Spec Kit preset that overrides speckit.taskstoissues to create Jira epics, stories, and tasks instead of GitHub Issues.

The core speckit.taskstoissues command is hardcoded to GitHub Issues — it checks for a GitHub remote and uses the GitHub MCP server. For teams using Jira, the natural /speckit.taskstoissues workflow is unusable.

Extensions cannot override core commands due to the speckit.{ext-id}.{command} naming requirement. Presets sit higher in the resolution stack and can replace core commands directly, keeping the natural workflow intact.

See github/spec-kit#2223 for the full discussion.

Overrides the core speckit.taskstoissues command so that /speckit.taskstoissues creates a Jira issue hierarchy:

• Epic — created from the feature name in spec.md
• Stories/Tasks — one per task in tasks.md, linked to the epic
• Sub-tasks — for tasks with sub-items
• Issue links — dependency relationships from tasks.md are wired as "Blocks"/"is blocked by" links

specify preset add jira --from https://github.com/luno/spec-kit-preset-jira/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Or install from a local clone:

git clone https://github.com/luno/spec-kit-preset-jira.git
specify preset add --dev ./spec-kit-preset-jira

This preset requires an Atlassian MCP server connection with access to:

• createJiraIssue
• createIssueLink
• getVisibleJiraProjects
• getJiraProjectIssueTypesMetadata
• searchJiraIssuesUsingJql

The target Jira project is resolved in this order:

1. User input — pass a project key as an argument: /speckit.taskstoissues CPB
2. Preset config — set project_key in .specify/presets/jira/jira-config.yml:

   project_key: "CPB"

3. Environment variable — set SPECKIT_JIRA_PROJECT_KEY=CPB
4. Interactive — prompted to select from available projects

This preset works alongside the existing spec-kit-jira extension. The preset handles the core workflow override, while the extension can provide supplementary commands like discover-fields and sync-status.

• Spec Kit — the Spec-Driven Development framework
• Presets catalog — browse all available Spec Kit presets
• spec-kit-jira extension — complementary Jira extension with additional commands

MIT