Transition Ticket Status

Change the workflow status of a Jira ticket (e.g., move to "In Progress", "Done").

When to Use

• User wants to start work on a ticket
• User has completed work and wants to close a ticket
• User wants to move a ticket to a different status
• User needs to see available status transitions

How to Execute

List available transitions first:

aide jira transition TICKET-KEY --list

Then transition to desired status:

aide jira transition TICKET-KEY "Status Name" [options]

Flags

Flag	Short	Description
--list	-l	List available transitions for the ticket
--comment	-c	Add comment with the transition
--resolution	-r	Set resolution (for Done/Resolved transitions)
--format		Output format: text, json, markdown

Output

When transitioning:

1. Confirmation of successful transition
2. New status name
3. URL to view the ticket

When listing (--list):

1. Available transition names
2. Target status for each transition

Common Patterns

# List available transitions
aide jira transition PROJ-123 --list

# Move ticket to In Progress
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "In Progress"

# Complete a ticket with comment
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "Done" --comment "Implementation complete, tests passing"

# Resolve with specific resolution
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "Done" --resolution "Fixed"

# Move to code review
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "Code Review"

Common Status Names

Status names vary by project workflow. Common ones include:

Category	Status Names
Not Started	To Do, Open, Backlog
In Progress	In Progress, In Development
Review	Code Review, In Review, QA
Completed	Done, Closed, Resolved

Best Practices

• Always list available transitions first with --list
• Add comments when transitioning to explain the change
• Set resolution when closing tickets
• Check workflow requirements - some transitions need fields set

Workflow Example

# 1. Start work
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "In Progress" --comment "Starting implementation"

# 2. Move to review
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "Code Review" --comment "PR #456 ready for review"

# 3. Complete work
aide jira transition PROJ-123 "Done" --comment "Merged and deployed" --resolution "Fixed"

Next Steps

After transitioning:

• Use ticket skill to verify the new status
• Use ticket-comment skill to add additional notes