website/versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/cli-reference/jira.md
Generated from bd help --doc jira
Synchronize issues between beads and Jira.
Configuration: bd config set jira.url "https://company.atlassian.net" bd config set jira.project "PROJ" bd config set jira.projects "PROJ1,PROJ2" # Multiple projects bd config set jira.api_token "YOUR_TOKEN" bd config set jira.username "[email protected]" # For Jira Cloud bd config set jira.push_prefix "hippo" # Only push hippo-* issues to Jira bd config set jira.push_prefix "proj1,proj2" # Multiple prefixes (comma-separated)
Environment variables (alternative to config): JIRA_API_TOKEN - Jira API token JIRA_USERNAME - Jira username/email JIRA_PROJECTS - Comma-separated project keys
Examples: bd jira sync --pull # Import issues from Jira bd jira sync --push # Export issues to Jira bd jira sync # Bidirectional sync (pull then push) bd jira sync --dry-run # Preview sync without changes bd jira status # Show sync status
bd jira
Pull one or more items from Jira.
Accepts bead IDs or external references as positional arguments. Equivalent to: bd jira sync --pull --issues <refs>
bd jira pull [refs...] [flags]
Flags:
--dry-run Preview pull without making changes
Push one or more beads issues to Jira.
Accepts bead IDs as positional arguments. Equivalent to: bd jira sync --push --issues <ids>
bd jira push [bead-ids...] [flags]
Flags:
--dry-run Preview push without making changes
Show the current Jira sync status, including:
bd jira status
Synchronize issues between beads and Jira.
Modes: --pull Import issues from Jira into beads --push Export issues from beads to Jira (no flags) Bidirectional sync: pull then push, with conflict resolution
Conflict Resolution: By default, newer timestamp wins. Override with: --prefer-local Always prefer local beads version --prefer-jira Always prefer Jira version
Examples: bd jira sync --pull # Import from Jira bd jira sync --push --create-only # Push new issues only bd jira sync --dry-run # Preview without changes bd jira sync --prefer-local # Bidirectional, local wins
bd jira sync [flags]
Flags:
--create-only Only create new issues, don't update existing
--dry-run Preview sync without making changes
--issues string Comma-separated bead IDs to sync selectively (e.g., bd-abc,bd-def). Mutually exclusive with --parent.
--parent string Limit push to this bead and its descendants (push only). Mutually exclusive with --issues.
--prefer-jira Prefer Jira version on conflicts
--prefer-local Prefer local version on conflicts
--project strings Project key(s) to sync (overrides configured project/projects)
--pull Pull issues from Jira
--push Push issues to Jira
--state string Issue state to sync: open, closed, all (default "all")