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Linear

Software issue tracking and planning with Triage, cycles, projects, and initiatives. GitHub and GitLab events update status, and teams can assign issues to Linear Agent or third-party coding agents.

The 30-Second Take

Linear suits engineers and costs the leaders who report from it.

Of team and leader accounts that discuss each, 14 of 15 praise its speed and 12 of 13 flag reporting.

Best fit
Software teams that want engineers to keep the board current and hand scoped issues to coding agents from it.
Main constraint
Reporting across teams costs more: Insights needs Business and cross-team Dashboards need Enterprise. Linear chose not to pursue Jira's issue types, components, required fields and constraints, so form templates can require fields only when an issue is filed.
First move
Pilot two teams with Triage, GitHub automation, and an agent-ready issue template, and have one leader build the cross-team report they need during the pilot.

Why

Agent delegation draws the most praise and still splits them: 30 of 48 say it works; others report broken agent links and MCP access. Some teams moved the work back to the repository. Choose Linear when engineering is the tracker's main customer, and price reporting first if leaders will run a portfolio from it.

Practitioner sentiment, leaders and teams+41 Positive

99 practitioners, 314 sources reviewed, Updated Nov 1, 2026How this is measured

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Operating stack
Agentic Software Development

Comparisons

How does Linear compare with the alternatives?

  1. Linear vs Jira

    • Team Workspace

    Choose Linear when engineers and coding agents are the tracker's main users, and keep Jira when departments must encode their own workflows, custom fields, and approvals. Linear hands issues to third-party coding agents or its own coding sessions; Jira's paid plans add Rovo agents.

  2. Linear vs GitHub Issues

    • Team Workspace

    Pay for Linear when planning spans many repositories and teams. Until then, GitHub Issues and Projects come with the repository at no extra seat price, and Copilot cloud agent can start work from an issue. Linear adds cycles, initiatives, Triage, and delegation to several agent vendors for a per-user fee.

Operator Insights

What are engineering leaders learning from deploying Linear?

See all 7 operator accounts

Buying and deployment

What engineering leaders should verify before a broader rollout.

Sourced from Linear documentation

How you buy it

US$10

Per user per month for Basic billed yearly. Business is US$16, and every active user is billed.

Source 1, linear.app, Pricing: PricingSource 2, Linear, Billing and plans: Billing and plans

Details

Free for 2 teams and 250 issues. Basic US$10 and Business US$16 per user per month billed yearly, with monthly billing also offered; Enterprise is custom and billed yearly only. Every unsuspended user in any role is billed.

Cost drivers

US$0.25 a block

Per 20-minute coding sandbox, plus model tokens at provider rates with no markup.

Source 2, Linear, Billing and plans: Billing and plansSource 4, Linear, AI agents: AI agentsSource 3, Linear, AI credits: AI credits

Details

Seats for every unsuspended user. Installed agents are not billable seats. Coding sessions and Loops draw on a prepaid AI credit balance: model tokens at provider rates with no markup plus US$0.25 per 20-minute sandbox block. Typical loop runs cost US$0.07 to US$0.20.

Where it runs

US or EU

Data region chosen at creation. Web, desktop, mobile, Slack, Teams, and an MCP server.

Source 11, Linear, Security: SecuritySource 5, linear.app, Download: DownloadSource 1, linear.app, Pricing: PricingSource 6, Linear, MCP server: MCP server

Details

Linear's cloud service, with most workspace data stored in the US or EU region chosen at creation. Teams use it through web, desktop, and mobile apps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and a hosted MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Codex, and other clients.

What to verify

No training

Linear does not train on customer data. SAML, SCIM, and the audit log need Enterprise.

Source 7, Linear, Triage Intelligence: Triage IntelligenceSource 9, linear.app, Data Processing Agreement: Data Processing AgreementSource 1, linear.app, Pricing: PricingSource 8, linear.app, Releases: ReleasesSource 10, linear.app, Audit log: Audit logSource 11, Linear, Security: Security

Details

Linear states it does not use customer data to train its own AI models and lists OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google among its AI subprocessors. Triage Intelligence, Code Intelligence, Insights, and Releases need Business; SAML, SCIM, the audit log, and a HIPAA BAA need Enterprise. Coding sessions use zero-data-retention models by default, and audit logs are retained for 90 days.

Signals

What is the current evidence saying about Linear?

A source-linked read of what engineering leaders, product managers, teams, and developers report about Linear.

Whose sources count

Practitioner sentiment, leaders and teams

+41 Positive net

of 103 sources that take a side, each author counted once.

How this figure is made

Current sentiment

Positive, mixed and negative sources

The score counts them as 54 positive, 32 mixed and 13 negative votes, one per author.

