# Jira destination profile

verified: 2026-11-06

The design is posted as a comment on the change's Jira ticket. Pick each action's tool
from the connector's own tool list using the names below. When none of the names for an
action is in this chat, run `paqad-ai hld not-posted --target jira` instead of guessing a
tool.

## Post

Add one comment to the ticket with the whole design: the summary, a divider, then "More
detail" as normal headings. Jira has no collapsible section.

## Update to v2

Edit the same comment and put "v2" at the top. When no edit tool is offered, post a new
comment that starts with "v2, replaces the comment above" and record its id with
`paqad-ai hld posted`.

## Read answers

Read the ticket's comments and its current status. Pass the comments after the recorded
post as replies and the status with `--status`.

## Move status

List the ticket's transitions and pick the one whose name matches `move_to_on_post`
(case-insensitive), the same matching the Jira ticket provider uses. Add no matching rule
of your own. When no transition matches, report it once and record `--move-failed`.

## Format

Summary, a `---` divider, then "More detail" as normal headings, all in one comment.

## Tool-name variants

| Action           | Known names                                                                  |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| add comment      | `addCommentToJiraIssue`                                                      |
| edit comment     | `editJiraIssueComment`, `updateJiraIssueComment` or `editCommentOnJiraIssue` |
| read comments    | `getJiraIssue` (its comments) or `getJiraIssueComments`                      |
| read status      | `getJiraIssue` (its status)                                                  |
| list transitions | `getTransitionsForJiraIssue`                                                 |
| move status      | `transitionJiraIssue`                                                        |

## Shared with the Jira tracker profile

These rows are copied from `runtime/claude-plugin/skills/post-tickets/references/tracker-profiles-jira.md`
and a test keeps them the same:

| add comment | Add a comment to an issue. |
| read issue | Read an issue's full fields for read-back, or an existing epic or ticket for grounding. |

## Author mapping

Your author id is your Atlassian account id, from `atlassianUserInfo` or
`lookupJiraAccountId`. Pass it as `--author-id`. A reply whose author account id is yours
has `is_change_author: true`.

## Untrusted replies

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