Linear (Issue Tracking & PM)

Linear (Issue Tracking & PM) MCP Connector for Claude

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Manage product development via Linear — track issues, monitor sprint cycles, and audit team projects.

14 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Linear workspace to any AI agent and take full control of your issue tracking and product development lifecycle through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Issue Orchestration — List and retrieve recent issues from your workspace, including their exact workflow states and assignee tracking directly from your agent
  • Deep Context Inspection — Pinpoint specific issues to extract full descriptions, assigned labels, and internal priority levels for rapid status updates
  • Project Monitoring — List all active mapped projects and track their organizational scopes, active state flags, and timeline limits securely
  • Sprint & Cycle Audit — Monitor current tracking sprint cycle bounds and temporal limits to understand team progress across active iteration loops
  • Team Management — Enumerate all logical team boundaries and workspace members to route operational assignments and project scopes efficiently
  • Workflow Taxonomy — Discover global metadata tags and labels used to categorize issues, ensuring your AI agent understands your internal organization rules

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Linear API Key
  3. Start managing your product roadmap from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Software Engineers — fetch issue contexts and update task statuses through natural conversation without leaving your IDE
  • Product Managers — monitor project progress and audit sprint cycles to prepare for weekly syncs and roadmap planning
  • Engineering Leads — track team assignments and issue distributions across multiple projects to ensure optimized resource allocation
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14 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

list_teams

List all logical team segment boundaries mapping workspace access

create_issue

Requires team_id from list_teams. Create a new issue in a Linear team

search_issues

Returns matching issues with state and assignee context. Search Linear issues by keyword

list_issues

List recent issues mapped on Linear workspace

get_issue

Get deep context for a specific identified Linear issue tracking limit

list_projects

List all explicit active mapped projects available in the workspace

list_cycles

List current tracking sprint cycle bounds mapping start/end limits

list_labels

List global string metadata tags bounding issue categorization logic

list_users

List all explicitly mapped workspace members validating active access limits

get_viewer

Get active authenticated mapping validating explicit global User boundaries

update_issue

Use list_workflow_states to get valid state IDs for transitions. Update an existing Linear issue

list_workflow_states

Use state IDs to transition issues via update_issue. List all workflow states (Backlog, Todo, In Progress, Done, Cancelled)

get_project

Get detailed information for a specific Linear project

create_comment

Comments notify assignees and subscribers. Add a comment to a Linear issue

See how to talk to your AI agent using Linear (Issue Tracking & PM).

List all active issues assigned to me in the 'Engineering' team

I've found 4 active issues for you in Engineering: 1) 'Fix API Timeout' (ENG-101), 2) 'Implement Auth Hook' (ENG-105), 3) 'Update Schema Docs' (ENG-108), and 4) 'Review PR #45' (ENG-112). Which one would you like to update the status for?

Show me the details for issue 'ENG-101'

Issue ENG-101 ('Fix API Timeout'): Priority: Urgent, Status: In Progress, Label: 'Bug'. Description: 'API calls to the /v1/search endpoint are timing out after 30s under heavy load'. It is currently assigned to you and part of the current cycle.

What is the end date for the current sprint cycle?

The current sprint cycle for the Engineering team ends this Friday, March 27th. There are currently 12 active issues in the cycle, with 8 in the 'Todo' or 'In Progress' states. Would you like a list of remaining tasks?

Yes. Use the `get_issue` tool with a specific Issue ID or UUID. Your agent will retrieve the full description, assigned labels, and current status, helping you understand the technical requirements instantly.

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