Jira
Read and manage Jira issues, projects and workflows. It’s listed under the project management category in the toolkit type picker.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”- An account at Jira with permission to issue an API token or credential, saved in Elitea as a
jiracredential (/credentials/create-credential/<type>). - If you plan to index content for retrieval: an embedding model, configured under AI providers.
Connect the toolkit
Section titled “Connect the toolkit”Open the toolkit type picker
In the left navigation, open Toolkits, then select New. Filter the type picker by the project management category, or search for “Jira”.
Pick or create a credential
Under the credential field, choose an existing jira credential, or select Create credential to add one without leaving the form.
Add indexing settings (optional)
If you plan to index this source, set an embedding model. Indexes are kept in the platform’s vector store, so there is no vector-storage setting to pick. Leave it empty to use the toolkit without indexing.
Save
Name the toolkit and select Create. It’s now available to attach to agents, pipelines and conversations in this project.

Available tools
Section titled “Available tools”Available tools (23)
The category of a tool decides when a run needs human approval to call it. See Runtime safety.
| Tool | Category |
|---|---|
| Add comments | external_send |
| Add file to issue description | write |
| Create issue | write |
| Execute generic rq | write |
| Get attachments content | read |
| Get comments with image descriptions | read |
| Get field with image descriptions | read |
| Get remote links | read |
| Get specific field info | read |
| Index data | write |
| Link issues | write |
| List comments | read |
| List indexes | read |
| List projects | read |
| Modify labels | write |
| Remove index | delete |
| Search index | read |
| Search using jql | read |
| Set issue status | write |
| Stepback search index | read |
| Stepback summary index | read |
| Update comment with file | external_send |
| Update issue | write |