Linear for AI agents

Linear is an issue tracker engineering and product teams use to plan work, manage projects, and move issues through workflows. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect Linear See the 48 actions ↓

Project managementOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTlinear.app

AUDIT LOG · LINEARPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

linear.list_comments

List comments✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

linear.get_comment

Get a comment✓ allowed · 164ms

09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write

linear.create_team

Create Team✓ approved · approved by user

09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive

linear.delete_linear_issue

Delete issue✕ blocked · policy: deny

EVERY LINEAR CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Linear.

Create an issue from a request

Create a new issue in the right team with a title and description from an incoming request.

Check an issue's status

Look up an issue's current state and comments before replying to someone asking for an update.

Approve before archiving an issue

Require approval before archiving an issue, since it removes it from active team views.

02 · ACTIONS

48 Linear actions, graded by risk.

Every Linear action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

linear.get_comment
Get a comment
linear.list_comments
List comments
linear.search_issues
Search Linear issues
linear.get_attachment
Download issue files
linear.get_current_user
Get current user
linear.get_linear_issue
Get Linear issue
linear.list_issue_drafts
List issue drafts
linear.list_linear_teams
Get teams
linear.list_linear_users
List Linear users
linear.get_issue_defaults
Get create issue default params
linear.get_linear_project
Get Linear project
linear.get_project_update
Get Project Update
linear.list_linear_cycles
Get all cycles
linear.list_linear_issues
List Linear issues
linear.list_linear_labels
Get labels
linear.list_linear_states
List Linear states

+ 7 MORE

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

linear.create_team
Create Team
linear.update_team
Update Team
linear.update_issue
Update issue
linear.create_attachment
Create attachment
linear.create_linear_issue
Create linear issue
linear.create_linear_label
Create a label
linear.create_linear_comment
Create a comment
linear.create_linear_project
Create Project
linear.create_project_update
Create Project Update
linear.update_linear_comment
Update a comment
linear.update_linear_project
Update Project
linear.update_project_update
Update Project Update
linear.create_comment_reaction
Add reaction to comment
linear.create_project_milestone
Create Project Milestone
linear.create_linear_issue_relation
Create issue relation
linear.who_am_i
Who Am I

+ 3 MORE

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

linear.archive_issue
Archive issue
linear.archive_project
Archive Project
linear.remove_reaction
Remove reaction from comment
linear.remove_issue_label
Remove label from Linear issue
linear.delete_linear_issue
Delete issue
linear.archive_project_update
Archive Project Update

03 · HOW IT WORKS

Linear in three steps.

01Your users connect LinearThey sign in to Linear on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Team” can wait for the user, and “delete issue” can be denied outright.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls Linear through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('linear', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_team
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_linear_issue
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Linear connects.

Users sign in to Linear on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Linear OAuth app, or bring your own so the Linear consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Linear connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: API key · OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use Linear from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

More project management apps.

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07 · FAQ

Linear and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Linear with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Linear to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Linear actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Linear?

Q03

Which Linear actions can my agent take?

48 in total: 23 read, 19 write and 6 destructive, such as “create Team”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Linear?

Yes. Actions like “delete issue” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Linear too?

Yes. The same Linear connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug Linear into your agent.

Your users connect Linear once, under your brand. Your agent gets 48 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan