Copilot cloud agent: connect to the Atlassian MCP server directly over HTTP

Signed-off-by: Alex Gercog <w0rldlogic.0point@proton.me>

Author: playb0t

content/copilot/how-tos/copilot-on-github/customize-copilot/configure-mcp-servers.md

@@ -278,31 +278,22 @@ To use the Azure DevOps MCP server with {% data variables.copilot.copilot_cloud_
 
 ### Example: Atlassian
 
-The [Atlassian MCP server](https://github.com/atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server) gives {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} authenticated access to your Atlassian apps, including Jira, Compass, and Confluence.
+The [Atlassian MCP server](https://github.com/atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server) gives {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} authenticated access to your Atlassian apps, including Jira, Compass, and Confluence. For API token authentication, configure it as a remote HTTP server.
 
-For more information about authenticating to the Atlassian MCP server using an API key, see [Configuring authentication via API token](https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-rovo-mcp-server/docs/configuring-authentication-via-api-token/) in the Atlassian documentation.
+For more information about authenticating to the Atlassian MCP server using an API token, see [Configuring authentication via API token](https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-rovo-mcp-server/docs/configuring-authentication-via-api-token/) in the Atlassian documentation.
 
 ```javascript copy
 // If you copy and paste this example, you will need to remove the comments prefixed with `//`, which are not valid JSON.
 {
   "mcpServers": {
     "atlassian-rovo-mcp": {
-      "command": "npx",
-      "type": "local",
+      "type": "http",
+      "url": "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp",
       "tools": ["*"],
-      "args": [
-        "mcp-remote@latest",
-        "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/mcp",
-        // We can use the $ATLASSIAN_API_KEY environment variable which is passed
-        // to the server because of the `env` value below.
-        "--header",
-        "Authorization: Basic $ATLASSIAN_API_KEY"
-      ],
-      "env": {
-        // The value of the `COPILOT_MCP_ATLASSIAN_API_KEY` secret will be passed
-        // to the server command as an environment variable
-        // called `ATLASSIAN_API_KEY`.
-        "ATLASSIAN_API_KEY": "$COPILOT_MCP_ATLASSIAN_API_KEY"
+      "headers": {
+        // Set COPILOT_MCP_ATLASSIAN_API_KEY to the base64 encoding of
+        // your Atlassian email address and API token, separated by a colon.
+        "Authorization": "Basic $COPILOT_MCP_ATLASSIAN_API_KEY"
       }
     }
   }