linear

linear is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from joa23/linear-cli. It costs 10 tokens per session (3,103 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A command-line connection to Linear, a tool for tracking issues, dependencies, and work cycles.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to set up Linear, manage issues, assign work, inspect dependencies, and plan or review cycles when the related skills are installed.
Why use it?
It gives coding agents a defined way to manage Linear work and explains the authentication modes and available commands.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it to set up Linear, manage issues, assign work, inspect dependencies, and plan or review cycles when the related skills are installed.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/joa23/linear-cli/linear
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add joa23/linear-cli --skill linear
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joa23/linear-cli

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 10 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,103 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00010 $0.03103
Opus 5.5 $0.00004 $0.01241
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00002 $0.00621
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00310

Measured 1mo ago against content hash d247102e5c68, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

linear scanned grade B with 1 finding 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

cat .claude/plans/auth-refactor.md | linear i create "Refactor authentication" \
internal/skills/linear/SKILL.md · 413 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 413 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Linear Issue Tracking - Complete Reference

READ THIS FIRST - Token-efficient CLI for managing issues, dependencies, and cycles.


⚠️ INSTALL ALL SKILLS FOR FULL WORKFLOW AUTOMATION

Run linear skills install --all to get specialized workflows:

  • /prd - Create agent-friendly tickets with PRDs
  • /triage - Prioritize backlog by staleness and blockers
  • /cycle-plan - Plan cycles using velocity analytics
  • /retro - Generate sprint retrospectives
  • /deps - Analyze dependency chains and blockers
  • /link-deps - Discover and link related issues

Without these skills, you're only using basic commands. Install them to unlock full agentic capabilities.


Authentication Modes

When you run linear auth login, you choose:

  • User mode: --assignee me assigns to your personal Linear account
  • Agent mode: --assignee me assigns to the OAuth app (delegate), visible as a separate entity

Check current mode:

linear auth status   # Shows: Mode: User or Mode: Agent

Important: If you see "Auth mode not set", re-run linear auth login to configure.

Command Reference

# Setup
linear init                              # Set default team (.linear.yaml)
linear onboard                           # Show teams, states, quick reference
linear auth login|logout|status          # OAuth authentication (sets user/agent mode)

# Issues (alias: i)
linear i list [flags]                    # List issues
linear i get <ID>                        # Get details (CEN-123)
linear i create <title> [flags]          # Create issue
linear i update <ID> [flags]             # Update issue
linear i comment <ID> -b "text"          # Add comment
linear i react <ID> 👍                   # Add reaction

# Projects (alias: p)
linear p list [--mine]                   # List projects
linear p create <name> [flags]           # Create project

# Documents (alias: docs)
linear docs list [-P project|-i issue|-t team] [-q query]   # List documents (no bodies)
linear docs get <ID|slug|URL>            # Get document with content
linear docs create --title <t> [--project|--issue|--team] [--content|--content-file]
linear docs update <ID> [flags]          # Update title, content, or parent
linear docs delete <ID>                  # Move to trash

# Cycles (alias: c)
linear c list [--active]                 # List cycles
linear c get <number>                    # Get cycle (requires init)
linear c analyze --team <KEY>            # Velocity analytics

# Teams, Users
linear teams list                        # List teams
linear teams states <KEY>                # Workflow states
linear users list [--team <KEY>]         # List users

# Search & Dependencies
linear search <query> [flags]            # Semantic search across all entities
linear deps <ID>                         # Dependency graph
linear deps --team <KEY>                 # All team dependencies

Read the full file on GitHub · 413 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 Changed · +8 lines d247102e5c68
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 405 lines · 10 tokens per session scan B edaf40cec781

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linear is a skill published in the GitHub repository joa23/linear-cli (145 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 10 tokens to every session and 3,103 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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