Abscissa runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 114 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 11 Jul 2026.
Safety-aware MCP server for Linear issues, projects, cycles, and dependencies.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Abscissa every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add abscissa -e 'LINEAR_API_KEY=<LINEAR_API_KEY>' -- uvx abscissa{
"mcpServers": {
"abscissa": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"abscissa"
],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "<LINEAR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.abscissa]
command = "uvx"
args = ["abscissa"]
env = { LINEAR_API_KEY = "<LINEAR_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"abscissa": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"abscissa"
],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "<LINEAR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"abscissa": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"abscissa"
],
"env": {
"LINEAR_API_KEY": "<LINEAR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<LINEAR_API_KEY> (Linear personal API key used to authenticate API requests).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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