Jira Add Journey

Add Validation Journey to Existing JIRA Ticket

Read an existing JIRA ticket, understand the feature or fix it describes, analyze the codebase to determine the verification approach, and append a Validation Journey section to the ticket description.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS: <TICKET_ID>

• TICKET_ID (required): JIRA ticket key (e.g., PROJ-123)

Prerequisites

• JIRA_API_TOKEN environment variable set
• jira-cli configured. Prefer the config Lisa writes at .lisa/jira-cli/.config.yml (the setup-jira-cli SessionStart hook writes it from JIRA_SERVER / JIRA_LOGIN / JIRA_PROJECT on a project whose tracker is jira), and pass it explicitly with --config. A developer's own ~/.config/.jira/.config.yml still works as jira-cli's default when no --config is given.

Workflow

Step 1: Read the Ticket

Use the Atlassian MCP or jira-cli to read the full ticket details:

# Run from the project root. --config pins jira-cli to the file Lisa's
# setup-jira-cli hook wrote, instead of the machine's own ~/.config/.jira.
# jira-cli resolves --config > JIRA_CONFIG_FILE > ~/.config/.jira/.config.yml,
# and a --config path that does not exist fails closed with "Missing
# configuration file." rather than silently using the default.
jira --config .lisa/jira-cli/.config.yml issue view <TICKET_ID>

If .lisa/jira-cli/.config.yml does not exist, drop --config to fall back to the machine's own jira-cli config — but say so in your report rather than letting the Lisa-written config go quietly unused.

Extract: title, description, acceptance criteria, components, labels, linked tickets.

Step 2: Check for Existing Journey

Run the parser to see if a Validation Journey already exists:

python3 .claude/skills/jira-journey/scripts/parse-plan.py <TICKET_ID> 2>&1

If the parser succeeds and returns steps, the ticket already has a journey. Report this to the user and stop.

Step 3: Analyze the Feature

Based on the ticket description and acceptance criteria, determine the appropriate verification approach. Stack-specific overrides provide the analysis logic.

Step 4: Draft the Validation Journey

Compose the journey following the Validation Journey format with: Prerequisites, Steps (with evidence markers), and Assertions.

Step 5: Present to User for Approval

Display the drafted Validation Journey to the user and ask for confirmation before appending it to the ticket.

Step 6: Append to Ticket Description

After user approval, use the JIRA REST API to append the Validation Journey to the existing ticket description.

Step 7: Verify

Run the parser again to confirm the journey was added correctly:

python3 .claude/skills/jira-journey/scripts/parse-plan.py <TICKET_ID>