Docs Workflow Create Jira

Create JIRA Step

Step skill for the docs-orchestrator pipeline. Follows the step skill contract: parse args → do work → write output.

Unlike other step skills, this skill does not dispatch an agent. It runs scripts/create-jira-ticket.sh directly.

Output: null (produces a JIRA URL, not a file)

Arguments

• $1 — Parent JIRA ticket ID (required)
• --base-path — Base output path (e.g., .agent_workspace/proj-123)
• --project — Target JIRA project key for the new ticket (required)

Input

/planning/plan.md

Environment

Requires JIRA_API_TOKEN (or the backward-compatible alias JIRA_AUTH_TOKEN) and JIRA_EMAIL in the environment. create-jira-ticket.sh sources ~/.env then /.env, where the project root is resolved from the PLAN_FILE location.

Execution

Run the create-jira-ticket script:

bash ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/create-jira-ticket.sh "$TICKET" "$PROJECT" "${BASE_PATH}/planning/plan.md"

The script handles all steps:

1. Check for existing link — if a "Document" link already exists on the parent ticket, exits early
2. Check project visibility — unauthenticated probe to determine public vs private
3. Extract description — pulls JTBD sections from the plan, appends dated footer
4. Convert to JIRA wiki markup — calls scripts/md2wiki.py for markdown → wiki conversion
5. Create JIRA ticket — POST to JIRA REST API with [ccs] Docs - prefix
6. Link to parent — creates a "Document" issue link (singular, not "Documents")
7. Attach plan — attaches the full plan file (private projects only)

The script prints the JIRA URL on success (e.g., https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-456), or a skip message if a linked ticket already exists.

Write step-result.json

After the script completes, write the sidecar to ${BASE_PATH}/create-jira/step-result.json:

mkdir -p "${BASE_PATH}/create-jira"

If the script created a new ticket (output contains a JIRA URL like https://...atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-456):

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "step": "create-jira",
  "ticket": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "jira_url": "https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-456",
  "jira_key": "DOCS-456",
  "action": "created",
  "skipped": false,
  "skip_reason": null
}

If the script found an existing linked ticket (output contains "already exists"):

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "step": "create-jira",
  "ticket": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "jira_url": null,
  "jira_key": "",
  "action": "found_existing",
  "skipped": false,
  "skip_reason": null
}

Extract jira_key and jira_url from the script's stdout. If the script fails (non-zero exit), write the sidecar with action: "skipped", skipped: true, and skip_reason: "create_failed".

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: abhatt-rh
• Source: abhatt-rh/redhat-docs-agent-tools
• License: Apache-2.0
• Homepage: https://redhat-documentation.github.io/redhat-docs-agent-tools/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.