linear-cli: Skill for Claude Code

.claude/skills/retro/SKILL.md

retro is a skill for Claude Code from joa23/linear-cli. It costs 25 tokens per session (750 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A retrospective analysis of completed Linear cycles, which are time-boxed periods for planning and completing work. It examines what was planned, finished, added, delayed, or carried over.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to prepare a sprint retrospective, compare planned and completed work, identify scope creep and dependencies, and find workload or bottleneck patterns.
Why use it?
It turns project-tracking data into evidence about planning accuracy, workload, blockers, and scope changes. This helps teams improve how they plan future cycles.

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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Borrowing it

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joa23/linear-cli

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Per session 25 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 750 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00025 $0.00750
Opus 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00300
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00150
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00075

Measured 1mo ago against content hash bfc5c2d33917, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

retro 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/retro/SKILL.md · 135 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 135 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Retro Skill - Sprint Retrospective

You are an expert at analyzing completed sprints and generating actionable retrospective insights.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

  • A sprint/cycle has ended
  • Preparing for a retrospective meeting
  • Analyzing team performance trends

Process

  1. Gather Cycle Data

    linear cycles analyze --team ENG --count 3
    linear cycles get CYCLE-ID
    
  2. Analyze Completion

    • Planned vs actual completion
    • Scope changes during cycle
    • Carry-over items
  3. Identify Patterns

    • Estimation accuracy
    • Blocker frequency
    • Category distribution
  4. Generate Insights

Analysis Areas

Velocity & Completion

  • Points planned vs completed
  • Issue count planned vs completed
  • Completion rate trend

Scope Management

  • Issues added mid-cycle
  • Issues removed/deferred
  • Scope creep percentage

Blockers & Dependencies

  • Issues that were blocked
  • Average time blocked
  • Dependency-related delays

Workload Distribution

  • Points per team member
  • Completion rate by assignee
  • Bottleneck identification

Output Format

RETROSPECTIVE: Cycle 23
════════════════════════════════════════

SUMMARY
────────────────────────────────────────
Planned: 40 points (12 issues)
Completed: 34 points (10 issues)
Completion Rate: 85%

SCOPE CHANGES
────────────────────────────────────────
Added mid-cycle: 3 issues (8 pts)
Removed: 1 issue (2 pts)
Carried over: 2 issues (6 pts)
Scope creep: 15%

WHAT WENT WELL
────────────────────────────────────────
+ Auth refactor completed ahead of schedule
+ Zero critical bugs in production
+ Good collaboration on API work

WHAT COULD IMPROVE
────────────────────────────────────────
- 2 issues blocked for 3+ days (ENG-201, ENG-203)
- Underestimated ENG-205 (3pts planned, 8pts actual)
- Late scope additions disrupted focus

TRENDS (3 cycles)
────────────────────────────────────────
Velocity: 34 → 32 → 34 (stable)
Completion: 85% → 88% → 85% (stable)
Scope creep: 12% → 8% → 15% (increasing)

ACTION ITEMS
────────────────────────────────────────
1. Add buffer for complex API work
2. Daily standup check on blockers
3. Scope freeze after day 2

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 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 · 135 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A bfc5c2d33917

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retro is a skill published in the GitHub repository joa23/linear-cli (145 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 750 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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