue" screen (before user has actually created the issue) with pre-formatted text.

So I have several questions:

1. Is it possible to copy text from custom fields to core fields (here the "Description" field" with automation rules?

2. If that is possible, can the rule be executed when the user selects the "Create" button in the project (the main "Create" button in Jira)?

3. Can the text be formatted, for example bold text or cursive?

If you know another solution for this task please let me know, I have been looking into this for quite a while now.

We are on Jira Cloud, company-managed project

John Funk · Answer

Do you have the rule that you created but it didn't work? Can you post that here?

Alexander Schöne_2y1b2i · Answer

I think what you re proposing is exactly what I have tried previously, but I got stuck at this point:

"Finally, you can create an Automation rule to copy the value from the new custom field to the Description field if you like. This would be done with an Issue Create trigger and a condition where the custom field is not empty."

I had tried to use the Post-functions in the workflow. Can you explain how you would do this with automation rules?

Alexander Schöne_2y1b2i · Answer

Unfortunately this needs to happen at the point of issue creation, but thanks for the other link that is very useful.