delete_status — MCP tool

added 2026-10-01can overwrite data

Delete a custom status (needs edit access). Its issues are moved to move_to, at the bottom of that column, in one step; the four default statuses cannot be deleted. There is no undo: the status is gone, and so is the information which issues were in it, apart from their history. Confirm with the user first.

move_tostringrequired
Key of another status that takes over its issues
projectstringrequired
Project key
statusstringrequired
Key of the status to delete

Returns

move_tostringrequired
Key of the status that took over its issues
movedintegerrequired
namestringrequired
projectstringrequired
statusstringrequired

2026-10-03 — Also answers structuredContent (see outputSchema); a failed call adds structuredContent.error. Text unchanged. Details: /docs/mcp, "Structured results and errors".
2026-10-04 — Claude Code 2.1.288+ (clientInfo claude-code): the text of a successful answer is itself up to 512 bytes, else "Result in structuredContent (N bytes)."; structuredContent and errors are unchanged. See /docs/mcp.