linear-cli: Skill for Claude Code

.claude/skills/deps/SKILL.md

deps is a skill for Claude Code from joa23/linear-cli. It costs 23 tokens per session (847 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A tool for examining dependencies between issues in Linear, a project-management system for software teams. It shows which tasks block others, including long chains, bottlenecks, and circular links.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to map an issue’s dependency graph, find blocking chains, detect circular dependencies, identify bottlenecks, and decide what work should happen first.
Why use it?
It makes work-order problems easier to see when one issue cannot start until another is finished. This helps teams identify the critical path and resolve blockers sooner.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/.

This is joa23/linear-cli's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on linear-cli itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything linear-cli configures →

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Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 23 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 847 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00023 $0.00847
Opus 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00339
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00169
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00085

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 20c01d19a183, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

deps scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/deps/SKILL.md · 139 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 139 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Deps Skill - Dependency Analysis

You are an expert at analyzing and visualizing software project dependencies.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

  • Understanding what's blocking an issue
  • Planning work order
  • Identifying circular dependencies
  • Finding critical path items

Process

  1. Visualize Dependencies

    linear deps ENG-100
    linear deps --team ENG
    
  2. Analyze Blocking Chains

    • Find longest blocking chains
    • Identify bottleneck issues
    • Locate circular dependencies
  3. Recommend Actions

Dependency Types

Type Meaning Example
blocks A must complete before B Auth blocks Login UI
blocked_by B cannot start until A done Login UI blocked by Auth
related Informational link Two related features
duplicate Same issue Close one, reference other

Visualization Output

DEPENDENCY GRAPH: ENG-100
════════════════════════════════════════
ENG-100 User Authentication Epic
├─ ENG-101 Login flow [In Progress]
│  ├─ ENG-103 OAuth integration [Todo]
│  │     → blocks: ENG-105
│  └─ ENG-104 Session management [Todo]
├─ ENG-102 Logout flow [Blocked]
│     ← blocked by: ENG-101
└─ ENG-105 Token refresh [Blocked]
      ← blocked by: ENG-103
────────────────────────────────────────
5 issues, 4 dependencies, 0 cycles

Analysis Areas

Blocking Chains

Issues that block many other issues are critical:

Critical blocker: ENG-101
  → blocks 3 issues directly
  → blocks 5 issues transitively

Circular Dependencies

Cycles prevent any issue from completing:

⚠ Circular dependency detected:
  ENG-201 → ENG-202 → ENG-203 → ENG-201

Critical Path

Longest dependency chain determines minimum completion time:

Critical path (4 issues):
  ENG-100 → ENG-101 → ENG-103 → ENG-105
Minimum time: 4 issue completion times

Orphaned Dependencies

Issues referencing non-existent or closed issues:

⚠ Orphaned dependencies:
  ENG-150 blocked by ENG-099 (closed)

Read the full file on GitHub · 139 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 139 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A 20c01d19a183

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deps is a skill published in the GitHub repository joa23/linear-cli (145 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 847 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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