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Lovable: Connect Your App to Jira

LovableView original changelog

Lovable added a Jira connector that lets apps and project chat work with a Jira Cloud site. Apps can search issues with JQL, create and update issues, add comments, and read projects, boards, and sprints. It suits sprint dashboards, bug and feedback intake forms, and triage views.

Key Takeaways

  • Lovable apps can now read and write Jira Cloud data at runtime, including searching with JQL and creating, updating, and transitioning issues.
  • The connector also exposes epics, subtasks, status history, projects, boards, and sprints, which makes sprint dashboards practical to build.
  • Suggested uses include bug and feedback intake forms and triage views that file issues straight into Jira.
  • All linked projects share one Atlassian account, so created issues show that account as reporter and there is no per-user Jira login.
  • Only Jira Cloud is supported, with no Server or Data Center, no Confluence calls, and no incoming webhooks.
  • Scopes are granular: write and read access are on by default, while managing projects and sprints and moving board issues are off by default.

A Jira connector for Lovable apps

Lovable added a Jira app and chat connector on November 9, 2026. It lets an app built in Lovable work directly with a Jira Cloud site. People can add it from the Connectors page, or ask Lovable inside a project to connect it.

What apps can do with Jira

Once connected, an app can search issues using JQL, create and update issues, add comments, assign people, and move issues through workflows. It can also link issues, log work, and read epics, subtasks, and status history. On the read side it can list projects, boards, and sprints. Lovable suggests sprint dashboards, bug and feedback intake forms, and triage views as typical uses.

The app acts as the connected Atlassian account. Issues it creates therefore list that account as the reporter, and all linked projects share that one account.

Setting it up

A person needs a Jira Cloud site, such as mycompany.atlassian.net, and an Atlassian account with access to it. In Connectors they select Jira, click Connect, name the connection, and enter their Jira site. The site cannot be changed later, so a different site needs a new connection. Connections are private by default and can be shared with specific members or the whole workspace. After signing in to Atlassian, the person must choose the same site on the consent screen.

On Business and Enterprise plans, creating connections may be restricted to admins or disabled.

Permissions

Read access to Jira work is always included, along with a scope that keeps the connection active beyond the first hour. Write access, reading users, boards, sprints, and projects, and JQL search of sprint issues are on by default. Managing or deleting projects, moving issues on boards, and managing or deleting sprints are off by default.

Limits to know about

  • Only Jira Cloud is supported, not Jira Server or Data Center.
  • One connection reaches one Jira site.
  • The connector cannot call Confluence, Jira Service Management request APIs, or Marketplace app APIs.
  • It cannot receive Jira webhooks.
  • There is no per-user Jira login.
  • Usage counts against Atlassian rate limits, and Atlassian handles billing.

A connection that goes unused for 90 days shows an Expired badge and needs a reconnect. Deleting a connection is permanent and stops Jira features in every linked project.