Create

Create Jira Issue

/jira:create <type> [project-key] <summary> [--component <name>] [--version <version>] [--parent <key>]

Creates Jira issues following best practices and team-specific conventions. Supports stories, epics, features, initiatives, tasks, bugs, risks, spikes, and feature requests with intelligent defaults, interactive prompts, and validation.

Type-Specific Guidance

Load the reference file matching the issue type for templates, interactive workflows, and best practices:

Also load Markdown for Jira for description formatting.

Arguments

• type (required) — story | epic | feature | initiative | task | bug | risk | spike | feature-request
• project-key (optional for bugs and feature-requests) — e.g., CNTRLPLANE, OCPBUGS, RFE. Default for bugs: OCPBUGS. Default for feature-requests: RFE.
• summary (required) — Issue title. Use quotes for multi-word: "Enable automatic scaling"
• --component (optional) — Component name. Auto-detected from summary for known projects.
• --version (optional) — Target version. Normalized to openshift-X.Y per project conventions.
• --parent (optional) — Parent issue key for linking (e.g., CNTRLPLANE-123).

Implementation Phases

Phase 1: Load Guidance

1. Load the type-specific reference file from the table above
2. Invoke the jira:jira-conventions skill when the project key, component, or summary keywords match a known project or team

Phase 2: Parse Arguments & Detect Context

Parse required and optional arguments. Analyze summary text for context clues (team, component, platform keywords).

Phase 3: Apply Smart Defaults

Universal requirements (ALL tickets):

"labels": ["ai-generated-jira"]
"security": {"name": "Red Hat Employee"}
contentFormat: "markdown"

Project and team defaults (version, component, labels) come from the jira-conventions skill.

Phase 4: Interactive Prompts

Follow the type-specific reference file's interactive workflow to collect missing information (story format, bug template sections, epic scope, etc.).

Phase 5: Summary Validation

Check for anti-patterns before creation:

1. Summary starts with "As a" or contains "I want" / "so that" → belongs in description
2. Summary exceeds 100 characters → likely too long

If detected:

The summary looks like a full user story. Summaries should be concise titles.

Current: "As a cluster admin, I want to configure ImageTagMirrorSet in HostedCluster CRs so that I can enable tag-based image proxying"

Suggested: "Enable ImageTagMirrorSet configuration in HostedCluster CRs"

Use the suggested summary? (yes/no/edit)

Phase 6: Security Validation

Scan all content (summary, description) for sensitive data:

• Credentials, API tokens, cloud keys (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Kubeconfigs, SSH keys, certificates, PEM files
• URLs with embedded credentials

If detected: STOP creation, inform user of the type found (without echoing it), suggest placeholder values.

Phase 7: Create Issue via MCP

Use createJiraIssue with collected parameters. Include universal fields and any project/team-specific fields.

Phase 8: Return Result

Created: PROJECT-1234
Title: <issue summary>
URL: <issue URL>

Applied defaults:
- <Field>: <Value>

Custom Fields (redhat.atlassian.net)

Issue Hierarchy and Parent Linking

Jira issue types have a hierarchyLevel that determines valid parent-child relationships. The parent field only accepts an issue whose hierarchyLevel is exactly one level above the child. Not all projects have all levels — use getJiraProjectIssueTypesMetadata to discover available types and their levels for a given project.

Level 3: Outcome
Level 2: Feature / Initiative
Level 1: Epic
Level 0: Story / Task / Bug / Spike
Level -1: Sub-task

Parent Field

Use {"parent": {"key": "PARENT-KEY"}} in additional_fields for all parent-child relationships (Story→Epic, Task→Epic, Bug→Epic, Spike→Epic, Epic→Feature, Epic→Initiative, Feature→Outcome, Initiative→Outcome).

Pre-Validation (when --parent is provided)

Fetch the parent via getJiraIssue to verify it exists and its type matches the hierarchy:

If parent not found, offer options: proceed without parent, specify different parent, or cancel.

Parent Linking Fallback

If creation fails with a parent-related error, create without the parent and link via editJiraIssue with {"parent": {"key": "PARENT-KEY"}}.

Changing Issue Type Across Hierarchy Levels

When changing an existing issue's type to a different hierarchy level, the current parent may become invalid. Jira validates the one-level-higher constraint on every edit, so you must change the parent and type in separate steps:

1. Unset the parent: editJiraIssue with {"parent": null}
2. Change the issue type: editJiraIssue with {"issuetype": {"name": "NewType"}}
3. Set the new parent if needed: editJiraIssue with {"parent": {"key": "NEW-PARENT"}}

Error Handling

Invalid Issue Type

Invalid issue type "stroy". Valid types: story, epic, feature, initiative, task, bug, risk, spike, feature-request

Did you mean "story"?

Missing Project Key

Project key is required for stories/tasks/epics/features/initiatives/risks/spikes.

Usage: /jira:create story PROJECT-KEY "summary"

Field Format Errors

MCP Tool Errors

• "Field 'component' is required" → Prompt for component
• "Version not found" → Fetch available versions, suggest closest match
• "Permission denied" → User may lack permissions
• "Issue type not available" → Project may not support this type

Usage Examples

/jira:create story CNTRLPLANE "Add user dashboard"
/jira:create story CNTRLPLANE "Add search" --component "Frontend" --version "4.22"
/jira:create epic CNTRLPLANE "Mobile redesign" --parent CNTRLPLANE-100
/jira:create bug "API returns 500 error" --component "Backend"
/jira:create task CNTRLPLANE "Update API docs" --parent CNTRLPLANE-456
/jira:create feature CNTRLPLANE "Advanced search capabilities"
/jira:create initiative GCP "Establish performance testing infrastructure"
/jira:create risk GCP "Cincinnati API outage could block new cluster creation due to version resolution dependency"
/jira:create spike GCP "Evaluate Workload Identity Federation vs service account key rotation for HCP node auth"
/jira:create feature-request RFE "Support custom SSL certificates for ROSA HCP"

Configuration

Project and Team Conventions

The jira-conventions skill automatically detects and applies conventions:

• CNTRLPLANE: version normalization, parent linking fields
• OCPBUGS: bug-specific version fields
• GCP: team templates, sizing guide, priority scheme
• HyperShift: component selection (ARO/ROSA/HyperShift)

To add conventions for your project, create a reference file at plugins/jira/reference/your-project.md and add a routing entry to plugins/jira/skills/jira-conventions/SKILL.md.

Best Practices

1. Use descriptive summaries with relevant keywords for auto-detection
2. Provide --component and --version flags when known to skip prompts
3. Use --parent to maintain issue hierarchy
4. Sanitize content — remove credentials before including logs

Anti-Patterns

• Wrong type: /jira:create story "Refactor database" → technical work, use task
• Vague summary: /jira:create bug "Something is broken" → be specific
• Credentials in content: Use placeholders like YOUR_API_KEY