Linear

Linear Skill

Create and manage Linear issues using the GraphQL API. Linear has no REST API — all operations use a single GraphQL endpoint.

Setup

1. Go to linear.app/settings/api → Personal API Keys
2. Create a new key and copy it

export LINEAR_API_KEY="lin_api_xxx..."

List My Issues

curl -s -X POST "https://api.linear.app/graphql" \
  -H "Authorization: $LINEAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "{ viewer { assignedIssues(first: 20) { nodes { id identifier title state { name } priority } } } }"}' \
  | jq '.data.viewer.assignedIssues.nodes[] | {identifier, title, state: .state.name, priority}'

Create an Issue

curl -s -X POST "https://api.linear.app/graphql" \
  -H "Authorization: $LINEAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "mutation($input: IssueCreateInput!) { issueCreate(input: $input) { success issue { identifier title url } } }",
    "variables": {
      "input": {
        "teamId": "TEAM_UUID_HERE",
        "title": "Fix login timeout",
        "description": "Users report 504 errors on login",
        "priority": 2
      }
    }
  }' | jq '.data.issueCreate.issue | {identifier, title, url}'

Update Issue Status

curl -s -X POST "https://api.linear.app/graphql" \
  -H "Authorization: $LINEAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "mutation($id: String!, $input: IssueUpdateInput!) { issueUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) { success issue { identifier title state { name } } } }",
    "variables": {
      "id": "ISSUE_UUID_HERE",
      "input": {"stateId": "STATE_UUID_HERE"}
    }
  }' | jq '.data.issueUpdate.issue | {identifier, title, state: .state.name}'

List Teams

curl -s -X POST "https://api.linear.app/graphql" \
  -H "Authorization: $LINEAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "{ teams { nodes { id name key } } }"}' \
  | jq '.data.teams.nodes[] | {id, name, key}'

Tips

• Linear is GraphQL-only — no REST endpoints exist
• UUIDs internally — identifier (e.g. "ENG-123") is the human-friendly key
• Priority: 0 (none), 1 (urgent), 2 (high), 3 (medium), 4 (low)
• Rate limit: 1,500 requests per hour per user
• Auth header has no Bearer prefix — just the API key directly
• Get team/state IDs first before creating or updating issues