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Linear MCP. Manage issues, cycles & tasks with your agent.

Linear MCP connects your agent directly to your issue tracking workspace. List all tickets, get detailed metadata on any bug or feature request, and update status across projects using natural conversation. It lets you coordinate agile development cycles without ever leaving your chat window.

Linear MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Linear MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Linear MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Linear MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Linear MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Linear MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Linear MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Linear MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Track project progress

List active projects, cycles, labels, and teams to understand your organizational structure.

View issue details

Retrieve full metadata for a specific ticket, including its current status and history.

Manage tickets

Create new issues or update the status of existing ones programmatically.

Communicate contextually

Add specific comments to an issue, ensuring team members see the latest updates right where they belong.

Check workspace health

Verify that your API connection is working correctly and check overall service status.

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Linear

What AI agents can do with Linear: 11 Tools for Issue Tracking

These tools let you execute every possible action in Linear—from creating new bugs to listing team members—all through your AI agent.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Create Linear Comment

Adds a comment directly to any specific issue ticket for team context.

Create Linear Issue

Creates an entirely new issue within the Linear workspace.

Get Linear Issue

Retrieves comprehensive, detailed information about one specific ticket.

List Linear Cycles

Lists all active development cycles currently running in your organization.

List Linear Issues

Provides a broad list of issues across the workspace, showing their general status.

List Linear Labels

Retrieves a directory of all issue labels used by your teams.

List Linear Projects

Lists and shows the status of all active projects within Linear.

List Linear Teams

Lists all distinct teams or departments that belong to your workspace.

List Linear Users

Retrieves a directory listing of all individual members in the Linear workspace.

Check Linear Status

Runs a check to confirm that your API connection is active and working correctly.

Update Linear Issue

Changes the status or details of an existing ticket using natural language...

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Linear MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Linear integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
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Make Your AI Do More

Start with Linear, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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The constant cycle of manual status checks.

Every week, someone has to check Linear. They jump into the app, open the project board, filter by assignee, and then they have to click on three different tickets just to see if a feature is ready for testing. Then they copy that status ('In Review') into a Google Doc, which usually gets outdated before anyone can use it.

With this MCP, you tell your agent what you need—for example, 'List all issues in the billing cycle that are blocked.' Your agent runs the necessary checks and gives you the answer right away. No clicking through boards; you get a direct summary.

The Linear MCP lets you write tickets and update status with natural language.

Before, creating an issue meant navigating to 'New Issue,' filling out the title, description, assigning it a label, and selecting the project. Updating required opening the ticket, finding the status dropdown, changing it, and then maybe adding a comment for context.

Now, you simply tell your agent, 'Create a new issue about X for the Backend team.' It handles the entire process—creation, assignment, and initial metadata—in one step. The friction is gone.

What Linear MCP does for your AI

Need to know the state of a project? This MCP gives your AI agent full control over your Linear workspace. Instead of jumping through multiple tabs to gather info on bugs or features, you talk to your agent. You can list all active tickets and pull detailed metadata instantly. Want to update status for a whole team? Your agent handles it.

It's like having a dedicated project coordinator that lives inside your chat app. When you connect this MCP via Vinkius, your AI client becomes an agile architect for your entire organization. You manage everything from creating brand new issues to adding contextual comments and verifying the health of your API connection, all in plain conversation.

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Frequently asked questions about Linear MCP

Can I use Linear MCP to list all projects? +

Yes, you can. Use the MCP's tools to run list_linear_projects. This gives your agent a directory of every active project in your workspace so you know where everything is.

How do I update an issue status using Linear MCP? +

You use the update_linear_issue tool. You simply ask your agent to change the status for a specific ticket, and it handles updating the record in Linear automatically.

Does Linear MCP help me track team members? +

Absolutely. The list_linear_users tool lets you retrieve a directory of all workspace members. This is critical when figuring out who owns which feature or bug.

What if I need to add context to an issue? Is it Linear MCP? +

Yes, use the create_linear_comment tool. You can have your agent write and post a comment to any specific issue, keeping perfect communication history right where the work happens.

Is Linear MCP just for reading data from my issues? +

No, it's fully bi-directional. Beyond listing or getting details, you can also create_linear_issue and update existing ones, making your agent an active participant in the workflow.