Jira Publish

Publish a Jira draft file to create issues, update descriptions, or add comments.

CRITICAL: Preview Before All Mutations

NEVER execute without showing the user a preview first.

For every publish operation:

•Read the draft file
•Validate frontmatter completeness
•Show preview with exact content
•Ask for approval explicitly
•Only then execute the command
•Update draft file with published status

If the user hasn't approved, DO NOT execute.

Workflow

•Read draft file from provided path (use Read tool — do NOT extract body with shell)
•Parse frontmatter fields from the Read output (the YAML between --- delimiters)
•Validate required fields for action type
•Resolve assignee - if assignee is an email, look up account ID via lookupJiraAccountId
•Resolve mentions - look up any @email mentions in body (see Mentions section)
•Show preview in box format (including resolved assignee and mentions)
•Ask for explicit approval
•Execute via jira-api.sh with all options (--assignee, --component, --parent)
•Add links if any specified
•Update draft with status: published and published_issue
•Return issue URL

Input

User provides path to a draft file:

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/dataops-assistant:jira-publish .jira-drafts/20250203-143022-openai-instance.md

Preview Format

Create Issue

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREVIEW: Create Issue                                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Project: PE                                              │
│ Type: Story                                              │
│ Summary: Set up dedicated OpenAI instance for CMS        │
│ Assignee: john@company.com -> John Smith (5b10ac...)     │  # if present
│ Parent: PE-100                                           │  # if present
│ Components: Backend, API                                 │  # if present
│                                                          │
│ Description (first 500 chars):                           │
│ ─────────────────────────────                            │
│ :::context                                               │
│ Forever ago, we set up the initial OpenAI instance...    │
│ :::                                                      │
│                                                          │
│ ## What We Have Today                                    │
│ - Single OpenAI instance shared across all...            │
│                                                          │
│ Links to add after creation:                             │
│ - blocks PE-456                                          │
│ - relates-to MAT-28                                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Update Issue

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREVIEW: Update Issue                                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Target: PE-1234                                          │
│ Fix Version: 2025.1.0                                    │  # if present
│                                                          │
│ New Description (first 500 chars):                       │
│ ─────────────────────────────────                        │
│ {status:UPDATE 2025-02-03:purple}                        │
│                                                          │
│ ## Investigation Findings                                │
│ Checked Nolio server logs and found...                   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Add Comment

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREVIEW: Add Comment                                     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Target: PE-1234                                          │
│ Fix Version: llm_utils#0.6.4                             │  # if present
│                                                          │
│ Comment:                                                 │
│ ────────                                                 │
│ What's the expected timeline for getting the log         │
│ forwarder config approved?                               │
│                                                          │
│ We have a dependency on this for Q2 monitoring.          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Commands

CRITICAL: Always use the bin wrapper. Never call scripts by direct path. The bin wrapper delegates to the run wrapper which sources DATAOPS_ASSISTANT_ROOT and resolves paths — without it, scripts cannot find their sibling files (like md-to-adf.js).

bash

# CORRECT — single unambiguous path
JIRA_API="$HOME/.dataops-assistant/bin/jira-api.sh"

# WRONG — do NOT use direct paths to scripts:
# JIRA_API=~/.dataops-assistant/skills/jira-publish/scripts/jira-api.sh   ← BROKEN
# JIRA_API=/Users/.../incubating-dataops-assistant-plugin/skills/...      ← BROKEN

Create Issue

bash

# Basic create
echo 'markdown content' | bash "$JIRA_API" create <project> "<issue_type>" "<summary>" - --md

# With optional fields (assignee must be account ID, not email)
echo 'markdown content' | bash "$JIRA_API" create <project> "<issue_type>" "<summary>" - --md \
  --assignee "<account_id>" \
  --parent "<epic_key>" \
  --component "Backend" --component "API"

Update Issue

bash

# Update description only
echo 'markdown content' | bash "$JIRA_API" update <issue_key> - --md

# Update description and set fix version
echo 'markdown content' | bash "$JIRA_API" update <issue_key> - --md \
  --fix-version "2025.1.0"

Add Comment

bash

# Add comment only
echo 'markdown content' | bash "$JIRA_API" comment <issue_key> - --md

# Add comment AND set fix version (two API calls handled internally)
echo 'markdown content' | bash "$JIRA_API" comment <issue_key> - --md \
  --fix-version "llm_utils#0.6.4"

Add Links (after create)

For each link in frontmatter, use the exact type specified:

yaml

# Frontmatter format:
links:
  - type: blocks        # Use "blocks" in command
    target: PE-456
  - type: is-blocked-by # Use "is-blocked-by" in command
    target: PE-789

bash

# Execute for EACH link, using the type FROM the frontmatter:
bash "$JIRA_API" link <created_issue> <type_from_frontmatter> <target_from_frontmatter>

# Examples:
bash "$JIRA_API" link PE-1234 blocks PE-456
bash "$JIRA_API" link PE-1234 is-blocked-by PE-789

CRITICAL: Do NOT default to relates-to. Use exactly what the frontmatter specifies.

