Environment Variables¶

All command-line flags can be set via environment variables.

Available Variables¶

Credential Configuration¶

Variable	Flag	Description
`ATLASSIAN_URL`	`--base-url`	Atlassian instance URL
`ATLASSIAN_USERNAME`	`--username`	Atlassian username/email
`ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN`	`--api-token`	Atlassian API token
`OMNITOKEN_VAULT_URI`	`--vault`	Vault URI for credentials
`OMNITOKEN_CREDENTIALS_NAME`	`--credentials-name`	Name of credentials in vault

Vault Provider Authentication¶

Variable	Description
`OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`	1Password service account token
`BW_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Bitwarden access token
`BW_ORGANIZATION_ID`	Bitwarden organization ID
`KSM_TOKEN`	Keeper token (format: `REGION:TOKEN`)
`KSM_CONFIG`	Keeper config (base64-encoded JSON)

Precedence¶

Command-line flags take precedence over environment variables.

# Environment variable is used
export ATLASSIAN_URL=https://example.atlassian.net
mcp-atlassian
# Uses: https://example.atlassian.net

# Flag overrides environment
export ATLASSIAN_URL=https://example.atlassian.net
mcp-atlassian --base-url https://other.atlassian.net
# Uses: https://other.atlassian.net

Examples¶

Direct Credentials¶

export ATLASSIAN_URL="https://example.atlassian.net"
export ATLASSIAN_USERNAME="user@example.com"
export ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"
mcp-atlassian

1Password¶

export OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN="ops_..."
export OMNITOKEN_VAULT_URI=op://MyVault
export OMNITOKEN_CREDENTIALS_NAME=atlassian
export ATLASSIAN_URL="https://example.atlassian.net"
mcp-atlassian

Bitwarden¶

export BW_ACCESS_TOKEN="..."
export BW_ORGANIZATION_ID="..."
export OMNITOKEN_VAULT_URI=bw://org-id
export OMNITOKEN_CREDENTIALS_NAME=atlassian
export ATLASSIAN_URL="https://example.atlassian.net"
mcp-atlassian

Keeper¶

export KSM_TOKEN="US:..."
export OMNITOKEN_VAULT_URI=keeper://
export OMNITOKEN_CREDENTIALS_NAME=atlassian
export ATLASSIAN_URL="https://example.atlassian.net"
mcp-atlassian

Shell Configuration¶

Bash/Zsh¶

Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

# Atlassian MCP Server credentials
export ATLASSIAN_URL="https://example.atlassian.net"
export ATLASSIAN_USERNAME="user@example.com"
export ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"

Fish¶

Add to ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

set -gx ATLASSIAN_URL "https://example.atlassian.net"
set -gx ATLASSIAN_USERNAME "user@example.com"
set -gx ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN "your-api-token"