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Linear × Claude

Use the Linear MCP server
in Claude

Read and manage issues, projects, and cycles in Linear without leaving your AI. This guide connects Linear to Claude (claude.ai and the Claude desktop app) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

Connect Linear free

Live-probed · Security-scanned · OAuth sign-in

Setup: Linear in Claude

Claude adds MCP servers via custom connectors in Settings. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Create a free gate gateway and connect Linear to it from the verified directory (one click).
  2. Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors and click 'Add custom connector'.
  3. Name it 'gate' and paste your gateway URL, then approve the authorization.
  4. Ask Claude something Linear can answer — the call runs through your gateway, with your rules applied and logged.

What to ask once it’s connected

“What's in the current cycle, and what's at risk?”
“Create an issue from this bug report and assign it to me.”
“Summarize what shipped in the last cycle.”
“Which projects are behind schedule right now?”

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same Linear connection works in Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool Linear exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything Claude did with Linear — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

Linear passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

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Also available: Linear in Claude Code · Linear in ChatGPT · Linear in Cursor · Linear in VS Code