Of the 136 team and leader accounts, 28 give no opinion of Linear itself, and five records tied to Linear, among them a talk by its Head of Engineering, are listed without counting. Speed draws praise in 14 of 15 accounts. Teams that hand issues to coding agents use Linear as the agents' work queue, and critics say agents create duplicates or ignore templates over MCP. Planning visibility splits 14 of 28. Leaders who report from Linear miss hour logging and the dashboards the Business plan lacks. Teams comparing the trackers favor Linear 15 to 5.

Run a pilot with one team to measure how much of its planning and writing stays in the tool after a month.

Evidence field. All 314 sources, one mark each.

Arrange by

Each mark is one source: positive, mixed, negative, no opinion stated, or documentation (not counted).

By sentiment, Engineering leaders and teams. Every source GILD read, grouped as the field draws it.
GroupSourcesPositiveMixedNegativeNo opinion stated and not counted in the scoreDocumentation, checked and not counted
Positive57570000
Mixed33033000
Negative13001300
Not counted33000330
Documentation16000016
Outside this group162812815380
Every source GILD read, by the quarter it was published, as the field's time axis counts it. Documentation is dated by the day it was checked.
QuarterSources
Q1 202516
Q2 202516
Q3 202538
Q4 202532
Q1 202666
Q2 202661
Q3 202655
Q4 202614
Documentation, checked16

By sentiment

16 documentation pages check facts and are not counted; 162 sit outside this group.

Hover a mark for a quick look, click it or press Enter to open its source.Tap a mark to open its source, then step to its neighbors with Previous and Next.

What practitioners praise

Top praise of 5. Each mark is a source on it; filled marks praise it.

  1. Delegating Issues to Agents30 of 48 sources on it praise it

Most common concerns

Top concern of 3. Each mark is a source on it; filled marks raise it.

  1. Reporting & Portfolio Views12 of 13 sources on it raise it as a concern
All 314 sources behind these findings
  1. My entire team wept with joy when I migrated them off JIRASean, security practitioner at Arxos (self-described: His team, which he moved from Jira to Linear), X post, published Oct 24, 2026
  2. Linear's proven really useful as a store of state for agentsNate Kohari, building Theseus; previously staff engineer at Stripe and CTO at Kevel (self-described: His current team, where agents file Linear issues for other agents to pick up), X post, published Oct 24, 2026
  3. Can an AI Agent Refund $1,200 Without Permission?Aaron Tainter, WorkOS engineer (self-described: WorkOS authorization workflow using Linear with Snowflake, Stripe, and Gmail), Engineering talk, YouTube, published Oct 23, 2026
  4. I think I have found my new coding workflow, but I'm still the bottleneckAnurag Bhagsain, building SlidesAI.io (self-described: SlidesAI.io, built with a lead agent that plans Linear milestones and tickets and assigns them to Claude and Codex agents on a remote machine), X post, published Oct 22, 2026
  5. Claude found a better way to communicate with Codex using LinearPratik Jain, building Reva Workspace; previously at AWS (self-described: His product build, with Claude and Codex coordinating through Linear), X post, published Oct 19, 2026
  6. Comment on: How are you using Linear in your agentic engineering workflows?Attacus, Reddit commenter (self-described: Builder using Linear for agentic workflows), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Oct 18, 2026
  7. Why the Ecosystem Matters: AWS IntroAndrew Lau, Jellyfish co-founder and CEO, and Billy Robins, Head of Partnerships (Jellyfish engineering leadership describing an ecosystem with Linear and Jira integrations), Engineering leadership talk, YouTube, published Oct 14, 2026
  8. Billing and plansLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  9. AI creditsLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  10. Usage and limitsLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  11. AI agentsLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  12. Linear AgentLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  13. Coding sessionsLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  14. Triage IntelligenceLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  15. Code IntelligenceLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  16. ReviewsLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  17. GitHubLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  18. MCP serverLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  19. CyclesLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  20. JiraLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  21. Import guideLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  22. InsightsLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  23. SecurityLinear (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 12, 2026
  24. Comment on: Docker Agenttomashubelbauer, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company that uses Jira), Hacker News comment, published Oct 8, 2026
  25. Comment on: Anyone using Linear for product work?Torsta, Reddit commenter (self-described: Company whose engineering team stayed on Jira), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Oct 4, 2026
  26. Comment on: Anyone using Linear for product work?kops212, Reddit commenter (self-described: Company where product leadership owns initiatives in Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Oct 2, 2026
  27. Comment on: Anyone using Linear for product work?j1mtones, Reddit commenter (self-described: Smaller organization that moved from Notion to Linear a year earlier), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Oct 2, 2026
  28. Comment on: Anyone using Linear for product work?AmericanSpirit4, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Oct 2, 2026
  29. