Linear's official hosted MCP server gives AI assistants authenticated access to Linear workspace data. It supports finding, creating and updating issues, projects and comments. Authentication is via OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration or a Linear API key as a bearer token, and a read-only endpoint is available.
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- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.linear.app/mcp as the MCP server URL, then sign in with OAuth. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add linear --url https://mcp.linear.app/mcp codex mcp login linearThe login command opens a browser to finish OAuth.
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Things to ask
- “Create a Linear issue for the checkout crash and assign it to me”
- “What issues are in the current cycle for the Platform team?”
- “Add a comment to ENG-123 summarizing the fix”
- “List projects that are behind schedule”