How to add a user to a project role using Jira CLI app

This article explains how to add a user to a project role using the Jira Command Line Interface (CLI) app in Jira Cloud.

Instructions

For this scenario, use the addProjectRoleActors action with the userId parameter.

• addProjectRoleActors: Add users or groups to a project role
• userId: Specify user ID for user management and other actions. For some actions, you can use a comma-separated list of IDs. For Cloud, use the account ID or a public name.
  

For this example, assume that there are existing roles for a project as follows:

Execute the following CLI command to add the project role, jira-software-users, to the user, Rufas:

--action addProjectRoleActors --project "JIRACLI" --role "jira-software-users" --userId "Rufas"

If there are no errors, the following output appears after the execution of the above command:

'jira-software-users' role updated for project JIRACLI

You can check that the respective role is added for the user in the Jira's Users and roles section as shown: