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MCP Linear

MCP Linear is an MCP server that enables AI assistants to interact with Linear project management system through natural language, allowing users to retrieve, create, and update issues, projects, and teams. It has 148 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @tacticlaunch/mcp-linear.

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Install MCP Linear

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tacticlaunch/mcp-linear"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LINEAR_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env LINEAR_API_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio mcp-linear -- npx -y @tacticlaunch/mcp-linear

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-linear": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tacticlaunch/mcp-linear"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LINEAR_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "linear_api_token",
      "description": "LINEAR_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-linear": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tacticlaunch/mcp-linear"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LINEAR_API_TOKEN": "${input:linear_api_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
LINEAR_API_TOKENsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.

About MCP Linear

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Linear GraphQL API, built for real project-management workflows — not just basic issue CRUD.

  • claude
  • cursor
  • linear
  • mcp

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How do I install the MCP Linear MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @tacticlaunch/mcp-linear to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is MCP Linear free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (LINEAR_API_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is MCP Linear actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 12, 2026. The latest release is v1.4.5, published Oct 12, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.