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Connect Jira Cloud to your factory so work items assigned to Warp start factory runs and return results in Jira.

Connect Jira Cloud to your factory so your team can start factory work without leaving Jira. When someone assigns or mentions Warp on a work item, Jira starts an agent session, a factory automation routes the request to the agent you chose, and the same session shows progress and the final result.

  • A Jira Cloud site. Jira Server and Data Center are not supported.
  • A Jira site admin to install the Warp app and connect the site to your Warp workspace.
  • A factory in the connected workspace and permission to edit its definition.
  1. Open Jira setup. Choose Jira while creating a factory. To connect it later, open the top-level Integrations page in the Warp Factories web app, find Jira, and click Connect.
  2. Install Warp for Jira and connect the site. A Jira site admin installs the app on the Jira Cloud site. In Jira, open Apps > Manage apps > Warp > Configure, then click Connect to Warp. Once connected, Jira is available to every factory in the workspace. See the Jira installation steps for the full app flow.

If you aren’t a Jira site admin, choose Someone else during setup and email the request or copy the approval link to a site admin. The link expires after seven days, and you can resend or revoke it while the request is pending.

  1. Connect Jira to the factory. In the factory dashboard, open Settings > Integrations, connect Jira, select the projects this factory works with, then click Enable. If you connected Jira while creating the factory, select the projects before finishing setup. Each factory opts in separately even though the Jira site is connected to the workspace.

  2. Configure the Jira automation. In the factory dashboard, open Automations. If you selected Jira projects during factory creation, edit the existing Jira automation. Otherwise, add a trigger for Jira > Agent session created. Choose the agent that handles the work, select the projects, and optionally add keywords to narrow which sessions start runs.

  3. Test the connection. Assign or mention Warp on a work item and include an instruction. Jira starts an agent session, and the run appears under the matching automation in your factory.

    The Warp agent must be available on your Jira site to assign or mention it. Jira lists it among Atlassian’s Rovo agents.

The standalone Jira integration uses the warp-agent label to start cloud agent runs. Factories use an automation instead.

Declare the jira integration in factory.yaml (integrations: [{type: jira}]), then add a file under automations/, such as automations/jira-assignment/automation.md, with an agent_session_created trigger:

automations/jira-assignment/automation.md
---
enabled: true
agent: foreman
triggers:
- provider: jira
event: agent_session_created
filter:
project_keys: [ENG]
keywords: [investigate, fix]
---
Handle the Jira assignment and return a concise result.

This automation sends Jira sessions from the ENG project to the agent named foreman when their assignment text contains investigate or fix. Commit and push the files to apply them. See definitions as code for the full syntax.

All Jira work reaches the factory through a single event, agent_session_created, which fires when someone assigns or mentions Warp on a work item. A session starts a run only when it matches an enabled automation. Use the trigger’s filter to narrow what matches:

  • project_keys - Match work items in these Jira projects.
  • keywords - Match assignment text that contains any of these words. Matching is case-insensitive.

A session must match every field you set; within a field, any listed value is a match. Omit a field to match everything. For the matching rules shared by every source, see automation filters.

The agent runs in the cloud and starts with the assignment text and the work item it came from. When the factory declares Jira as an integration, the agent can also read the work item’s details, comments, and available workflow transitions.

Jira shows the task’s status as it progresses: submitted, working, waiting for input, completed, failed, or cancelled. For more than status updates, open the run under the matching automation in your factory: cloud agent session sharing shows the full run, including every command, log, and output, in real time or after the run finishes.

Replies in the same agent session continue the same run, even after the agent finishes a turn, so you can answer questions or add direction mid-task.

When the run finishes, the result appears in the agent session. The agent doesn’t comment on the work item unless you ask it to. The agent can act in Jira when asked: update the work item, post or edit comments, change workflow status, add or remove labels, or reassign it. State the actions you want in the automation instructions or the assignment; Jira permissions and valid workflow transitions apply to everything the agent does.

Jira requests Forge scopes at installation, separately from linking your account to Warp.

The Warp Marketplace listing declares the following permissions. A site’s installed app version and Jira access rules determine its effective access.

ScopeGranted accessFunction in WarpBoundary
read:jira-workRead project and issue data, including associated objectsRead work item context, comments, and workflow informationDeclared for offline user impersonation; the user’s Jira access still applies
read:jira-userRead accessible user profiles, including email addresses and avatarsIdentify users and retrieve user contextDeclared for offline user impersonation; not permission to manage users
write:jira-workCreate, edit, and delete issues, post comments, and create worklogsUpdate work items, comments, labels, assignments, and statusThe provider grant is broader than the actions described for a run
read:permission:jiraRead Jira permissionsCheck the requesting user’s project and issue permissions before writesDoesn’t grant the permissions being inspected
read:app-system-tokenLet Forge supply an app system token to the remote backendMake Jira calls as the app botSeparate from a human user’s token
read:app-user-tokenLet Forge supply the viewing user’s token to the remote backendVerify the account being linked during setupSeparate from site-wide app installation

Jira scopes don’t override Jira permissions or issue-security rules.

  • A connected Jira user becomes the run’s creator, not its agent - Connect your Jira account to Warp so a session you start is attributed to you; an unconnected account gets a prompt to connect instead of a run starting. Either way, the run executes as the agent selected by the automation, not as that Jira user.
  • Jira access doesn’t include code access - Connecting Jira lets agents read and update Jira work items, nothing more. Repository access comes from the factory itself.

To withdraw the app’s site access, a site admin manages or uninstalls it in Atlassian’s connected-app administration. Removing a factory automation or unlinking a personal account is not the same as uninstalling the Jira app.

  • Warp is unavailable in Jira - Confirm the Warp app is installed on the Jira Cloud site. On the app’s Configure page, click Connect to Warp if the installation isn’t connected to a workspace. If someone else is completing setup, confirm that their setup link is still active.
  • No run starts - Confirm an enabled agent_session_created automation exists, its agent is available, and its project and keyword filters match the assignment.
  • Jira asks you to connect an account - Link your own Jira account to Warp, then retry the assignment or mention. Installing the app and connecting the site doesn’t link every teammate’s account.
  • The session shows no result - Open the matching automation’s run to see whether the agent is still working, waiting for input, or failed.
  • A Jira update fails - Confirm the app can access the work item’s project and that the requested action or workflow transition is valid.