# Botpress Jira Software Integration
This integration allows you to connect your Botpress chatbot with Jira Software, a popular platform for project management and issue tracking. With this integration, you can easily manage your projects and tasks directly from your chatbot.
To set up the integration, you will need to provide your **host**, and **email** and **API token** credentials. Once the integration is set up, you can use the built-in actions to create and update tasks, add comments to tasks, and more.
For more detailed instructions on how to set up and use the Botpress Jira Software integration, please refer to our documentation.
## Prerequisites
Before enabling the Botpress Jira Software Integration, please ensure that you have the following:
- A Botpress cloud account.
- Access to a Jira Software account.
- API token generated from your Jira Software account.
## Enable Integration
To enable the Jira Software integration in Botpress, follow these steps:
- Access your Botpress admin panel.
- Navigate to the “Integrations” section.
- Locate the Jira Software integration and click on “Enable” or “Configure.”
- Provide the required API token, host, email configurations and etails.
- Save the configuration.
## Usage
Once the integration is enabled, you can start sending and receiving information within your Botpress chatbot. The integration offers actions such as `findUser`, `newIssue`, `updateIssue`, and `addCommentToIssue` that can be used to interact with your Jira Software account.
For more detailed information and examples, refer to the Botpress documentation or the Jira Software documentation for configuring the integration.
## Limitations
Remember that Jira's administrative limits also apply to the use of the API.
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please submit them via the project’s issue tracker. Pull requests are also appreciated.
Enjoy the seamless project management integration between Botpress and Jira Software!
