Enables AI agents to programmatically manage issues, projects, and teams within the Linear platform.
If you already use Linear, the linear mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Enables AI agents to programmatically manage issues, projects, and teams within the Linear platform.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for interacting with Linear's API, enabling AI agents to manage issues, projects, and teams programmatically through the Linear platform.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
create_issue — The create_issue tool exposed by this serverlist_issues — The list_issues tool exposed by this serverupdate_issue — The update_issue tool exposed by this serverlist_teams — The list_teams tool exposed by this serverlist_projects — The list_projects tool exposed by this serverget_issue — The get_issue tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: LINEAR_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
The server ships on npm as @ibraheem4/linear-mcp, 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.
Plenty of planning and project tracking servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Linear's toolset — create_issue, list_issues, update_issue and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by tiovikram; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| create_issue | The create_issue tool exposed by this server. |
| list_issues | The list_issues tool exposed by this server. |
| update_issue | The update_issue tool exposed by this server. |
| list_teams | The list_teams tool exposed by this server. |
| list_projects | The list_projects tool exposed by this server. |
| get_issue | The get_issue tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"linear-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/linear-mcp/build/index.js"],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"disabled": false,
"alwaysAllow": []
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| LINEAR_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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