# jira-cli by ankitpokhrel

7 Hacker News commenters recommended jira-cli by ankitpokhrel and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this free command-line client for Jira so they can script issue workflows and let AI agents work from their tickets without opening the browser.

## Why people recommend it

- Lets AI agents and skills use Jira (3 comments): "firing off commands with jira-cli to get flows started by multiple agents watching their issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48398813)) "I'm having a good experience with a skill using Jira CLI directly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214573)) "just install this and have claude write a skill on how to use it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47415804))
- Makes Jira usable from the terminal (2 comments): "Once I found the Atlassian-blessed jira "cli" I have actually be fine with using Jira again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000223)) "Thankfully, there is a Jira CLI tool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49359158))
- Works well after some tuning (2 comments): "It's taken a few iterations to dial it in but it works pretty damn well now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47212834)) "I'm having a good experience with a skill using Jira CLI directly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214573))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [fzf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fzf.md): 78 recommend
- [jq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jq.md): 75 recommend
- [grep](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grep.md): 65 recommend
- [Atuin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atuin.md): 63 recommend
- [GitHub CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-cli.md): 49 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "jira-cli by ankitpokhrel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/jira-cli/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).