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Bring BugHerd tasks and Jira issues back in step
For project leads who want drifted BugHerd tasks and Jira issues updated, row by row with their approval, just by asking their AI assistant.
On this page
Connector
Connect BugHerd, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Finished work lingers open in the other tool
When a developer finishes a Jira issue, the BugHerd task often stays open, and when the web team closes a task, the issue lingers. Fixing each pair means opening both records and leaving comments one link at a time.
Without PopdockAI
- Open both records for each linked pair
- Update the BugHerd task by hand
- Leave comments on each side
- Work through the pairs one at a time
With PopdockAI
- Pairs where only one side is finished are found
- Done Jira issues get the BugHerd task marked done with a comment
- Done tasks get a Jira comment asking to verify and close
- Only approved rows are applied, nothing reopened
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Bring linked items in the BugHerd project `{project-name}` and the Jira project `{jira-project-key}` back in step.
How the two systems are linked: a BugHerd task created from a Jira issue carries the issue key (e.g. WEB-123) in its external-id. A Jira issue created from BugHerd starts its summary with "[BugHerd <project name> #<task number>]" and has a remote link to the task.
**Step 1: Find the drifted pairs**
Call `bugherd-get-projects` with `name.contains` set to `{project-name}`. If nothing matches, say so and stop. If several match, list their names and project-id values and ask which one; do not guess. Then read the links as the reconcile job does: `bugherd-get-tasks` and `bugherd-get-archived-tasks` with `project-id` (keep tasks whose external-id starts with `{jira-project-key}-`), and `jira-get-issue` with `project-key` and `summary.contains` "[BugHerd". Pair them and keep the pairs where exactly one side is finished.
**Step 2: Propose**
* Done in Jira, open in BugHerd: set the task's status to done and comment "Jira issue <key> is <status>."
* Done in BugHerd, open in Jira: add a Jira comment "BugHerd task #<task number> is done; please verify and close." Do not change the Jira status: workflow transitions are left to the Jira team.
Show every proposal in one table and ask which rows to apply.
**Step 3: Apply approved rows**
* BugHerd: call `bugherd-update-task` once with `project-id`, `task-id` and `status` done, then `bugherd-add-comment` once.
* Jira: call `jira-add-issue-comment` once with `issue-id` set to the issue key and `body`.
**Step 4: Report**
What was changed on each side and anything that failed, with the error.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* Tools named bugherd-... are on the bugherd MCP server; tools named jira-... are on the jira MCP server. If either set of tools is missing, say which server is not connected and stop.
* Jira write tools ask for a numeric issue id, which `jira-get-issue` does not return. Pass the issue key (e.g. WEB-123) as the id instead: Jira accepts a key wherever an issue id is asked for.
* The only write tools this prompt may call are `bugherd-update-task`, `bugherd-add-comment` and `jira-add-issue-comment`, and only for approved rows.
* Never reopen anything and never call `jira-update-issue`.
**Validation:**
* If nothing has drifted, say so and stop.
* If one update fails, report it and carry on with the other rows.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Project managers
Close tasks the devs finished
Mark BugHerd tasks done when their Jira issue is done, with a comment for the client.
Sync the Contoso Portal BugHerd project with Jira project PORTAL.
Scrum masters
Prompt the team to close stale issues
Add a comment on Jira issues whose task is done, asking the team to verify and close.
Which Jira SHOP issues are open while the Fabrikam Shop BugHerd task is done? Propose comments.
Engineering managers
Approve a batch of fixes at once
Review every proposed change in one table and apply only what you agree with.
Bring the Northwind Traders site BugHerd project and Jira NW back in step, showing me the changes first.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You name the BugHerd project and Jira key, and your AI assistant proposes how to bring each pair back in step. Jira statuses stay with the Jira workflow.
01
Ask
You name the BugHerd project and the Jira project key.
02
Find
It pairs linked tasks and issues and keeps those where only one side is finished.
03
Approve
You see every proposed change in one table and pick the rows to apply.
04
Apply
It updates BugHerd tasks and adds Jira comments, then reports the result.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for BugHerd and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
bugherd-get-projects
bugherd-get-tasks
bugherd-get-archived-tasks
jira-get-issue
bugherd-update-task
bugherd-add-comment
jira-add-issue-comment
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
Linked tasks and issues back in step
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