How to link an issue to an epic in Jira CLI?

[Steve Raslan]

When creating an issue using Bob Swift Jira CLI, I see no parameter that allows me to link the issue to an existing EPIC.

How can I link an issue (upon creation) to an epic in Jira CLI?

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Steve Raslan 

Welcome to the community.

I have not used the CLI before, but have you tried using the parent parameter to specify the Epic to which you want to add the issue?

[Steve Raslan]

Thank you Trudy for your help. That did work. I am new to Jira so that was very helpful. TAnd thanks for your welcome. 

[Trudy Claspill]

Glad I could help.

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[Jonathan Muse {Appfire}]

Hello @Steve Raslan 

In Cloud the Epic Link is a custom field so you can just use the "field" parameter like this:

jira --action createIssue --project TP --issueType Story --summary "Test CLI" --field "Epic Link=TP-130"