Linear MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Linear MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

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

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 0%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

160 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 50

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 30 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version

31 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

30 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

29 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

28 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

27 Oct a tool changed version

25 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

24 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

23 Oct a tool changed version

22 Oct a tool changed version

and 40 more, back to 30 September 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Linear MCP by usefulapi 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 4 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

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

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

{
  "servers": {
    "linear": {
      "type": "http",
      "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	73 ms	4 min ago

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Linear MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Linear MCP by usefulapi 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 MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 160 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Linear MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Linear MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Linear MCP by usefulapi 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 MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 160 ms on average, which is faster than 81% 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 MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at linear.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.