🛠️ Jirun

A CLI tool that generates JIRA sub-task(s) with pre-populated field values.

Table of Contents

• 💡 What Problem Does It Solve?
• 🚀 Quick Start
• ✨ Other Features
• 🚀 Usage
• 📥 Installation
  • 1. Script Install
    • For Linux/MacOS
    • For Windows (PowerShell)
  • 2. Cargo Install
  • 3. Manual Download
• 🧰 Configuration
• ❓ FAQ
• 📄 License

💡 What Problem Does It Solve?

Tired of the repetitive JIRA sub-task creation dance?

You know the routine — clicking "new", selecting "Sub-task", typing a descriptive name, assigning yourself, adding labels, clicking "create"... and repeating for 10+ sub-tasks.

In .jirun.toml, define your field values (labels, assignee) and list your sub-task summaries ("enhance logic", "write tests", "update docs"). jirun creates them all in one go.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Initialize Configuration:

jirun init --global

This creates .jirun.toml and .env files in OS preferred directory.

2. Edit Configuration:

• In .env set your JIRA user bearer token: the authentication to create sub-tasks.
• In .jirun.toml define meta-data to be created when running jirun new or jirun template command.

3. Dry Run

jirun new --parent PROJ-123 --dry-run

When you are not sure, this command prints out the raw payloads without sending the real request.

4. Create new Sub-tasks

jirun new --parent PROJ-123

This command creates JIRA sub-tasks defined in [sub_tasks.new_tasks]. Each subtask per line.

✨ Other Features

• 🌍 Support generating global (jirun init --global) or local (jirun init) config files.
• 🔐 Detect and skip subtasks that are already existing.

🚀 Usage

Usage: jirun <COMMAND>

Commands:
  init      Create .jirun.toml and .env (defaults to the local directory)
  new       Create sub-tasks from [sub_tasks.new_tasks] in .jirun.toml
  template  Create sub-tasks from [sub_tasks.template_tasks]
  help      Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

📘 Examples:
  1. jirun help init
     Help menu on initializing jirun's configuration files.

  2. jirun init --global
     Create config files in the global directory.

  3. jirun template --parent PROJ-123
     Use [sub_tasks.template_tasks] to create sub-tasks under PROJ-123

  4. jirun new --parent PROJ-123 --assignee alice
     Use [sub_tasks.new_tasks], overriding assignee with 'alice'

  5. jirun template -p PROJ-123 --dry-run
     Show request payloads without sending to JIRA

📥 Installation

1. Script Install

For Linux/MacOS

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xixiaofinland/jirun/main/scripts/install-jirun.sh | bash

For Windows (PowerShell)

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xixiaofinland/jirun/main/scripts/install-jirun.ps1 | iex

[!NOTE] If you see an error like "This script contains malicious content and has been blocked by your antivirus software", it means Microsoft Defender flagged it for downloading and executing content from the internet. To proceed, either lower Defender’s protection or break the script into smaller steps:

# Step 1: Review the script manually
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xixiaofinland/jirun/main/scripts/install-jirun.ps1 -OutFile install-jirun.ps1
notepad install-jirun.ps1  # Inspect the content

# Step 2: Run after trust
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install-jirun.ps1

2. Cargo Install

jirun is published in creates.io here. Run cmd below if you have the Cargo tool.

cargo install jirun

3. Manual Download

Visit the release page and download the appropriate binary for your operating system (Linux, macOS, or Windows).

🧰 Configuration

Run .jirun init --global to generate the config template files.

.jirun.toml:

[server]
url = "https://yourcompany.atlassian.net"

[prefill]
labels = ["cli", "auto"]
assignee = "john.doe"

[sub_tasks]
template_tasks = """
Design API schema
Implement service logic
Write integration tests
"""

new_tasks = """
Fix login bug
Improve error messages
Document usage
"""

.env:

JIRA_TOKEN=your-api-token-here

❓ FAQ

What's the difference between putting sub-tasks under template_tasks or new_tasks section in .jirun.toml?

template_tasks:

• Executed by jirun template command
• Store sub-tasks you repeat frequently across different tickets
• Reusable workflow patterns

new_tasks:

• Executed by jirun new command
• For ad-hoc, ticket-specific sub-tasks
• One-off task sequences

Both commands share the same underlying logic - the separation simply helps organize your brain between standard templates and custom task lists.

📄 License

MIT