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How to make a Jira Epic template with Stories

A product launch, a client onboarding, a quarterly audit: the same Epic with the same Stories underneath, every time. Here is how to stop building it by hand.

Updated 24 October 2026 · Written for Jira Cloud

Option 1: an Automation rule that builds the Epic

  1. Create a rule with a Manual trigger (a button you press) or a Scheduled trigger (for a regular cycle).
  2. Add Create work item with work type Epic, and fill in its summary and description.
  3. Add Create variable. Name: epicKey. Smart value: {{createdIssue.key}}.
  4. Add one Create work item per Story. Set the work type to Story and, in the Parent field, type {{epicKey}} and pick the "Smart value" entry.
  5. Run the rule once and open the Epic to check that every Story sits under it.

Do not use {{createdIssue.key}} directly as the parent of each Story. It changes after every create action, so the second Story would be parented to the first Story instead of the Epic. The variable in step 3 holds the Epic's key for the whole rule.

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Option 2: an Epic template

Quick Issue Templates for Jira

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Choose the Epic work type, type your child issues one per line, and pick their work type (Story, Task or another type one level below the Epic). One click creates the Epic and every child issue under it. The template can also carry a description with headings and tables, labels, field values, and placeholders such as {{client}} that are asked for each time. To repeat the Epic on a cycle, set the template to run daily, weekly or monthly.

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