Choose a person in a checklist item via “@” mention

Typing in “@” in the Smart Checklist input box will pull out the list of Jira users on your instance that you can select from and add to a checklist item.

You type:

You get:

Starting from v6.3.0, non-ASCII characters are supported in the checklist assignee:

If the username differs from the full name - then the Jira username is saved per checklist item displaying the full name in rendered mode.

Note! No notifications are triggered and sent to the users by this action.