I’m currently exploring governance options for Jira Automation and would like to understand whether it is technically possible to retrieve information about Automation Rules programmatically. Specifically: * Is there any public REST API that allows retrieving Automation Rule metadata (e.g., rule name, scope, owner)? * Can rule lifecycle events such as: * rule created * rule updated * rule deleted be accessed via an API? * Are these events included in either: * the Jira project audit log (/rest/api/3/auditing/record), or * the Atlassian Organization Admin Audit API (/admin/v1/orgs/{orgId}/events)? The goal is to determine whether Automation Rule creation or modification can be monitored automatically (e.g., for governance, compliance, or documentation purposes), particularly in a Jira Cloud Standard environment. Has anyone successfully accessed this information via API, or are these events only available in certain subscription tiers (e.g., Premium/Enterprise with Atlassian Access)? Any clarification or real-world experience would be appreciated.

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Is It Possible to Retrieve Jira Automation Rule Information via API or Audit Log?

Alexander Wieske

I’m currently exploring governance options for Jira Automation and would like to understand whether it is technically possible to retrieve information about Automation Rules programmatically.

Specifically:

Is there any public REST API that allows retrieving Automation Rule metadata (e.g., rule name, scope, owner)?
Can rule lifecycle events such as:
- rule created
- rule updated
- rule deleted
  be accessed via an API?
Are these events included in either:
- the Jira project audit log (/rest/api/3/auditing/record), or
- the Atlassian Organization Admin Audit API (/admin/v1/orgs/{orgId}/events)?

The goal is to determine whether Automation Rule creation or modification can be monitored automatically (e.g., for governance, compliance, or documentation purposes), particularly in a Jira Cloud Standard environment.

Has anyone successfully accessed this information via API, or are these events only available in certain subscription tiers (e.g., Premium/Enterprise with Atlassian Access)?

Any clarification or real-world experience would be appreciated.

Accepted answers

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Alexander Wieske -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There are endpoints to manage rules here:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/automation/rest/api-group-rule-management/#api-group-rule-management

From your list of questions, there is no way to get the automation audit log with endpoints yet. And, there are no public events which can be monitored for things like rule created, updated, etc.

Here are some open suggestions you may want to watch for those needs:

Kind regards,
Bill

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @Alexander Wieske -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There are endpoints to manage rules here:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/automation/rest/api-group-rule-management/#api-group-rule-management

From your list of questions, there is no way to get the automation audit log with endpoints yet. And, there are no public events which can be monitored for things like rule created, updated, etc.

Here are some open suggestions you may want to watch for those needs:

Kind regards,
Bill

Tinker Fadoua

Welcome to the Atlassian Community @Alexander Wieske !

The link provided here by @Bill Sheboy is the only one I found too to help with Automation and REST API

Best,

Fadoua

Alexander Wieske

thanks for that. Whit the API provided i was able to solve my request

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