Linear Streamable MCP Server

Linear MCP server (streamable variant) enabling AI agents to interact with Linear's engineering project management platform — creating and managing issues, updating project status, querying teams and cycles, and integrating Linear's developer-focused PM tool into agent-driven engineering workflow automation.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
74
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
82
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
73
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
70
Documentation
75
Error Messages
70
Auth Simplicity
80
Rate Limits
78

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
100
Auth Strength
80
Scope Granularity
78
Dep. Hygiene
72
Secret Handling
80

HTTPS. API key or OAuth. SOC2, GDPR. Community MCP. Store API key securely.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
80
Version Stability
72
Breaking Changes
72
Error Recovery
68
AF Security Reliability

Best When

An agent needs to interact with Linear for engineering PM — creating issues, updating status, querying sprints, or automating workflow around the engineering cycle.

Avoid When

You're using Jira, Asana, or other project management tools — or need non-technical PM workflows.

Use Cases

  • • Creating and updating Linear issues from coding agents
  • • Querying team backlog and sprint status from planning agents
  • • Tracking engineering progress across cycles from reporting agents
  • • Linking code commits to Linear issues from DevOps automation agents
  • • Generating sprint reports and velocity data from analytics agents
  • • Triaging incoming bug reports into Linear from support automation agents

Not For

  • • Teams using Jira, Asana, or other PM tools (use those specific MCPs)
  • • Non-technical project management (Linear is engineering-focused)
  • • Teams without Linear subscription

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
Yes
gRPC
No
MCP Server
Yes ↗
SDK
Yes
Webhooks
Yes
OpenAPI Spec ↗

Authentication

Methods: api_key oauth2
OAuth: Yes Scopes: Yes

Linear API key or OAuth 2.0. Personal API keys available from Linear settings. OAuth for user-scoped access. GraphQL API used underneath.

Pricing

Model: freemium
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

Linear has a functional free tier for small teams. API access is included in all plans. Community MCP server is free.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
cursor
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • ⚠ Linear uses GraphQL — agents need to understand Linear's GraphQL schema
  • ⚠ Issue identifiers are team-prefixed (ENG-123) — agents must know team prefix
  • ⚠ Linear states and workflows are customizable — field values vary by workspace
  • ⚠ Rate limit: 1,500/hour — moderate automation will fit; heavy automation may hit limit
  • ⚠ Community MCP (tacogips) — 'streamable' variant may have different feature coverage than base Linear MCPs
  • ⚠ Cycle (sprint) vs project vs team hierarchy must be understood for correct issue routing

Alternatives

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.

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