Valid link types:

•Standard (all Jira): blocks, is-blocked-by, relates-to, duplicates, clones, is-cloned-by
•Extended (Cloud only): causes, is-caused-by

Note: The 4 core types (Blocks, Relates, Duplicate, Cloners) work in all Jira versions. The Causes type is a Jira Cloud extended feature. Other Cloud extended types (implements, reviews, product discovery types) and custom link types are not supported.

Validation Before Preview

Create Action

•project must be present
•issue_type must be valid (Story, Task, Bug, Epic, Sub-task)
•summary must be present

Update Action

•target_issue must be present and valid format (PROJ-123)
•fix_version (optional) - version name must exist in the project

Comment Action

•target_issue must be present and valid format (PROJ-123)
•fix_version (optional) - version name must exist in the project

If validation fails, show error and stop:

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❌ Cannot publish: Missing required field 'project' for create action.

Assignee Resolution

CRITICAL: Email Domain is @mcg.com

The company email domain is @mcg.com, NOT @mcghealth.com. Do not be confused by the Atlassian cloud ID being mcghealth - that's just the subdomain for Atlassian Cloud, not the email domain.

•✅ Correct: jack.stouffer@mcg.com
•❌ Wrong: jack.stouffer@mcghealth.com

If assignee is present in frontmatter and looks like an email (contains @), resolve it to an account ID:

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1. Call: mcp__atlassian__lookupJiraAccountId(query: "user@company.com")
2. Extract accountId from result
3. If no result found, abort:
   ❌ Cannot publish: Could not resolve assignee "user@company.com"
   Check spelling or use valid Atlassian email address.
4. Store resolved ID to pass to jira-api.sh --assignee

Preview with Assignee

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREVIEW: Create Issue                                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Project: PE                                              │
│ Type: Story                                              │
│ Summary: Set up dedicated OpenAI instance                │
│ Assignee: user@company.com -> John Smith (5b10ac8d...)   │
│ Parent: PE-100                                           │
│ Components: Backend, API                                 │

Mentions (@user)

Remember: Email domain is @mcg.com (not @mcghealth.com)

The markdown converter supports @email@domain.com syntax for mentioning users. These are converted to placeholder mentions that must be resolved before publishing.

How It Works

•

Markdown like Hey @john.smith@company.com please review converts to ADF with:

json

{ "type": "mention", "attrs": { "id": "__EMAIL__:john.smith@company.com", ... } }

•
Before publishing, scan the body content for __EMAIL__: patterns
•
For each email found, call mcp__atlassian__lookupJiraAccountId with the email
•
If lookup succeeds, replace __EMAIL__:email with the actual account ID
•
If ANY lookup fails, abort immediately with error

Resolution Steps

IMPORTANT: Resolution happens AFTER markdown-to-ADF conversion, on the ADF JSON.

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1. Scan the Read tool output for @email@domain.com patterns (do NOT use shell to extract body)
2. For each email found:
   - Call: mcp__atlassian__lookupJiraAccountId(query: "email@domain.com")
   - If result has accountId, store mapping: email -> accountId
   - If no result, add to failed list
3. If failed list not empty:
   ❌ Cannot publish: Could not resolve mentions for:
      - john.smith@company.com
      - jane.doe@company.com
   Check spelling or use valid Atlassian email addresses.
4. Convert whole draft file to ADF: cat "$draft_file" | bun ~/.dataops-assistant/run skills/jira-publish/scripts/md-to-adf.js
   (md-to-adf.js strips frontmatter automatically)
5. The ADF will contain: "id": "__EMAIL__:john.smith@company.com"
6. String-replace in ADF JSON: __EMAIL__:email -> resolved_account_id
7. Pass the modified ADF to Jira API (no --md flag)

Practical approach: Since jira-api.sh handles the markdown conversion internally, you have two options:

Option A (recommended): Convert markdown separately, replace in ADF, pass raw ADF:

bash

# Convert whole draft file to ADF (md-to-adf.js strips frontmatter automatically)
adf=$(cat "$draft_file" | bun ~/.dataops-assistant/run skills/jira-publish/scripts/md-to-adf.js)
# Replace email placeholders with account IDs
adf=$(echo "$adf" | sed "s/__EMAIL__:john@example.com/5b10ac8d.../g")
# Pass raw ADF (no --md flag)
echo "$adf" | bash "$JIRA_API" create PE Story "Title" -

Option B: Replace @email in markdown with a temporary marker, then fix after:

•Not recommended - the @email syntax is designed for this flow

Example Preview with Mentions

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREVIEW: Create Issue                                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Project: PE                                              │
│ Type: Story                                              │
│ Summary: Review needed for API changes                   │
│                                                          │
│ Mentions to resolve:                                     │
│ ✓ @john.smith@company.com -> John Smith (5b10ac8d...)    │
│ ✓ @jane.doe@company.com -> Jane Doe (6c21bd9e...)        │
│                                                          │
│ Description (first 500 chars):                           │
│ ─────────────────────────────                            │
│ Hey @john.smith@company.com can you review this?         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Failed Resolution Example

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❌ Cannot publish: Could not resolve mentions:
   - bob.nobody@company.com (no matching Atlassian user)

Fix the email addresses in the draft and try again.

