---
title: "Get started with Autowatch for Jira"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/AW/1927807281/Get%20started%20with%20Autowatch%20for%20Jira"
format: markdown
---
> Macro (aura-html)

Autowatch for Jira automatically adds watchers to issues based on custom JQL rules. Instead of relying on users to manually watch issues they care about, you define the criteria once — and Autowatch handles the rest whenever an issue is created or updated.

Rules are scoped to individual projects and can be created by any project administrator, with no global configuration required.

## Key features

- Rules scoped to individual Jira projects
- Match issues using arbitrarily complex JQL
- Add multiple watchers per rule
- Create and manage dozens of rules per project
- Rules fire on issue creation and update
- Any project administrator can create and edit rules
- Available for Jira Cloud and Data Center