The following example will add items to an existing checklist:
import com.onresolve.scriptrunner.runner.customisers.WithPlugin; import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor; import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue; @WithPlugin("com.okapya.jira.checklist") import com.okapya.jira.customfields.*; def ChecklistItem createChecklistItem(ChecklistCFType cfType, String name, boolean checked, String status, boolean mandatory, int rank) { def itemJson = """ { "name": "${name}", "checked": ${checked ? "true" : "false"}, "statusId": "${status == null || status == "" ? "none" : status}", "mandatory": ${mandatory ? "true" : "false"}, "rank": ${rank} } """; return cfType.getSingularObjectFromString(itemJson); } // Retrieve the Custom Field Type for the Checklist Custom Field def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager(); def checklistCustomField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_10013"); def checklistCustomFieldType = (ChecklistCFType) checklistCustomField.getCustomFieldType(); // Add items to the existing Checklist def issue = (MutableIssue) event.issue; def ArrayList<ChecklistItem> existingChecklistValue = (ArrayList<ChecklistItem>) issue.getCustomFieldValue(checklistCustomField); def maxRank = existingChecklistValue.size(); existingChecklistValue.add( createChecklistItem(checklistCustomFieldType, "Move the folder structure", false, null, true, maxRank++) ); existingChecklistValue.add( createChecklistItem(checklistCustomFieldType, "Remove *.exe files", false, null, true, maxRank++) ); // Update the issue with the checklist checklistCustomFieldType.updateValue(checklistCustomField, issue, existingChecklistValue);