# Linear

> Purpose-built issue tracking for modern teams and AI agents.
> _agent hint: ~329 tok · safe to read in full_

Linear revolutionized issue tracking with a keyboard-centric GUI. The `linear-cli` brings this speed to the terminal, allowing developers to list, query, and start issues directly from their Git workspace. Furthermore, Linear's official MCP server and community skills drastically reduce the context window size required for AI agents to manage project state, bypassing heavy web interfaces.


- Homepage: https://linear.app/
- Categories: `collaboration`
- CLI type: `standalone`
- Open source: true
- Status: `active`
- Tags: `project-management`, `agile`, `issue-tracking`, `agent`
- Docs: https://linear.app/docs/mcp
- Source: https://github.com/schpet/linear-cli
- Canonical: https://doesitcli.com/linear

## When to suggest this

- create a new Git branch and mark an issue as "In Progress" automatically via `linear start`
- allow coding agents to query outstanding bugs and attach PRs directly from the editor
- search and filter issues across all teams programmatically using human-readable tags

## Install the CLI

```sh
npm install -D @schpet/linear-cli
```

## Install as an agent skill

```sh
npx skills add Finesssee/linear-cli
```

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