How to connect Atlassian MCP with ChatGPT Work

Connect ChatGPT Work to Atlassian MCP. Create a jira issue for outage, list open jira issues assigned to me, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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How to connect Atlassian MCP with ChatGPT Work

ChatGPT Work is an agent inside ChatGPT built for your most ambitious work. It takes action across your apps and files, stays with a project for hours, and turns a goal into finished materials like sheets, slides, and docs - not just answers.

In this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Atlassian account to ChatGPT Work via Composio Connect, so it can create jira issues, update your service tickets, search confluence pages, and open bitbucket pull requests through natural language commands without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why use Composio over default connectors?

  • Apps with read and write access. Default connectors mostly can read your data. Composio's Atlassian integration lets ChatGPT Work take actions like creating drafts, sending updates, labeling records, and more.
  • 1,000+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors, from Gmail and Slack to Notion, Linear, and Salesforce.
  • One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand.
  • Cross-app automation. Chain actions across multiple apps in a single run - fetch a thread, summarize it in Notion, and post highlights to Slack without leaving the conversation.

Prerequisites

  • A ChatGPT account with access to ChatGPT Work (rolling out across Pro, Enterprise, Edu, Plus, and Business plans). We will use the ChatGPT desktop app, which is available on every plan.
  • Access to the Atlassian workspace you want to connect.
  • Composio MCP.

Note: Composio connects through OAuth. You will be asked to sign in and approve specific permissions. Review the permission screen carefully if you are using a work account.

Step-by-step: Connect Atlassian to ChatGPT Work

1. Open the MCP settings

In ChatGPT Work, go to Settings and open the Plugins section. Inside the Plugins page, click the MCP tab.

ChatGPT Work settings showing the Plugins page with the MCP tab selected

2. Add the server

Click Add server. In the Name field enter Composio, for Type select Streamable HTTP, and in the URL field paste the Composio MCP server URL:

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ChatGPT Work Add server dialog with the name Composio, type Streamable HTTP, and the Composio MCP URL

Then click Save. The Composio server now appears in your MCP plugins list.

ChatGPT Work Plugins page showing the Composio MCP server added to the list

3. Authenticate

Click Authenticate, log in via Composio, and click Allow access to authorize ChatGPT Work to use your Composio account.

Composio login and Allow access screen for ChatGPT Work MCP setup

4. Start using Composio

That is it - Composio tools are now available in ChatGPT Work. Ask it to work with your Atlassian account and it will run the actions you authorize.

What you can do after connecting Atlassian

  • Create a Jira issue for outage
  • List open Jira issues assigned to me
  • Create Bitbucket pull request from branch

Security + privacy notes (important)

  • Use least-privilege access: Only grant permissions you actually need.
  • Review OAuth permissions before approving: Make sure requested scopes match what you expect Composio and ChatGPT Work to do.
  • Keep write actions human-reviewed: For actions like sending messages, creating labels, or editing drafts, keep manual confirmation enabled.
  • Be careful with sensitive data: Avoid using this setup with highly sensitive information unless allowed by your personal, company, or client policies.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Atlassian MCP action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Addcommenttojiraissue

Add or update a comment on a Jira issue

Addteamworkgraphcontext

Adds a relationship between two entities in the Teamwork Graph (e.

Addworklogtojiraissue

Add or update a worklog on a Jira issue.

Atlassianuserinfo

Get current user info

Createcompasscomponent

Create a new Compass component

Createcompasscomponentrelationship

Create a relationship between Compass components

Createcompasscustomfielddefinition

Create a custom field definition in Compass

Createconfluencefootercomment

Create a footer comment on a page or blog post

Createconfluenceinlinecomment

Create an inline comment on specific text in a page or blog post.

Createconfluencepage

Create a Confluence page or blog post

Createissuelink

Create a link between two Jira issues.

Createjiraissue

Create a Jira issue.

Editjiraissue

Update issue.

Fetch

Get details of a Jira issue or Confluence page by ARI (Atlassian Resource Identifier), if the id is not an ARI, then use a different tool to fetch the content

Getaccessibleatlassianresources

Get cloudId to make tool calls.

Getcompasscomponent

Get a Compass component by ID

Getcompasscomponents

Get a list of Compass components

Getcompasscustomfielddefinitions

Get a list of Compass custom field definitions

Getconfluencecommentchildren

Get reply(child) comments for a comment

Getconfluencepage

Get a Confluence page or blog post by ID, including body content.

Getconfluencepagedescendants

Get child pages of specified page

Getconfluencepagefootercomments

Get footer comments for a page or blog post

Getconfluencepageinlinecomments

Get inline comments for a page or blog post

Getconfluencespaces

Get spaces

Getissuelinktypes

Get available Jira issue link types (e.

Getjiraissue

Get issue details

Getjiraissueremoteissuelinks

Get remote links

Getjiraissuetypemetawithfields

Get field metadata

Getjiraprojectissuetypesmetadata

Get issue types

Getpagesinconfluencespace

Get pages or blog posts in a space

Getteamworkgraphcontext

Retrieves connected context from Teamwork Graph for any Atlassian entity.

Getteamworkgraphobject

Fetches the entire available data for one or more objects (Atlassian or third-party) using their ARIs or URLs.

Gettransitionsforjiraissue

Get transitions

Getvisiblejiraprojects

Get projects

Lookupjiraaccountid

Lookup user IDs

Search

Search Jira and Confluence using Rovo Search, ALWAYS use this tool to search for Jira and Confluence content unless the word CQL or JQL is used in the context

Searchconfluenceusingcql

Search Confluence content (pages, blog posts, comments, attachments) using CQL (Confluence Query Language).

Searchjiraissuesusingjql

Search issues with JQL, total counts only when explicitly requested.

Transitionjiraissue

Transition issue status

Updateconfluencepage

Update a Confluence page or blog post

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Atlassian MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Atlassian tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Atlassian and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. ChatGPT Work fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Atlassian tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Atlassian scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Atlassian data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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