Linear MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol server for the Linear API.
This server provides integration with Linear's issue tracking system through MCP, allowing LLMs to interact with Linear issues.
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Linear Integration Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @gerbal/linear-mcp-server-1 --client claude
Manual Installation
-
Create or get a Linear API key for your team: https://linear.app/YOUR-TEAM/settings/api
-
Add server config to Claude Desktop:
- MacOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"linear": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-linear"
],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "your_linear_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
Components
Tools
-
linear_create_issue: Create a new Linear issues
- Required inputs:
title (string): Issue title
teamId (string): Team ID to create issue in
- Optional inputs:
description (string): Issue description (markdown supported)
priority (number, 0-4): Priority level (1=urgent, 4=low)
status (string): Initial status name
-
linear_update_issue: Update existing issues
- Required inputs:
id (string): Issue ID to update
- Optional inputs:
title (string): New title
description (string): New description
priority (number, 0-4): New priority
status (string): New status name
-
linear_search_issues: Search issues with flexible filtering
- Optional inputs:
query (string): Text to search in title/description
teamId (string): Filter by team
status (string): Filter by status
assigneeId (string): Filter by assignee
labels (string[]): Filter by labels
priority (number): Filter by priority
limit (number, default: 10): Max results
-
linear_get_user_issues: Get issues assigned to a user
- Optional inputs:
userId (string): User ID (omit for authenticated user)
includeArchived (boolean): Include archived issues
limit (number, default: 50): Max results
-
linear_add_comment: Add comments to issues
- Required inputs:
issueId (string): Issue ID to comment on
body (string): Comment text (markdown supported)
- Optional inputs:
createAsUser (string): Custom username
displayIconUrl (string): Custom avatar URL
Resources
linear-issue:///{issueId} - View individual issue details
linear-team:///{teamId}/issues - View team issues
linear-user:///{userId}/assigned - View user's assigned issues
linear-organization: - View organization info
linear-viewer: - View current user context
Usage examples
Some example prompts you can use with Claude Desktop to interact with Linear:
-
"Show me all my high-priority issues" → execute the search_issues tool and/or linear-user:///{userId}/assigned to find issues assigned to you with priority 1
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"Based on what I've told you about this bug already, make a bug report for the authentication system" → use create_issue to create a new high-priority issue with appropriate details and status tracking
-
"Find all in progress frontend tasks" → use search_issues to locate frontend-related issues with in progress task
-
"Give me a summary of recent updates on the issues for mobile app development" → use search_issues to identify the relevant issue(s), then linear-issue:///{issueId} fetch the issue details and show recent activity and comments
-
"What's the current workload for the mobile team?" → combine linear-team:///{teamId}/issues and search_issues to analyze issue distribution and priorities across the mobile team
Development
- Install dependencies:
- Configure Linear API key in
.env:
LINEAR_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
- Build the server:
For development with auto-rebuild:
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.