AI Tools, 6 we built and use

AI tools for Atlassian

A Jira Forge app, two MCP servers, a local-model agent and a skills pack. All in daily use; the servers, the agent and the skills have public code.

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Tools: 6
MCP tools: 28
Jira events: 68
To try: €0

The tools, and what each one is for

CogniRunner

Forge app · Jira workflow AI

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AI validators, conditions and post-functions on Jira transitions, written in plain English instead of Groovy. It reads the issue the way a reviewer would: a validator can fail a transition because the description does not match the summary, not only because a field is empty.

What it does

AI validators that check meaning, plus zero-AI conditions and post-functions
Listeners on 68 Jira events and cron-scheduled jobs
Duplicate detection and attachment analysis on the issue itself
Rules REST API for managing rules from your own scripts

Plain facts

Listed on the Atlassian Marketplace
Runs on Forge, inside Atlassian's cloud
22 video tutorials on the product page
Proprietary, paid via Atlassian

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MCP Web Search

MCP server · live web for agents

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Gives any MCP-capable AI client a live view of the web: search, page and PDF extraction, GitHub and OpenAPI reading. We wrote it because Claude Code kept answering Forge questions from a manifest format that no longer existed.

What it does

11 tools: search, fetch, extract, read GitHub repos and OpenAPI specs
Cited results, so the agent can show where a claim came from
Self-host in about five minutes, or run it as an always-on HTTPS service

Plain facts

Free demo key, no account, no card
Node.js and TypeScript
Source on GitHub

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MCP Document Processor

MCP server · office files for agents

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Lets an agent read, create and edit PDF, DOCX, Excel and PowerPoint files. Parsing happens locally with no network access, so the only thing that reaches a model is what your client chooses to send it.

What it does

17 tools across PDF, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX
OCR for scanned, image-only PDFs
Format-preserving edits instead of regenerating the whole file
Jira integration for attachments

Plain facts

Free demo key, no account, no card
Files are parsed on the server you run it on
Source on GitHub

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LeanZero Link

Part of Goose Swarm · private mesh

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A feature of Goose Swarm, available only inside the Goose Swarm app for now. It joins your Macs running Goose Swarm into one private mesh, so one Mac can see the others and send an agent prompt to another. You sign in with your email and a 6-digit code; there is no key to copy.

What it does

Device list, availability, sessions and a live stream from your other Macs
Remote runs stay off until the target Mac's owner switches them on
Runs its own tailscaled, separate from your own Tailscale

Plain facts

Part of Goose Swarm only, for now (since 2.0.3)
One isolated mesh per account
Sign-in service can be self-hosted

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goose local edition

Agent · local models only

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Our fork of the open-source goose agent. It decomposes a spec into a task graph, runs the tasks across a fleet of small local models on LM Studio, then verifies its own work by actually running it. Nothing leaves the LAN.

What it does

Spec to task graph to working build, with a repair loop when a step fails
Swarms several local models instead of relying on one large one
Scored publicly on our agentic benchmarks

Plain facts

Rust, fork of block/goose
Runs on LM Studio, fully offline
Source on GitHub

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Agent skills for Atlassian

Skills pack · for coding agents

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Instruction sets we extracted from shipping Forge apps and migration scripts, so a coding agent stops inventing manifest keys, breaking ADF trees and 400-ing on JQL. They are what our own agents run with.

What it does

9 skills: Jira Forge, Confluence Forge, org admin, Jira API, Confluence API, migration scripts, Cloud-to-Cloud migration, Forge security review, Automation rules
Each one states when to use it and when to skip it
Works with Claude Code and any agent that reads SKILL.md files

Plain facts

Open source
Extracted from production apps
Updated as the apps change

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Want one of these in your own Jira?

A Forge prototype starts at €500, priced before we start. Or ask on Discord first, that part is free.

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Before you install anything

Which of these run inside Atlassian?open

Only CogniRunner. It is a Forge app, so it runs in Atlassian's own cloud and appears in the Jira workflow editor like a native validator. The two MCP servers and goose run wherever you run them: your laptop, a VM, or the hosted demo we keep up for the free keys.

Does my data go to an AI vendor?open

The MCP servers do not call a model themselves; your AI client does. The document processor parses PDF, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX locally with no network access, so only what your client sends to its model leaves the machine. CogniRunner uses the provider key you configure, so you decide where prompts go. goose is local models only.

What does it cost to try?open

The MCP servers have a free demo key with no account and no card. goose and the skills are open source. CogniRunner is on the Atlassian Marketplace and the listing carries the pricing.

Can you wire one of these into our Jira?open

Yes, that is the Forge app development service. A prototype starts at €500, UAT is priced after you have seen it, and production work is billed at €50 an hour with no retainer.

Are they maintained?open

They are the tools I use on client work every week, so they get fixed when they break on me. Every one except CogniRunner, which is proprietary, has a public GitHub repository, and the commit history is the honest status page.

If you want the background first

AI Glossary

Plain-English definitions of the terms these pages use: MCP, RAG, quantisation, agent.

Tutorials

Step-by-step write-ups, with the code, of the setups above and the ones that failed.

AI for your team

The readiness sprint: local or private AI set up for a dev team, then handed over. From €1,200.

Before you install anything

Which of these run inside Atlassian?open

Does my data go to an AI vendor?open

What does it cost to try?open

The MCP servers have a free demo key with no account and no card. goose and the skills are open source. CogniRunner is on the Atlassian Marketplace and the listing carries the pricing.

Can you wire one of these into our Jira?open

Yes, that is the Forge app development service. A prototype starts at €500, UAT is priced after you have seen it, and production work is billed at €50 an hour with no retainer.

Are they maintained?open