Linear MCP Server

Provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Linear, enabling issue tracking and project management.

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What is the Linear MCP server?

Linear MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Linear, enabling issue tracking and project management.

What the assistant can call

Once Linear is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • linear_create_issue — Create a new Linear issue with title, description, and other attributes
  • linear_update_issue — Update an existing issue's properties
  • linear_search_issues — Search issues using flexible filtering criteria
  • linear_get_user_issues — Retrieve issues assigned to a specific user
  • linear_add_comment — Add a comment to an existing issue

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: LINEAR_API_KEY. 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.

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

Choosing this one

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 — linear_create_issue, linear_update_issue, linear_search_issues and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by vinayak-mehta; 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.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the linear mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
linear_create_issueCreate a new Linear issue with title, description, and other attributes
linear_update_issueUpdate an existing issue's properties
linear_search_issuesSearch issues using flexible filtering criteria
linear_get_user_issuesRetrieve issues assigned to a specific user
linear_add_commentAdd a comment to an existing issue

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
LINEAR_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Linear to linear create issue.
  • Use Linear to linear update issue.
  • Use Linear to linear search issues.

Frequently asked questions

Linear MCP is a Model Context Protocol server designed to enhance issue tracking and project management within Linear. It provides tools to create, update, search, and manage Linear issues more efficiently.