What it does

Reads and writes Linear issues, projects, and cycles through the GraphQL API. The useful part is not creating an issue — it is filing one with the right team, label, and cycle without a human correcting it. Community-maintained; give it a personal API key scoped to one workspace.

Install

Terminal

npx -y @tacticlaunch/mcp-linear

Client configuration

Paste this into your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any client that reads mcpServers), then restart the client.

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tacticlaunch/mcp-linear"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Use it for

Turning a triage conversation into issues with real labels and cycles

Skip it if

Teams that do not live in Linear; the API access is per-workspace

When to use it

Reach for this when the task needs issues inside the agent loop. Skip it if a plain shell command or a one-off script is enough — every server you add costs context and adds a failure mode.

Other TypeScript servers

Filesystem — Gives an agent scoped read, write, and search access to directories you explicitly allow
Memory — A persistent knowledge graph stored in a local JSON file, exposed through entities, relations, and observations
Sequential Thinking — Gives the model a scratchpad for structured, revisable reasoning: numbered thoughts that can branch, revise, and conclude

Linear MCP