Connect an AI assistant to Linear for retrieving, creating, and managing issues and projects.
Linear MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Linear directly instead of describing what you should do. Connect an AI assistant to Linear for retrieving, creating, and managing issues and projects.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for the Linear GraphQL API that enables AI assistants to interact with Linear project management systems.
Linear-MCP-Server bridges the gap between Claude (AI assistant) and Linear (project management tool) by implementing the MCP protocol. This allows Claude to:
Once Linear is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverThe server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
You will need 3 environment variables: LINEAR_API_KEY, LINEAR_API_TOKEN, YOUR_LINEAR_API_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the planning and project tracking group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Linear's toolset — Prerequisites, Installation — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by emmett-deen; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Linear's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"linear-3": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "your-value",
"LINEAR_API_TOKEN": "your-value",
"YOUR_LINEAR_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| LINEAR_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| LINEAR_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| YOUR_LINEAR_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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