jira-workflow-transitions

What problem does it solve?

Navigating complex Jira workflows and correctly transitioning issues is crucial for accurate project tracking, but can be confusing. This skill provides expert guidance on Jira workflow states and transitions using jira-cli, ensuring you move issues efficiently and with proper context.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Workflow Fundamentals & States: Understand the core concepts of statuses and transitions, and recognize common workflow types and standard states like "To Do", "In Progress", and "Done".
• Effective Issue Transitioning: Master jira-cli commands for basic and direct transitions, adding comments, and checking available next states, ensuring smooth workflow progression.
• Common Transition Patterns & Best Practices: Learn patterns for starting work, submitting for review, handling feedback, completing work, and managing blockers, all while adhering to best practices like always adding comments and linking related work.

Quick Start

To move a Jira issue PROJ-123 to "In Progress" and add a comment, ask the skill to "Show me the jira-cli command to move issue PROJ-123 to 'In Progress' with the comment 'Starting work on this feature'."