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Jira authentication

This page documents the authentication and configuration options for the Jira agent connector.

Hosted mode (most cases)

In hosted mode, create the connector through the Airbyte Agent CLI or API, then execute operations using the CLI, Python SDK, or API. If you need a step-by-step guide, see the developer quickstart.

OAuth

Use the CLI for hosted OAuth connector creation when possible. It opens the hosted setup flow and avoids passing connector secrets through the command line:

airbyte-agent login
airbyte-agent connectors create --json '{
"workspace": "<your_workspace_name>",
"name": "jira"
}'

For API-first use cases, create a connector with OAuth credentials directly.

credentials fields you need:

Field NameTypeRequiredDescription
access_tokenstrNoYour Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 access token
refresh_tokenstrYesYour Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 refresh token (requires offline_access scope)
client_idstrNoYour Jira OAuth App Client ID from the Atlassian Developer Console
client_secretstrNoYour Jira OAuth App Client Secret from the Atlassian Developer Console

Example request:

curl -X POST "https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/integrations/connectors" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"workspace_name": "<WORKSPACE_NAME>",
"connector_type": "Jira",
"name": "My Jira Connector",
"credentials": {
"access_token": "<Your Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 access token>",
"refresh_token": "<Your Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 refresh token (requires offline_access scope)>",
"client_id": "<Your Jira OAuth App Client ID from the Atlassian Developer Console>",
"client_secret": "<Your Jira OAuth App Client Secret from the Atlassian Developer Console>"
}
}'

Token

Create a connector with Token credentials.

credentials fields you need:

Field NameTypeRequiredDescription
usernamestrYesYour Atlassian account email address
passwordstrYesYour Jira API token from https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

Example request:

curl -X POST "https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/integrations/connectors" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"workspace_name": "<WORKSPACE_NAME>",
"connector_type": "Jira",
"name": "My Jira Connector",
"credentials": {
"username": "<Your Atlassian account email address>",
"password": "<Your Jira API token from https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens>"
}
}'

Execution

After creating the connector, execute operations using the CLI, Python SDK, or API. If your Airbyte client can access multiple organizations, set the default organization with airbyte-agent organizations use, include organization_id in AirbyteAuthConfig, or include X-Organization-Id in raw API calls.

CLI

Authenticate with Airbyte:

airbyte-agent login

Create the connector. The CLI opens the hosted setup flow:

airbyte-agent connectors create --json '{
"workspace": "<your_workspace_name>",
"name": "jira"
}'

Describe the connector to see its supported entities and actions:

airbyte-agent connectors describe --json '{
"workspace": "<your_workspace_name>",
"name": "jira"
}'

Execute an action:

airbyte-agent connectors execute --json '{
"workspace": "<your_workspace_name>",
"name": "jira",
"entity": "<entity>",
"action": "<action>",
"params": {}
}'

Python SDK

The connect() factory returns a fully typed JiraConnector and reads AIRBYTE_CLIENT_ID / AIRBYTE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment:

Pydantic AI
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from airbyte_agent_sdk import connect
from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.jira import JiraConnector

connector = connect("jira", workspace_name="<your_workspace_name>")

agent = Agent("openai:gpt-4o")

@agent.tool_plain
@JiraConnector.tool_utils
async def jira_execute(entity: str, action: str, params: dict | None = None):
return await connector.execute(entity, action, params or {})

Or pass credentials explicitly (equivalent, useful when you're not loading them from the environment): Pydantic AI

Pydantic AI
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.jira import JiraConnector
from airbyte_agent_sdk.types import AirbyteAuthConfig

connector = JiraConnector(
auth_config=AirbyteAuthConfig(
workspace_name="<your_workspace_name>",
organization_id="<your_organization_id>", # Optional for multi-org clients
airbyte_client_id="<your-client-id>",
airbyte_client_secret="<your-client-secret>"
)
)

agent = Agent("openai:gpt-4o")

@agent.tool_plain
@JiraConnector.tool_utils
async def jira_execute(entity: str, action: str, params: dict | None = None):
return await connector.execute(entity, action, params or {})

API

curl -X POST 'https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/integrations/connectors/<connector_id>/execute' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN>' \
-H 'X-Organization-Id: <YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"entity": "<entity>", "action": "<action>", "params": {}}'

Open source mode

In open source mode, provide API credentials directly to the connector.

OAuth

credentials fields you need:

Field NameTypeRequiredDescription
access_tokenstrNoYour Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 access token
refresh_tokenstrYesYour Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 refresh token (requires offline_access scope)
client_idstrNoYour Jira OAuth App Client ID from the Atlassian Developer Console
client_secretstrNoYour Jira OAuth App Client Secret from the Atlassian Developer Console

Example request:

from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.jira import JiraConnector
from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.jira.models import JiraOauth20AuthenticationAuthConfig

connector = JiraConnector(
auth_config=JiraOauth20AuthenticationAuthConfig(
access_token="<Your Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 access token>",
refresh_token="<Your Jira Cloud OAuth 2.0 refresh token (requires offline_access scope)>",
client_id="<Your Jira OAuth App Client ID from the Atlassian Developer Console>",
client_secret="<Your Jira OAuth App Client Secret from the Atlassian Developer Console>"
)
)

Token

credentials fields you need:

Field NameTypeRequiredDescription
usernamestrYesYour Atlassian account email address
passwordstrYesYour Jira API token from https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens

Example request:

from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.jira import JiraConnector
from airbyte_agent_sdk.connectors.jira.models import JiraJiraApiTokenAuthenticationAuthConfig

connector = JiraConnector(
auth_config=JiraJiraApiTokenAuthenticationAuthConfig(
username="<Your Atlassian account email address>",
password="<Your Jira API token from https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens>"
)
)

Configuration

The Jira connector also needs these configuration values to construct the base API URL.

  • Hosted CLI: airbyte-agent connectors create doesn't currently accept these configuration fields directly. For hosted connectors that need these values, create the connector with the hosted API replication_config, then use the CLI for describe and execute operations after creation.
  • Hosted API: pass these values in the connector creation replication_config.
  • Open source mode: provide these values with your local connector setup so the connector can build the correct API base URL.
VariableTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
subdomainstringYes{subdomain}Your Jira Cloud subdomain