Converting an Item to a Jira Issue

Any Checklist item may be converted to a separate Jira issue. To do it, hover your mouse over the item, and click the "Convert to Issue" icon:

The 'Create New Jira Issue' dialog appears with the Summary field pre-filled with the item's name and the Issue Type pre-selected as 'Task'.

If you convert a local item, it will be automatically marked as completed, and its name will be amended with the created issue's key. If you convert a global item, it will only be marked as completed, its name will remain the same since global items are not editable on a checklist level.