View data from your code tools in Jira
Jira gives you greater visibility of your team's work by automatically connecting and displaying information from your linked code repositories in your space.
To view code data in Jira, you’ll need to:
Connect a code tool. Read more about integrating development tools with Jira
Include work item keys in branch names, commit messages, and pull requests. How to reference work items in your development work
View development information in Jira
Once you start referencing work items in your development work, you’ll get the following benefits:
Development panel on Jira work items
Work items referenced in development work will have a Development panel, which you’ll see in the Details section on the work item. The panel shows the status of branches, commits, pull requests, and builds related to the work item.
Development panel: Hover over branches, commits, and pull requests to see when they were last updated.
Releases panel: Hover over deployments and feature flags to see more details.
More about the development panel
Development info on the board
Once you’ve connected a code tool and your team includes work item keys in their branch names, commit messages, and pull requests, you’ll start seeing more development information on your Jira board. Work item cards will display development icons to indicate when they have pull requests, branches, or commits associated with them. You can hover over the icons to view the details of the development activity, and click through to go to your connected development tool (note, development icons will not show if your Jira board contains more than 100 work items).
Development information on the Development page
Once you’ve connected your development tools to Jira and your team is using work item keys in branch names, commit messages, and pull requests, you’ll start seeing development information on the Development page.
Once set up, you’ll see:
Key metrics like pull request cycle time and deployment frequency, showing your team’s delivery health.
Related work like pull requests, vulnerabilities, and deployments from apps connected to Jira—so you can view details, see who’s working on what, and jump straight into code.
Work suggestions with proactive, actionable recommendations to resolve blockers and boost your team’s progress.
Automations
Use automations to create rules related to development, like transitioning a work item to In progress when a branch is created.
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