HVE Core - Jira Integration

Jira backlog management, PRD issue planning, and issue operations through agents, prompts, instructions, and a Python skill

Manage Jira backlog workflows and PRD-driven issue planning from VS Code. This collection adds dedicated Jira agents, prompts, and instructions on top of the Jira skill so discovery, triage, execution, and planning workflows use the same tracking and handoff patterns as the rest of HVE Core.

This collection includes:

A Jira Backlog Manager agent for discovery, triage, execution, and single-issue backlog actions
A Jira PRD to WIT planning agent for converting requirements documents into Jira-ready issue hierarchies
Jira prompts for backlog discovery, triage, execution, and PRD planning workflows
Jira planning instructions for discovery, triage, execution, and PRD handoff artifacts
The Jira skill for JQL search, issue inspection, creation, updates, transitions, comments, and field discovery

Included Artifacts

Chat Agents

Name	Description
jira-backlog-manager	Orchestrator agent for Jira backlog management workflows including discovery, triage, execution, and single-issue actions
jira-prd-to-wit	Product Manager expert for analyzing PRDs and planning Jira issue hierarchies without mutating Jira

Prompts

Name	Description
jira-discover-issues	Discover Jira issues through user-centric queries, artifact-driven analysis, or JQL-based exploration and produce planning files for review
jira-execute-backlog	Execute a Jira backlog plan by creating, updating, transitioning, and commenting on issues from a handoff file
jira-prd-to-wit	Analyze PRD artifacts and plan Jira issue hierarchies without mutating Jira
jira-triage-issues	Triage Jira issues with bounded JQL, field recommendations, duplicate detection, and optional execution of confirmed updates

Instructions

Name	Description
jira/jira-backlog-discovery	Discovery protocol for Jira backlog management with user-centric, artifact-driven, and JQL-based issue discovery
jira/jira-backlog-planning	Reference specification for Jira backlog management tooling, planning files, search conventions, similarity assessment, and state persistence
jira/jira-backlog-triage	Triage workflow for Jira backlog management with field recommendations, duplicate detection, and controlled execution
jira/jira-backlog-update	Execution workflow for Jira backlog management that consumes planning handoffs and applies sequential Jira operations
jira/jira-wit-planning	Reference specification for Jira PRD work item planning files, hierarchy mapping, field validation, and handoff contracts
shared/hve-core-location	Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree.

Skills

Name	Description
jira	Jira issue workflows for search, issue updates, transitions, comments, and field discovery via the Jira REST API. Use when you need to search with JQL, inspect an issue, create or update work items, move an issue between statuses, post comments, or discover required fields for issue creation.

Getting Started

After installing this extension, the chat agents are available in GitHub Copilot Chat:

Use custom agents by selecting the custom agent from the agent picker drop-down list in Copilot Chat
Apply prompts through the Copilot Chat interface
Reference instructions: they are automatically applied based on file patterns

Post-Installation Setup

Some chat agents create workflow artifacts in your project directory. See the installation guide for recommended .gitignore configuration and other setup details.

Pre-release Channel

HVE Core offers two installation channels:

Channel	Description	Maturity Levels
Stable	Production-ready artifacts only	`stable`
Pre-release	Early access to new features and experimental artifacts	`stable`, `preview`, `experimental`

To install the pre-release version, select Install Pre-Release Version from the extension page in VS Code.

Full Edition

Looking for more agents covering additional domains? Check out the full HVE Core extension.

Requirements

VS Code version 1.106.1 or higher
GitHub Copilot extension

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

Support

For issues, questions, or contributions, visit the GitHub repository.

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