It is possible to bind Jira statuses to specific categories as described in Atlassian article here
You can use the categories in your template, for example, to define a condition when a notification should be sent.
As category-status relationship is 1:N, you can easily access the category like this:
$issue.fields.status.categoryName $issue.fields.status.categoryKey |
The first statement will give you the name of respective category and the second is unique identifier of the category.
In your template you can use the categories like this:
#if ($issue.fields.status.categoryName == "Done") A notification that goes out when an issue is finalized #end |