Is there any more in depth guide on how to configure Jira project import?

Yes, is an arbitrary identifier between taiga and jira instance.

This tutorial explains better the process (I hope) https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-oauth-authentication/ check especially step 2.

The public key should be configured in the Jira instance too with the consumer key when you create the “incomming link” (step 5 and 6 Migrate from Jira to Taiga).

  1. use your consumer key and your public key