Atlassian REST API Reference (Jira v3 + Confluence v2)
Complete catalog for the Jira Cloud platform REST API v3 and the Confluence Cloud REST API v2, split by domain. Official docs: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/ and https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/
The exhaustive source of truth is the two bundled OpenAPI specs:
references/jira-openapi-v3.json— 420 paths, 99 tags (OpenAPI 3.0.1).references/confluence-openapi-v2.json— 147 paths, 29 tags (OpenAPI 3.0.3).
The curated references/jira/*.md and references/confluence/*.md files below cover the common operations in plain, copy-pasteable form.
Load the setup skill first for authentication and the global conventions (Basic auth, headers, ADF/storage bodies, Jira startAt/maxResults vs Confluence cursor pagination, accountId) — those rules apply to every method here and are not repeated in each file.
Global recap
- Jira base:
${ATLASSIAN_SITE_URL%/}/rest/api/3. Confluence base:${ATLASSIAN_SITE_URL%/}/wiki/api/v2. - Auth:
-u "${ATLASSIAN_EMAIL}:${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN}",-H "Accept: application/json"(+-H "Content-Type: application/json"on writes). - Jira rich text = ADF JSON (
description, commentbody). Confluence body ={representation, value}; update needs the nextversion.number. - Jira users =
accountId(resolve viaGET /user/search). Paths in the Jira files below are written relative to the/rest/api/3base; Confluence paths are relative to the/wiki/api/v2base.
Jira domain index
| Domain | File | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Issues | references/jira/issues.md |
createIssue, getIssue, editIssue, deleteIssue, assignIssue, getTransitions/doTransition, createmeta/editmeta, notify, changelog, archive/unarchive, bulk create/edit/move/delete/transition/watch |
| Search & JQL | references/jira/search-jql.md |
search/jql (GET+POST), search/approximate-count, jql/parse, jql/autocompletedata, jql/match, issue/picker, JQL syntax primer |
| Comments, worklogs & properties | references/jira/comments-worklogs.md |
issue comments CRUD, worklogs CRUD + move + deleted/updated, issue properties |
| Attachments & links | references/jira/attachments-links.md |
add/get/delete attachments (multipart), issue links + link types, remote links |
| Projects, versions & components | references/jira/projects-versions-components.md |
projects CRUD + search + archive/restore, versions, components, roles & actors, categories, features, templates |
| Fields & screens | references/jira/fields-screens.md |
issue fields, custom field contexts & options, field configurations (+schemes), screens, screen tabs, screen schemes, issue type screen schemes |
| Workflows, types & statuses | references/jira/workflows-types-statuses.md |
workflows (read/create/update/search), workflow schemes (+drafts), statuses, issue types, issue type schemes, transition rules |
| Users & groups | references/jira/users-groups.md |
users CRUD, user search (accountId), groups + members, myself + preferences, avatars |
| Permissions & schemes | references/jira/permissions-schemes.md |
permission schemes + grants, my/all permissions, issue security schemes & levels, notification schemes, priorities + priority schemes, resolutions |
| Dashboards & filters | references/jira/dashboards-filters.md |
dashboards + gadgets + item properties, filters CRUD + columns + favourite + owner, filter sharing |
| Plans & teams | references/jira/plans-teams.md |
Advanced Roadmaps plans CRUD + archive/duplicate/trash, teams in plan (atlassian + plan-only) |
Confluence domain index
| Domain | File | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Pages & blog posts | references/confluence/pages-blogposts.md |
pages CRUD (versioned), blog posts, body-format, ancestors/children/descendants, custom content, whiteboards, databases, folders, smart links |
| Spaces | references/confluence/spaces.md |
spaces list/get/create, space properties, space permissions, space roles |
| Comments & attachments | references/confluence/comments-attachments.md |
footer + inline comments CRUD, attachments, versions, likes, tasks, operations |
| Labels & content properties | references/confluence/labels-content-properties.md |
labels, content properties, classification levels, data policies, redactions, admin key, app properties |
How to use a reference file
Each file lists endpoints as METHOD /path (relative to the product base) with purpose and key fields. To run one, wrap it with auth and jq:
# Jira example
curl -s -u "${ATLASSIAN_EMAIL}:${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/json" \
"${ATLASSIAN_SITE_URL%/}/rest/api/3/<path>" | jq '.'
# Confluence example
curl -s -u "${ATLASSIAN_EMAIL}:${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/json" \
"${ATLASSIAN_SITE_URL%/}/wiki/api/v2/<path>" | jq '.'
For the full request/response schema of any operation, grep the bundled spec by operationId:
grep -n '"operationId": "createIssue"' references/jira-openapi-v3.json
grep -n '"operationId": "createPage"' references/confluence-openapi-v2.json