Linear MCP Server

Installation# Automatic Installation

To install the Linear MCP server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx @smithery/cli install linear-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Create or get a Linear API key for your team: https://linear.app/YOUR-TEAM/settings/api
2. Add server config to Claude Desktop:

• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "linear-mcp-server"],
      "env": {"LINEAR_API_KEY": "your_linear_api_key_here"}
    }
  }
}

Components# Tools

1. linear_create_issue: Create a new Linear issues

• Required inputs:
• title (string): Issue title
• teamId (string): Team ID to create issue in
• Optional inputs:
• description (string): Issue description (markdown supported)
• priority (number, 0-4): Priority level (1=urgent, 4=low)
• status (string): Initial status name

2. linear_update_issue: Update existing issues

• Required inputs:
• id (string): Issue ID to update
• Optional inputs:
• title (string): New title
• description (string): New description
• priority (number, 0-4): New priority
• status (string): New status name

3. linear_search_issues: Search issues with flexible filtering

• Optional inputs:
• query (string): Text to search in title/description
• teamId (string): Filter by team
• status (string): Filter by status
• assigneeId (string): Filter by assignee
• labels (string[]): Filter by labels
• priority (number): Filter by priority
• limit (number, default: 10): Max results

4. linear_get_user_issues: Get issues assigned to a user

• Optional inputs:
• userId (string): User ID (omit for authenticated user)
• includeArchived (boolean): Include archived issues
• limit (number, default: 50): Max results

5. linear_add_comment: Add comments to issues

• Required inputs:
• issueId (string): Issue ID to comment on
• body (string): Comment text (markdown supported)
• Optional inputs:
• createAsUser (string): Custom username
• displayIconUrl (string): Custom avatar URL

Resources

• linear-issue:///{issueId} - View individual issue details
• linear-team:///{teamId}/issues - View team issues
• linear-user:///{userId}/assigned - View user's assigned issues
• linear-organization: - View organization info
• linear-viewer: - View current user context

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License.