linear – OpenClaw Skill

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name: linear description: Manage Linear projects, issues, and tasks via the Linear API. Use when you need to create, update, search, or manage Linear issues, projects, teams, milestones, comments, or labels. Supports all Linear operations including project management, issue tracking, task assignment, state transitions, and collaboration workflows.

Linear Project Management

Manage Linear projects, issues, and workflows using the official Linear SDK.

Quick Start

All commands use skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js <command> [args]

Core Commands

Teams & Projects

List teams:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js teams

List projects:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js projects

Create project:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js createProject "Project Name" "Description" "teamId1,teamId2"

Issues

List issues:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js issues
# With filter:
node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js issues '{"state":{"name":{"eq":"In Progress"}}}'

Get issue details:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js issue ENG-123

Create issue:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js createIssue "Title" "Description" "teamId"
# With options (priority, projectId, assigneeId, etc.):
node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js createIssue "Title" "Description" "teamId" '{"priority":2,"projectId":"project-id"}'

Update issue:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js updateIssue "issueId" '{"stateId":"state-id","priority":1}'

Comments

Add comment:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js createComment "issueId" "Comment text"

States & Labels

Get team states:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js states "teamId"

Get team labels:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js labels "teamId"

User Info

Get current user:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js user

References

• API.md: Priority levels, filter examples, and common workflows
• Read when you need examples of complex filters or workflow patterns

Common Workflows

Create task for a specific project

1. Get your team ID: node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js teams
2. Get your project ID: node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js projects
3. Create issue with the IDs:

node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js createIssue "Implement login" "Add OAuth login flow" "your-team-id" '{"projectId":"your-project-id","priority":2}'

Move issue to different state

1. Get states: node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js states "teamId"
2. Update issue: node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js updateIssue "issueId" '{"stateId":"state-uuid"}'

Assign issue to yourself

1. Get your user ID: node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js user
2. Update issue: node skills/linear/scripts/linear-cli.js updateIssue "issueId" '{"assigneeId":"your-user-id"}'

Output Format

All commands return JSON. Parse output for programmatic use or display to user as needed.