Jira ACTION
Get Current User
Returns the authenticated Jira user's account ID, display name, email, and active status. Call this first when the user says 'my issues', 'assigned to me', or needs their Jira identity. Use the returned
accountId with Search Issues with JQL (e.g. assignee = '{accountId}') or Assign Issue. Requires a Cloud ID to identify the Jira site. See the documentation.- Action
- Read only
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Jira account once, then configure and run Get Current User from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "jira-get-current-user",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
jira: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
cloudId: "Cloud ID",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "jira-get-current-user",
"configured_props": {
"jira": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"cloudId": "Cloud ID"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "jira",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "jira-get-current-user",
arguments: {
cloudId: "Cloud ID",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
cloudId Cloud ID | string | The Jira Cloud site ID (for example, 11223344-a1b2-3b33-c444-def123456789). Use Get Cloud ID to discover IDs. See the documentation Required Dynamic |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- jira-get-current-user
- Version
- 0.0.8
- App
- Jira
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
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