# Assign unassigned Jira issues with Airtable: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Jira. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/assign-unassigned-jira-issues-with-airtable (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Data collection](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Data+collection#library)

# Assign unassigned Jira issues with Airtable

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Jira. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 28 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenRouter

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**28 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 19 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 2 **Fetch Jira Issue** Jira Tool *Service*
- 3 **Parse Structured Output** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **When Jira Event Triggered** Jira trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **Automatic Assignment Agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Set Jira Project Key** Set *Logic*
- 7 **Update Issue in Jira** Jira *Service*
- 8 **Fetch AIBAP Issues** Jira *Service*
- 9 **Search Airtable Records** Airtable *Service*
- 10 **Process Issues in Batches** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 11 **Check for No Issues** If *Logic*
- 12 **Extract Airtable Fields** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Complete Process** No Op *Logic*
- 14 **Merge Extracted Data** Merge *Logic*
- 15 **Handle No Issues Found** No Op *Logic*
- 16 **Extract Unassigned Issues** Code *Logic*
- 17 **Merge Airtable and Issue Data** Merge *Logic*
- 18 **Extract Member Data** Code *Logic*
- 19 **Aggregate Issue Data** Aggregate *Logic*
- 20 **Retrieve Multiple Issues** Jira *Service*
- 21 **Aggregate Member Data** Aggregate *Logic*
- 22 **Check All Issues Assigned** If *Logic*
- 23 **Extract Issue Details** Code *Logic*
- 24 **Merge Issue and Member Data** Merge *Logic*
- 25 **Extract Unassigned Ticket Data** Code *Logic*
- 26 **Aggregate Issue Fields** Aggregate *Logic*
- 27 **Aggregate All Data** Aggregate *Logic*
- 28 **Prepare AI Agent Data** Set *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 28, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Airtable, Jira
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable and Jira accounts, and a key for OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 28 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 28 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fassign-unassigned-jira-issues-with-airtable)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Airtable#library)[Jira](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Jira#library)

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Also data collection, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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