linearis – OpenClaw Skill

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name: linearis version: 1.0.0 description: Linear.app CLI for issue tracking. Use for listing, creating, updating, and searching Linear issues, comments, documents, cycles, and projects. Optimized for LLM agents with JSON output. metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📋","requires":{"bins":["linearis"]},"install":[{"id":"npm","kind":"node","package":"linearis","bins":["linearis"],"label":"Install linearis (npm)"}]}}

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

Links

• Docs: https://github.com/czottmann/linearis
• Blog: https://zottmann.org/2025/09/03/linearis-my-linear-cli-built.html