Linear MCP Server

IMPORTANT NOTE: This MCP Server is now deprecated and is no longer being maintained. I recommend you use the official Linear remote MCP server here: https://linear.app/changelog/2025-05-01-mcp (https://mcp.linear.app/sse)

A Model Context Protocol server for the Linear API.

This server provides integration with Linear's issue tracking system through MCP, allowing LLMs to interact with Linear issues.

Installation

Automatic Installation

To install the Linear MCP server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx @smithery/cli install linear-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Create or get a Linear API key for your team: https://linear.app/YOUR-TEAM/settings/api

2. Add server config to Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "linear-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LINEAR_API_KEY": "your_linear_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Components

Tools

1. `linear_create_issue`: Create a new Linear issues

2. `linear_update_issue`: Update existing issues

3. `linear_search_issues`: Search issues with flexible filtering

4. `linear_get_user_issues`: Get issues assigned to a user

5. `linear_add_comment`: Add comments to issues

Resources

• `linear-issue:///{issueId}` - View individual issue details
• `linear-team:///{teamId}/issues` - View team issues
• `linear-user:///{userId}/assigned` - View user's assigned issues
• `linear-organization:` - View organization info
• `linear-viewer:` - View current user context

Usage examples

Some example prompts you can use with Claude Desktop to interact with Linear:

1. "Show me all my high-priority issues" → execute the `search_issues` tool and/or `linear-user:///{userId}/assigned` to find issues assigned to you with priority 1

2. "Based on what I've told you about this bug already, make a bug report for the authentication system" → use `create_issue` to create a new high-priority issue with appropriate details and status tracking

3. "Find all in progress frontend tasks" → use `search_issues` to locate frontend-related issues with in progress task

4. "Give me a summary of recent updates on the issues for mobile app development" → use `search_issues` to identify the relevant issue(s), then `linear-issue:///{issueId}` fetch the issue details and show recent activity and comments

5. "What's the current workload for the mobile team?" → combine `linear-team:///{teamId}/issues` and `search_issues` to analyze issue distribution and priorities across the mobile team

Development

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

1. Configure Linear API key in `.env`:

LINEAR_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

1. Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.