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Linear MCP Server

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Linear is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 1 Aug 2026.

Search, read and create Linear issues, projects, teams and cycles.

Uptime history 39 hours of history · worst hour 0%
39 hours agonow
24.2%
Uptime 24h
22 of 91 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
173 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 1 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add linear --transport http https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "url": "https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.linear]
url = "https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "url": "https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "url": "https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

linear
linear_add_comment
⚠️ WRITE / MUTATING: posts a comment on an issue. Requires the issueId (UUID) and a markdown body. GraphQL: mutation commentCreate.
linear_create_issue
⚠️ WRITE / MUTATING: creates a new issue in Linear. Requires a teamId (from linear_list_teams) and a title. Optional description (markdown), priority (0=none,1=urgent,2=high,3=medium,4=low), and assigneeId. GraphQL: mutation issueCreate.
linear_get_issue
Fetch a single issue by its UUID or human identifier (e.g. "ENG-123"), including description, state, assignee and recent comments. Read-only. GraphQL: query issue(id).
linear_list_cycles
List cycles (sprints), optionally scoped to a team by key, with number, name and start/end dates. Read-only. GraphQL: query cycles(filter).
linear_list_projects
List projects in the workspace (id, name, state, progress, target date). Read-only. GraphQL: query projects.
linear_list_teams
List the teams in the workspace (id, key, name). Use a team's id for linear_create_issue or its key for linear_search_issues. Read-only. GraphQL: query teams.
linear_my_issues
List issues assigned to the current user (the API key's owner / OAuth actor) via viewer.assignedIssues. Read-only. GraphQL: query viewer { assignedIssues }.
linear_search_issues
Find issues, optionally filtered by a text query (matches title), team key, workflow-state name, or assignee email. Read-only. GraphQL: query issues(filter, first).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp streamable-http answering 46 ms 11 min ago

Linear — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Linear do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: linear_add_comment, linear_create_issue, linear_get_issue, linear_list_cycles, linear_list_projects, linear_list_teams and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Linear working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 22 of 91 checks got a reply (24.2%), average response time 173 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Linear as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Linear?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Linear need an API key?
No. Linear completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Linear?
It answers our handshake in 173 ms on average, which is faster than 68% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Linear open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.