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Contextual Jira Tracking — Daily Summaries in Slack with Runbear and MCP

Use Runbear + Jira MCP to track work progress in real time—no more digging through Jira tabs or writing manual updates.

Track Jira Progress—Where Your Team Already Works

Jira is powerful, but it’s easy to get buried in tickets, tabs, and tool-switching.

With Runbear and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can build a smart AI assistant that delivers focused Jira summaries—right where your team already works: Slack, Teams or Discord.

No more daily check-ins or status report pings. Just actionable context, delivered automatically.

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Meet Your Jira Summary Assistant

Runbear’s Jira integration helps you keep tabs on issue status across projects and teams—without opening Jira at all.

This AI assistant uses MCP to fetch recently updated tickets, group them by status (To Do, In Progress, Done), and surface blockers or priority items.

Daily summaries appear in your Slack or Teams channel, keeping your team informed without interrupting the flow.

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How to Set It Up

1. Sign Up for Runbear : Go to runbear.io and create an account.

2. Create your assistant (Claude model) Add an instruction prompt like:

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3. Choose the “Jira” MCP server

4. Connect assistant to your channel-Slack, Teams or Discord

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Why It Matters

Not every update needs a meeting.

  • 🗂️ Stay informed without navigating Jira
  • 🧠 Understand what’s moving—and what’s blocked
  • 🕘 Get updates on your schedule (e.g., every morning)
  • 🛠 Works across teams, regions, and roles
  • 🚫 Skip noisy ticket comments and closed work
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Get Started in Minutes

You can build this summary assistant in under 15 minutes.

All you need is:

  • A Runbear account
  • Access to your Jira workspace
  • A team that prefers context over clutter