diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-jira-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/create-jira-issue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54cff60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-jira-issue.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: Create Jira Issue
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      story_summary:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      story_description:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+      subtask_summary:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      subtask_description:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+      environment:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EMAIL:
+        required: true
+      MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_TOKEN:
+        required: true
+      MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_URL:
+        required: true
+      MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT:
+        required: true
+      MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_KEY:
+        required: true
+      MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_LINK_FIELD:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  create_jira_issue:
+    environment:
+      name: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions-hub repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: nelc/actions-hub
+          ref: and/jira_automation_action
+          path: actions-hub
+      - name: Debug input and env values
+        run: |
+          echo "Story Summary: ${{ inputs.story_summary }}"
+          echo "Subtask Summary: ${{ inputs.subtask_summary }}"
+          echo "Project: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT }}"
+          echo "Epic Key: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_KEY }}"
+          echo "Epic Field: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_LINK_FIELD }}"
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install jira
+
+      - name: Run Jira issue script
+        run: |
+          python actions-hub/scripts/jira_issue_flow.py \
+            --story-summary "${{ inputs.story_summary }}" \
+            --story-description "${{ inputs.story_description }}" \
+            --subtask-summary "${{ inputs.subtask_summary }}" \
+            --subtask-description "${{ inputs.subtask_description }}"
+        env:
+          MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EMAIL }}
+          MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_TOKEN }}
+          MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_URL: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_URL }}
+          MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT }}
+          MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_KEY }}
+          MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_LINK_FIELD: ${{ secrets.MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_LINK_FIELD }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f19598d..1588cf0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ yarn-error.log*
 # System Files
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+
+## virtual environments
+venv
diff --git a/scripts/jira_issue_flow.py b/scripts/jira_issue_flow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b6cae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jira_issue_flow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+from functools import lru_cache
+from typing import Optional
+
+from jira import JIRA
+from jira.resources import Issue
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def get_jira_client() -> JIRA:
+    """
+    Returns a cached Jira client instance authenticated with the environment variables.
+
+    Returns:
+        JiraClient: An authenticated JIRA client instance.
+
+    Raises:
+        KeyError: If required environment variables are missing.
+    """
+    email = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EMAIL"]
+    token = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_TOKEN"]
+    url = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_URL"]
+
+    return JIRA(server=url, basic_auth=(email, token))
+
+
+def get_jira_issue_by_jql(jql: str, summary: str) -> Optional[Issue]:
+    """
+    Searches for a Jira issue using a JQL query with an exact summary match.
+
+    Args:
+        jql (str): The JQL query string.
+        summary (str): The exact summary of the issue to find.
+
+    Returns:
+        Optional[Issue]: The matching Jira issue, or None if not found.
+
+    Raises:
+        KeyError: If required environment variables are missing.
+    """
+    issues = get_jira_client().search_issues(jql, maxResults=10)
+    for issue in issues:
+        if issue.fields.summary == summary:
+            return issue
+
+    return None
+
+
+def create_jira_issue(summary: str, issue_type: str, parent_key: str, description: str = "") -> Issue:
+    """
+    Creates a Jira issue (Story or Sub-task) in the configured project.
+
+    Args:
+        summary (str): The summary of the new issue.
+        issue_type (str): The type of issue to create (e.g., "Story", "Sub-task").
+        parent_key (str): The key of the Epic (for Story) or Story (for Sub-task).
+        description (str): The description of the issue.
+
+    Returns:
+        Issue: The newly created Jira issue.
+
+    Raises:
+        KeyError: If required environment variables are missing.
+    """
+    project = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT"]
+    epic_link_field = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_LINK_FIELD"]
+    fields = {
+        "project": {"key": project},
+        "summary": summary,
+        "issuetype": {"name": issue_type},
+        "description": description,
+    }
+
+    if issue_type == "Story":
+        fields[epic_link_field] = parent_key
+    elif issue_type == "Sub-task":
+        fields["parent"] = {"key": parent_key}
+
+    return get_jira_client().create_issue(fields=fields)
+
+
+def get_or_create_jira_issue(summary: str, jql: str, issue_type: str, parent_key, description: str = "") -> Issue:
+    """
+    Retrieves a Jira issue using a JQL query with an exact summary match, or creates it if not found.
+
+    Args:
+        summary (str): The summary of the issue.
+        jql (str): The JQL query to search for the issue.
+        issue_type (str): The type of issue to create if not found.
+        parent_key (Optional[str]): The parent key (Epic or Story) if the issue needs to be linked.
+        description (str): The description of the issue.
+
+    Returns:
+        Issue: The existing or newly created Jira issue.
+
+    Raises:
+        KeyError: If required environment variables are missing.
+    """
+    if issue := get_jira_issue_by_jql(jql=jql, summary=summary):
+        return issue
+
+    return create_jira_issue(summary=summary, issue_type=issue_type, parent_key=parent_key, description=description)
+
+
+def get_or_create_story(summary: str, epic_key: str, description: str = "") -> Issue:
+    """
+    Retrieves or creates a Jira Story linked to the specified Epic.
+
+    Args:
+        summary (str): The summary of the Story.
+        epic_key (str): The key of the Epic.
+        description (str): The description of the Story.
+
+    Returns:
+        Issue: The existing or newly created Story issue.
+    """
+    project = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT"]
+    jql = f'project = {project} AND summary ~ "{summary}" AND issuetype = Story AND "Epic Link" = "{epic_key}"'
+
+    return get_or_create_jira_issue(
+        summary=summary,
+        jql=jql,
+        issue_type="Story",
+        parent_key=epic_key,
+        description=description,
+    )
+
+
+def get_or_create_subtask(summary: str, story_key: str, description: str = "") -> Issue:
+    """
+    Retrieves or creates a Jira Sub-task under the specified Story.
+
+    Args:
+        summary (str): The summary of the Sub-task.
+        story_key (str): The key of the parent Story.
+        description (str): The description of the Sub-task.
+
+    Returns:
+        Issue: The existing or newly created Sub-task issue.
+    """
+    project = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_PROJECT"]
+    jql = f'project = {project} AND summary ~ "{summary}" AND issuetype = Sub-task AND parent = "{story_key}"'
+
+    return get_or_create_jira_issue(
+        summary=summary,
+        jql=jql,
+        issue_type="Sub-task",
+        parent_key=story_key,
+        description=description,
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create Jira Story and Sub-task if not present.")
+    parser.add_argument("--story-summary", required=True, help="Summary for the story.")
+    parser.add_argument("--story-description", default="", help="Description for the story.")
+    parser.add_argument("--subtask-summary", required=True, help="Summary for the sub-task.")
+    parser.add_argument("--subtask-description", default="", help="Description for the sub-task.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    epic_key = os.environ["MIGRATION_BACKLOG_JIRA_EPIC_KEY"]
+
+    story = get_or_create_story(
+        summary=args.story_summary,
+        epic_key=epic_key,
+        description=args.story_description,
+    )
+    get_or_create_subtask(
+        summary=args.subtask_summary,
+        story_key=story.key,
+        description=args.subtask_description,
+    )
+
+    print(f"Jira story '{story.fields.summary}' and sub-task '{args.subtask_summary}' created or already exist.")