modbender linearis
CLI for Linear.app with JSON output, designed for LLM agents.
Setup
npm install -g linearis
Auth (one of):
echo "lin_api_..." > ~/.linear_api_token(recommended)export LINEAR_API_TOKEN="lin_api_..."--api-token <token>flag
Get API key: Linear Settings → Security & Access → Personal API keys
Commands
Issues
linearis issues list -l 20 # List recent issues
linearis issues list -l 10 --team WHO # Filter by team
linearis issues search "bug" # Full-text search
linearis issues read ABC-123 # Get issue details
linearis issues create --title "Fix bug" --team WHO --priority 2
linearis issues update ABC-123 --status "Done"
linearis issues update ABC-123 --title "New title" --assignee user123
linearis issues update ABC-123 --labels "Bug,Critical" --label-by adding
linearis issues update ABC-123 --parent-ticket EPIC-100 # Set parent
Comments
linearis comments create ABC-123 --body "Fixed in PR #456"
Documents
linearis documents list
linearis documents list --project "Backend"
linearis documents create --title "Spec" --content "# Overview..."
linearis documents read <doc-id>
linearis documents update <doc-id> --content "Updated"
linearis documents delete <doc-id>
File Uploads/Downloads
linearis embeds upload ./screenshot.png
linearis embeds download "<url>" --output ./file.png
Teams, Users, Projects
linearis teams list
linearis users list --active
linearis projects list
linearis cycles list --team WHO --active
Full Usage
linearis usage # Complete command reference (~1k tokens)
Output
All commands return JSON by default. Pipe to jq for processing:
linearis issues list -l 5 | jq '.[].identifier'
Priority Values
- 0: No priority
- 1: Urgent
- 2: High
- 3: Medium
- 4: Low