Linear Integration Skill

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to interact directly with Linear, a modern issue tracking and project management platform. It allows agents to create issues, update statuses, assign tasks, and manage workflows within your organization's specific Linear instance without manual intervention.

When to use it

• Automating the triage of incoming bug reports from chat or code repositories into Linear tickets.
• Updating task priorities or status fields based on AI analysis of project roadmaps.
• Assigning specific work items to team members based on skill tags or availability within Linear.
• Generating weekly progress summaries by querying completed issues and sprint data.

Key capabilities

• Create new issues with custom titles, descriptions, and priority levels.
• Update issue statuses, assignees, and labels dynamically.
• Query existing projects and boards to retrieve current task lists.
• Manage comments and attachments on specific Linear items.
• Integrate with the davila7/claude-code-templates ecosystem for enhanced context.

Example prompts

• "Create a high-priority bug issue in the 'Frontend' project titled 'Navigation bar breaks on mobile' and assign it to @Sarah."
• "Update all issues labeled 'In Progress' in the current sprint to 'Review' status."
• "List all open tasks assigned to me that are currently blocked and summarize their descriptions."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent has valid authentication credentials (API token) configured for your specific Linear workspace before attempting operations. The skill relies on the underlying Linear API structure, so changes to Linear's public API may require updates to the integration logic.