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Linear's hosted MCP server — find, create, and update issues, projects, and comments from your AI agent, with OAuth and one-command setup.

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Updated Jun 11, 2026
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Linear's centrally hosted MCP server connects agents to your issue tracker: find, create, and update issues, projects, and comments. One command (claude mcp add --transport http linear-server https://mcp.linear.app/mcp), an OAuth browser flow, and your agent can turn 'fix LIN-123' into reading the actual ticket — and closing it with a comment when the PR is up.

Linear MCP makes the issue tracker part of the agent's working memory. Instead of copy-pasting ticket text into prompts, the agent reads LIN-123 itself — description, comments, status — implements against it, and writes the follow-up comment when the work is done.

Highlights

  • The core loop covered — finding, creating, and updating issues, projects, and comments; the surface keeps growing (product-management tools and agent-support landed through 2026).
  • Hosted and managed — Linear runs it (built with Cloudflare and Anthropic at launch in May 2025); you configure a URL, not a process.
  • OAuth with dynamic registration — the /mcp browser flow handles auth; headless contexts can pass an Authorization: Bearer token instead.
  • Streamable HTTP — the modern transport at mcp.linear.app/mcp (the older /sse endpoint survives mainly for WSL compatibility).

In an AI-assisted workflow

claude mcp add --transport http linear-server https://mcp.linear.app/mcp
# in a session: /mcp → linear-server → Authenticate
# then:
# > Read LIN-482, implement the fix, and comment with a summary + the PR link

The pattern that pays: let the ticket be the spec. The agent pulls acceptance criteria from the issue rather than your paraphrase, and status updates land where the team already looks.

TIP

Pair it with the GitHub MCP server and the loop closes end-to-end: Linear holds the why, GitHub holds the what, and the agent moves both — issue → branch → PR → comment — without you ferrying context between tabs.

Good to know

Free with your Linear workspace, Web-only (it's a hosted remote), no public repo — Linear operates it centrally and ships updates via their changelog. WSL users who hit connection errors on the HTTP endpoint have a documented workaround through mcp-remote against the legacy SSE endpoint. As with any write-capable server, consider an ask rule on issue-mutating tools in your permissions until you trust the loop.

Frequently asked questions

How do I add the Linear MCP server to Claude Code?
claude mcp add --transport http linear-server https://mcp.linear.app/mcp — then run /mcp in a session and complete the browser OAuth flow. For headless or CI use, Linear also accepts an OAuth token or API key passed directly in an Authorization: Bearer header.
What can agents do through Linear MCP?
Find, create, and update Linear objects — issues, projects, and comments — with Linear expanding coverage over time (recent changelogs added product-management tools and agent-specific support). It's the difference between pasting a ticket into chat and the agent reading, updating, and closing the ticket itself.
Is the Linear MCP server free?
Yes — it's part of the product, hosted and managed by Linear, with no extra charge beyond your Linear workspace. There's no self-hosted version; it's a centrally operated remote server.

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