GitHub links

Supported Link Types

GitHub Links for Jira supports a wide range of GitHub entity types. Every type below works for both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server (*.ghe.com).

Entity types marked Extra permission require additional GitHub App permissions beyond the default installation. See Optional - Enable additional GitHub App permissions.

Code and development

Entity type

What is displayed in the panel

Pull request

State (Opened, Merged, Closed), title, author, creation time, legacy CI check status, comment count, latest comment preview.

Pull request list

All PRs for a repository with state badges and labels. Load more pagination supported.

Commit

Short SHA, commit message, author avatar, relative timestamp, diff stats (lines added / removed, files changed).

Commits list

Recent commits for a branch or path with SHA, message, author, and diff stats.

Branch

Branch name and last commit author.

Compare

Base...head comparison with ahead/behind count, total commits, and diff stats.

Source file

File name with expandable syntax-highlighted content. Supports line range anchors (e.g. #L5-L12).

Blame view

File name, branch, and optional line range label.

Gist

Gist name with expandable rendered content. Supports line range anchors.

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Issues and project management

Entity type

What is displayed in the panel

Issue

State (Opened, Closed), title, author, labels, comment count, assignees, latest comment preview.

Issue list

All issues for a repository with state badges and labels. Load more pagination supported.

Milestone

Title, state, completion percentage, open issue count, closed issue count.

GitHub Project

Project name and closed state.

Discussions Extra permission

State (Answered Open Closed), title, category with emoji, author, comment count.

Discussions list Extra permission

Discussions in a repository, optionally filtered by category.

Releases and tags

Entity type

What is displayed in the panel

Release

Release name, tag, author, publish date, Latest release / Draft / Prerelease badge, and full changelog body.

Releases list

All releases with names, tags, and Draft/Prerelease badges. Load more pagination supported.

Tag list

All tags with tag name and commit SHA. Load more pagination supported.

Repository and account

Entity type

What is displayed in the panel

Repository

Name, description, primary language, star count, fork count.

User / Organisation profile

Avatar and username as a link.

Wiki page

Page name as a link.

Security

Entity type

What is displayed in the panel

Dependabot alert

Severity badge, alert summary, affected package name, status (Open Fixed Dismissed).

Code scanning alert Extra permission

Severity badge, rule description, tool name, status.

Security advisory Extra permission

Severity badge, GHSA ID, summary, publication status (Published / Closed / Draft).

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