Post-Publish Updates

After successful publish, update the draft file:

•Change status: draft to status: published
•Add published_issue: PE-1234 (the created/updated issue key)
•Write updated file back

Example update:

yaml

# Before
status: draft
published_issue: null

# After
status: published
published_issue: PE-1234

Execution Flow

CRITICAL: Pipe the whole draft file. Do NOT extract the body with awk/sed/shell. The md-to-adf.js converter strips YAML frontmatter automatically, so piping the entire file (frontmatter included) is correct and reliable.

For Create

bash

# 1. Build command with optional flags
cmd="bash \"$JIRA_API\" create \"$project\" \"$issue_type\" \"$summary\" - --md"

# Add assignee if present (must be resolved account ID)
[[ -n "$assignee_id" ]] && cmd="$cmd --assignee \"$assignee_id\""

# Add parent if present
[[ -n "$parent" ]] && cmd="$cmd --parent \"$parent\""

# Add components if present (one --component per component)
for comp in "${components[@]}"; do
  cmd="$cmd --component \"$comp\""
done

# 2. Pipe the WHOLE draft file (md-to-adf.js strips frontmatter)
#    If mentions need resolution, use Option A from Mentions section instead
result=$(cat "$draft_file" | eval "$cmd")
issue_key=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.issue_key')

# 3. Add links if any (use EXACT type from frontmatter)
for link in links:
  bash "$JIRA_API" link "$issue_key" "${link.type}" "${link.target}"
  # Example: if frontmatter has {type: blocks, target: PE-456}
  #          then run: bash "$JIRA_API" link PE-1234 blocks PE-456

# 4. Return URL
echo "$result" | jq -r '.issue_url'

For Update

bash

# Build command with optional flags
cmd="bash \"$JIRA_API\" update \"$target_issue\" - --md"

# Add fix version if present
[[ -n "$fix_version" ]] && cmd="$cmd --fix-version \"$fix_version\""

# Pipe the WHOLE draft file (md-to-adf.js strips frontmatter)
result=$(cat "$draft_file" | eval "$cmd")
echo "$result" | jq -r '.issue_url'

For Comment

bash

# Build command with optional flags
cmd="bash \"$JIRA_API\" comment \"$target_issue\" - --md"

# Add fix version if present (will add comment AND set fix version)
[[ -n "$fix_version" ]] && cmd="$cmd --fix-version \"$fix_version\""

# Pipe the WHOLE draft file (md-to-adf.js strips frontmatter)
result=$(cat "$draft_file" | eval "$cmd")
echo "$result" | jq -r '.issue_url'

Output

Success

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✅ Published successfully!

Issue: PE-1234
URL: https://mcghealth.atlassian.net/browse/PE-1234

Links added:
- relates-to MAT-28

Draft updated: .jira-drafts/20250203-143022-openai-instance.md

Failure

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❌ Publish failed:

Error: [error message from jira-api.sh]

Draft NOT modified. Fix the issue and try again.

Example Session

User: /dataops-assistant:jira-publish .jira-drafts/20250203-143022-openai-instance.md

Response:

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREVIEW: Create Issue                                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Project: PE                                              │
│ Type: Story                                              │
│ Summary: Set up dedicated OpenAI instance for CMS        │
│                                                          │
│ Description (first 500 chars):                           │
│ ─────────────────────────────                            │
│ :::context                                               │
│ Forever ago, we set up the initial OpenAI instance for   │
│ DataSci (MAT-28). Today they still use that single       │
│ instance for everything...                               │
│ :::                                                      │
│                                                          │
│ ## What We Have Today                                    │
│ - Single OpenAI instance shared across all DataSci...    │
│                                                          │
│ Links to add after creation:                             │
│ - relates-to MAT-28                                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Create this issue in Jira?

User: Yes

Response:

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✅ Published successfully!

Issue: PE-3456
URL: https://mcghealth.atlassian.net/browse/PE-3456

Links added:
- relates-to MAT-28

Draft updated: .jira-drafts/20250203-143022-openai-instance.md

Rules

•ALWAYS preview before execution - No exceptions
•ALWAYS ask for approval - User must explicitly confirm
•Validate before preview - Don't show preview if fields missing
•Update draft after publish - Mark as published with issue key
•Return URL - User needs to verify the result
•Don't modify draft on failure - Only update on success