tools-only Project Management Skills - Claude Code Guidance
This guide covers the 6 production-ready project management skills with Atlassian MCP integration.
PM Skills Overview
Available Skills:
- senior-pm/ - Senior project manager workflows and best practices
- scrum-master/ - Scrum ceremonies, agile coaching, team facilitation
- jira-expert/ - Jira administration, workflows, automation
- confluence-expert/ - Documentation, knowledge management, collaboration
- atlassian-admin/ - Atlassian suite administration and configuration
- atlassian-templates/ - Ready-to-use templates for Jira and Confluence
Key Feature: Atlassian MCP Server integration for direct Jira/Confluence operations
Atlassian MCP Integration
Purpose: Direct integration with Jira and Confluence via Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Capabilities:
- Create, read, update Jira issues
- Manage Confluence pages and spaces
- Automate workflows and transitions
- Generate reports and dashboards
- Bulk operations on issues
Setup: Atlassian MCP server configured in Claude Code settings
Usage Pattern:
# Jira operations via MCP
mcp__atlassian__create_issue project="PROJ" summary="New feature" type="Story"
# Confluence operations via MCP
mcp__atlassian__create_page space="TEAM" title="Sprint Retrospective"
Skill-Specific Guidance
Senior PM (senior-pm/)
Focus: Project planning, stakeholder management, risk mitigation
Key Workflows:
- Project charter creation
- Stakeholder analysis and communication plans
- Risk register maintenance
- Status reporting and escalation
Scrum Master (scrum-master/)
Focus: Agile ceremonies, team coaching, impediment removal
Key Workflows:
- Sprint planning facilitation
- Daily standup coordination
- Sprint retrospectives
- Backlog refinement
Jira Expert (jira-expert/)
Focus: Jira configuration, custom workflows, automation rules
Key Workflows:
- Workflow customization
- Automation rule creation
- Board configuration
- JQL query optimization
Confluence Expert (confluence-expert/)
Focus: Documentation strategy, templates, knowledge management
Key Workflows:
- Space architecture design
- Template library creation
- Documentation standards
- Search optimization
Atlassian Admin (atlassian-admin/)
Focus: Suite administration, user management, integrations
Key Workflows:
- User provisioning and permissions
- SSO/SAML configuration
- App marketplace management
- Performance monitoring
Atlassian Templates (atlassian-templates/)
Focus: Ready-to-use templates for common PM tasks
Available Templates:
- Sprint planning template
- Retrospective formats (Start-Stop-Continue, 4Ls, Mad-Sad-Glad)
- Project charter
- Risk register
- Decision log
Integration Patterns
Pattern 1: Sprint Planning
# 1. Create sprint in Jira (via MCP)
mcp__atlassian__create_sprint board="TEAM-board" name="Sprint 23" start="2025-11-06"
# 2. Generate user stories (product-team integration)
python ../product-team/agile-product-owner/scripts/user_story_generator.py sprint 30
# 3. Import stories to Jira
# (Manual or via Jira API integration)
Pattern 2: Documentation Workflow
# 1. Create Confluence page template
mcp__atlassian__create_page space="DOCS" title="Feature Spec" template="feature-spec"
# 2. Link to Jira epic
mcp__atlassian__link_issue issue="PROJ-123" confluence_page_id="456789"
Additional Resources
- Installation Guide:
INSTALLATION_GUIDE.txt - Implementation Summary:
IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md - Real-World Scenario:
REAL_WORLD_SCENARIO.md - PM Overview:
README.md - Main Documentation:
../CLAUDE.md
Last Updated: November 5, 2025 Skills Deployed: 6/6 PM skills production-ready Integration: Atlassian MCP Server for Jira/Confluence automation