| FMRS | 40 / 100 · D | 74 / 100 · B | 72 / 100 · B |
| Reliability | 6 / 20 | 11 / 20 | 10 / 20 |
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| Security and permissions | 6 / 20 | 15 / 20 | 15 / 20 |
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| Maintenance | 8 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Documentation | 12 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Setup experience | 8 / 20 | 14 / 20 | 14 / 20 |
| Best for | - Developers needing quick access to issue details and development context
- Project managers tracking progress, priorities, and team assignments
- Scrum masters managing sprints and workflow states
- Team leads monitoring project health and issue resolution
- QA engineers tracking bugs and testing status
- Anyone wanting to interact with Jira using natural language
| - Developers needing quick, API-key-free web search capabilities
- Privacy-conscious users who prefer local search execution
- AI application development with Claude Desktop or Claude Code
| - Privacy-conscious developers who want local data storage.
- Researchers who need AI-assisted management of large note collections.
- Users of Markdown editors like Obsidian.
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| Not for | - Users requiring Jira Server or Data Center (on-premise) support – only Jira Cloud is supported
- Legacy workflows expecting predefined dedicated tools (like jira_ls_projects) – v3 migrated to generic HTTP tools
- Users who don't have a Jira API token
| - Enterprise applications requiring high-scale, reliable search APIs
- Users needing advanced search features like custom ranking or filters
- Accessing sites blocked by TLS fingerprinting without installing the optional browser backend
| - Users needing cloud sync and mobile access (unless using the paid cloud service).
- Minimalists who want zero configuration.
- Scenarios requiring large-scale vector databases and complex retrieval (local SQLite may be insufficient).
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| Required permissions | - Requires Atlassian account with appropriate Jira permissions for the projects you want to query
- Requires a valid Atlassian API token
- The server runs locally, using your own credentials
| - Outbound network access to DuckDuckGo and other websites
- Reads environment variables for SafeSearch, region, and CA certificates
- Optionally reads a CA certificate file (for TLS-intercepting proxies)
| - Read and write to the local filesystem (default: ~/basic-memory).
- Perform file and directory operations (create, edit, delete).
- Access local SQLite database (or Postgres/Milvus if configured).
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| Risks and side effects | - API token leakage could lead to unauthorized access – handle with care
- Generic tools may expose more data than intended; use cautiously
- API endpoints may change, potentially breaking the tool
- Large responses are truncated automatically, with raw data saved locally to /tmp/mcp
| - Search endpoints may occasionally return empty results or errors, especially when blocked
- Content fetching may be subject to SSRF protection, blocking private or loopback addresses by default
- Misuse could lead to rate limiting or IP blocking
| - Tools have write operations that may unintentionally modify or delete notes.
- Edit operations may overwrite existing content, though there are protections.
- Semantic search and reranking features may require model downloads, adding latency.
- Local data backups are the user's responsibility.
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| Supported clients | Claude Desktop | Claude Desktop, Claude Code | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Obsidian |
| Tools | 5 | 2 | 21 |