Search, read and create Linear issues, projects, teams and cycles. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Linear connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For product and engineering teams who plan and track work in Linear.
The AI lists the issues assigned to the current user and groups them for you, for example by state. You see what is on your plate.
The AI searches issues by a title text, team key, workflow state or assignee email. It can open one issue to read its description and recent comments.
The AI lists projects with their state, progress and target date. You see which projects are on track and which are late.
The AI lists cycles with number, name, start and end dates, for all teams or for one team. You see what is current and what is next.
The AI creates an issue for a team with a title, description, priority and assignee, or posts a comment on an issue.
Changes dataYou sign in with your Linear account and approve the access (OAuth). You do not need an API key.
This server reads your issues, teams, projects and cycles, and can create issues and comments when you ask it to. You can revoke access any time in Linear → Settings → Security & access → Authorized applications.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"linear": {
"url": "https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"linear": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://linear.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: you sign in with your Linear account. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Linear server only. Ask your AI to run linear_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with linear_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with linear_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
linear_search_issueslinear_get_issuelinear_list_teamslinear_list_projectslinear_my_issueslinear_list_cycleslinear_create_issuelinear_add_commentlinear_usage_statuslinear_request_featurelinear_upgradelinear_cancel_subscriptionList the issues assigned to you. Find issues by team, state, assignee or title. Check project progress and target dates. See the cycles (sprints) of a team. Create an issue or add a comment to one. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Linear. The server calls the Linear API with your own Linear access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
A Linear account. You sign in to Linear and approve the access. You do not need an API key.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: you sign in with your Linear account. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Linear API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. You can revoke the access in Linear at any time.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 8 Linear tools can create or change data. The other 6 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Linear server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run linear_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run linear_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run linear_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with linear_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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