v1.0.0 - Initial Release

Initial Release - 2026-01-23

This is the first stable release of jira-cli, a command-line interface for Jira Cloud designed for developer productivity and AI-assisted workflows.

Highlights

• Complete CRUD operations for Jira issues
• Batch creation with automatic epic linking
• Template system for common issue types
• Custom field support with aliases
• JQL search capabilities
• Comprehensive documentation

Core Features

Issue Operations

• Single issue creation with templates
• Batch issue creation (supports up to 50 issues per API request, auto-chunks larger batches)
• Get issue details by key
• Update issue fields
• Search issues using JQL
• List recent issues with filters
• Add comments to issues
• Transition issues to new status
• Link issues (Blocks, Relates, Duplicate, Epic)

Field Management

• Custom field discovery (fields list)
• Field alias mapping (fields map)
• Automatic field resolution in update commands
• Support for all standard Jira field types

Template System

• Built-in templates: Epic, Story, Bug, Charter
• Template initialization (template init)
• Go text/template syntax support
• Default value handling
• JSON rendering helpers

Schema Validation

• Pre-creation validation using Jira metadata API
• Required field checking
• Field type validation
• Allowed value validation
• Detailed error messages

Batch Operations

• Epic creation with automatic story linking
• Progress tracking with visual progress bar
• Reference resolution system (@epic1 → actual key)
• Dry-run mode for validation
• Aggregated results reporting
• Error handling per item

Getting Started

# Install
go install github.com/sanisideup/jira-cli@latest

# Configure
jira-cli configure

# Create issues
jira-cli batch create issues.json

For detailed usage instructions, see the README.