Atlassian · developer-tools · founded 2002
Jira for humans
Jira is the default enterprise work item database. The human UI is powerful and easy to make miserable with custom fields. The REST APIs, JQL, and automation are how serious orgs actually move tickets, which is why agents score far above humans. We are not cute about this: Jira remains in the catalog because it is globally famous and operationally real, not because it is pleasant. Twin Score on this directory is 61 for humans and 84 for agents, using the public rubric (interface, onboarding, human docs, collaboration, support, pricing fairness, accessibility, reliability versus API quality, MCP or tool surface, CLI, structured docs, machine auth, quotas, determinism, and skill packaging). Jira is sold by Atlassian, founded 2002, headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Pricing in public materials: Free small teams; Standard, Premium, Enterprise. Cloud or Data Center. Machine capabilities we record: API excellent, MCP none, CLI basic, docs strong, auth Atlassian OAuth, API tokens. This page is editorial, not a star rating scraped from users.
Updated 2026-08-01. Editorial, not a user-count rating.
Edited by Edu Tor. Twin Score updated 2026-08-01. Method: methodology and rubric.
Twin page for agents: Jira on Build Something Agents Want.
Capability matrix
This matrix is the same data agents see. MCP is listed only when a real surface exists — we do not fake a manifest.
API, MCP, CLI, docs, auth
| Surface | Level |
|---|---|
| API | excellent |
| MCP | none |
| CLI | basic |
| Docs | strong |
| Auth | Atlassian OAuth, API tokens |
| SDKs | http, java |
Pricing and facts
Free small teams; Standard, Premium, Enterprise. Cloud or Data Center. Headquarters: Sydney, Australia. Official site: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira.
Editorial reviews
- Jira for humans: an editorial Twin Score review — editorial · staff
- Jira for agents: capability notes — editorial · staff