Can I 'lock down' a Story until points are added?

[Bud Herz]

Challenge:
When projects start to fall behind due to us "building the plane while it's flying" there are Story tickets frequently pulled in that haven't been pointed.

Question:
Is there any way to require the Story Points field be filled out before a ticket status can move out of To-Do or be added to a Sprint? 

Related:
I have automations to catch these, but they have to be triggered by the status change or the adding to a sprint. Neither are stopping someone really from just starting work on it and feigning ignorance that Jira rolled the Story back.

[Vishal Biyani]

@Bud Herz 

In your workflow, you can add a validator to check if Story point is not added, then don't let the issue transition.

As JIRA Admin, click on the desired transition, a screen like below will pop up

Click on Validator and then Add Validator button

In the form select Field Required Validator.

Let me know if this works for you.

[Fadoua]

@Bud Herz 

Do you have ScriptRunner? Because you can create a validator that will check if the issue has Story Points then it can be moved to the next status.

It can be done from To Do to In Progress.

Best,

Fadoua