Linear MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINEAR_API_KEY | Yes | Your Linear API token |
Schema
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| create_issue | Create a new Linear issue with optional parent linking. Supports self-assignment using "me" as assigneeId. |
| update_issue | Update an existing Linear issue. Supports self-assignment using "me" as assigneeId. |
| get_issue | Get detailed information about a specific Linear issue including optional relationships and cleaned content |
| search_issues | Search for Linear issues using a query string and advanced filters. Supports filtering by assignee, creator, and project. Examples: 1. Find your assigned issues: {query: "", filter: {assignedTo: "me"}}, 2. Find issues you created: {query: "", filter: {createdBy: "me"}}, 3. Find issues assigned to specific user: {query: "", filter: {assignedTo: "user-id-123"}}, 4. Find issues in a specific project: {query: "bug", projectId: "project-123"}, 5. Find issues by project name: {query: "feature", projectName: "Website Redesign"} |
| get_teams | Get a list of Linear teams with optional name/key filtering |
| create_comment | Create a new comment on a Linear issue |
| delete_issue | Delete an existing Linear issue |
| get_projects | Get a list of Linear projects with optional name filtering and pagination |
| get_project_updates | Get project updates for a given project ID with optional filtering parameters |