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> Whatever you can do in Jira with a keyboard and a mouse (so pretty much anything) the scripts can do as well–only faster.

## Automation capabilities

Power Scripts enables a comprehensive range of automations, including:

| **Category** | **Capabilities** |
| --- | --- |
| Advanced workflow automation | - Update issues automatically
- Create and manage sub-tasks
- Implement conditional issue closure
- Build custom workflow conditions, validators, and post functions |
| Event-triggered automation | - Calculate custom field values dynamically
- Validate input data
- Edit issues in bulk
- Send notification emails and text messages |
| Time-based scheduled processes | - Create and update projects
- Export data
- Upload data to external systems
- Generate custom reports |
| Role-based UI customization | - Hide request types from specific users in Service Management
- Implement field-level permissions to hide fields from non-managers
- Customize Service Management portal experiences |
| Email processing and integration | - Send customized notifications
- Process incoming emails
- Send Slack notifications |
| Custom field calculations | - Perform complex field calculations
- Implement cross-field validations
- Read text from Confluence for field population |
| Data integration | - Retrieve data from external systems
- Connect to multiple external databases
- Sync data between Jira instances
- Write to custom logs for tracking |
| External system connections | - Integrate with Salesforce
- Sync with internal LDAP systems
- Connect to CRM and BI tools
- Interface with legacy systems |
| Access control and tracking | - Create new users programmatically
- Track script usage and performance
- Implement custom security rules |

Power Scripts for Jira Cloud removes all automation barriers, with [no limits](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJC/pages/796852580) on the number, size, frequency, or runtime of scripts, enabling your team to build sophisticated automations without constraints.

> ℹ️ For a deep dive on Power Scripts features and capabilities, see the individual [feature guides](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJC/pages/490996521).