This was called to my attention via

Didn’t realize that @ohmyzsh came with a Jira plugin for opening a browser for the issue. #timesaver

— Ray Pierce (@pierceray) May 5, 2014

[Current instructions are in the plugin source](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/plugins/jira/jira.plugin.zsh)

The setup:
In .zshrc, add jira to plugins and JIRA_RAPID_BOARD=true if you use Rapid Board.

#
#
plugins=(git jira)
JIRA_RAPID_BOARD=true
#
#

Create a file .jira-url in your home directory or at the base of your project.

https://my.jira.url/

To constrain to a subproject for your project directory’s .jira-url: (Your mileage may vary on how well this improves your experience)

https://my.jira.url/browse/SUBPROJ/

To create a new issue:

jira

To open an existing issue:

jira PROJ-123

To open multiple issues (separate tabs):

$ for i in JIRA-1 JIRA-2 JIRA-3 JIRA-4
∙ jira $i

Opening issue #JIRA-1
Opening issue #JIRA-2
Opening issue #JIRA-3
Opening issue #JIRA-4