In this guide, you’ll learn how to connect a Fastn UCL deployment to Cursor and use its AI assistant to automatically assign a Jira task to a specific user — without writing any integration code.
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Log in to Fastn.
Click on the “Try Fastn UCL” banner and select the workspace where you want to enable UCL.
In the connector search bar, type Jira.
Click Enable on Jira, then choose the actions you want your AI assistant to use — such as Assign Issue, Create Issue, or Update Status.
Click Connect My Account and authorize access to your Jira workspace.
⚠️ You may need to be a Jira project admin or have the right permissions to link your account successfully.
Select the action Assign Issue, and click Done.
Click Continue to finish the configuration.
Open Cursor and navigate to Settings in the top-right corner.
In the MCP section, click Add new global server — this opens a file named mcp.json.
In Fastn, copy the UCL JSON configuration for your workspace:
Paste this configuration into the mcp.json file and save it.
You should now see the Fastn UCL Server listed as connected in Cursor.
In Cursor, click Toggle AI Pane to open the assistant.
Give the assistant a command like:
The assistant will process the command using the Assign Task action in Jira.
Once successful, the task ownership will be updated in your Jira workspace automatically.
This setup allows you to automate and streamline task management in Jira using natural language — making workflows faster and more efficient.
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