Linear MCP Server

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Linear is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

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

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 14%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

150 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Linear 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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	433 ms	9 min ago

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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 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 150 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

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 150 ms on average, which is faster than 76% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. 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.