Jira to Markdown: Building an Export Tool Because Jira Doesn't Have One
The Problem: Scattered Notes Across Jira I had to prepare 4 presentations, and naturally, all the related information was scattered across Jira as individual issues. Stories, tasks, subtasks - all with different statuses, assignments, and nested under epics I could barely remember. The obvious solution: export everything to Markdown, build a local knowledge base, and write my presentations from there. But here’s the thing - Jira doesn’t have a built-in export to Markdown. You get CSV, JSON via API, or the browser’s “print to PDF” (which is useless). No CSV means no Excel, no easy formatting. ...