emmett deen Linear MCP Server

WHAT IT CONNECTS

What emmett deen Linear MCP Server gives an AI Agent

• Access to Linear's GraphQL API through MCP tools
• Authentication via Linear API key
• Retrieve and modify data related to users, teams, projects, and issues
• Create, update and comment on issues
• Add and remove labels
• Create projects
• Comprehensive documentation of available tools
• Claude Desktop: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
• Claude VSCode Extension: `~/Library/Application Support/claude-code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json`
• GoMCP: `~/.config/gomcp/config.yaml`
• Clone the repository
• Install dependencies
• Build the project
• Create a `.env` file with your Linear API token
• Start the server
• Retrieve issues, projects, teams, and other data from Linear
• Create and update issues
• Change issue status
• Assign issues to team members
• Add comments
• Create projects and teams
• Node.js (v18+)
• NPM or Yarn
• Linear API token
• Enable Developer Mode in Claude Desktop (from the menu bar)
• Go to Settings > Developer options
• Click "Add Server"
• Configure with the following settings:
• **Name**: Linear MCP Server
• **Type**: Local Process
• **Command**: linear-mcp-server
• **Arguments**: --token YOUR_LINEAR_API_TOKEN
• Save the config
• Restart Claude Desktop (quit completely and reopen)
• You should now see Linear MCP Server available as a tool in Claude
• "Show me all my Linear issues"
• "Create a new issue titled 'Fix login bug' in the Frontend team"
• "Change the status of issue FE-123 to 'In Progress'"
• "Assign issue BE-456 to John Smith"
• "Add a comment to issue UI-789: 'This needs to be fixed by Friday'"
• Follow the implementation guide in the [TOOLS.md](./TOOLS.md) document
• Make sure to follow the established code structure in the `src/` directory
• Update the documentation to reflect your changes
• Clone the repository
• Install dependencies
• Start in development mode
• Update the version in package.json
• Build the project
• Make sure you've already logged in to npm
• Publish to npm
• For Smithery registry, you'll need to work with the Smithery team to get your server listed in their catalog.