An MCP server that provides integration with the Linear task tracking system, enabling LLMs to interact with Linear issues through search, creation, updates, and commenting.

Installation

Smithery (Automatic)

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

NPX (Manual)

npx -y linear-mcp-server

Configuration

Claude Desktop

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

Available Tools

Tool	Description
linear_create_issue	Create a new Linear issue with title, team ID, and optional description, priority, and status
linear_update_issue	Update existing issues with new title, description, priority, or status
linear_search_issues	Search issues with flexible filtering by query, team, status, assignee, labels, priority, and limit
linear_get_user_issues	Get issues assigned to a specific user or the authenticated user
linear_add_comment	Add comments to issues with markdown support and optional user/avatar

Capabilities

• Create and update Linear issues
• Search issues with flexible filtering options
• View details of individual issues and team issues
• Add comments to issues with markdown support
• Access issues assigned to users and organization information
• Access Linear data based on resources (issues, teams, users, organization)

Environment Variables

Required

• LINEAR_API_KEY - Linear API key for authenticating your team

Usage Examples

Show me all my high-priority issues

Based on what I've told you about this bug already, make a bug report for the authentication system

Find all in progress frontend tasks

Give me a summary of recent updates on the issues for mobile app development

What's the current workload for the mobile team?

Notes

IMPORTANT: This MCP server is deprecated and no longer maintained. It is recommended to use the official remote Linear MCP server instead at https://mcp.linear.app/sse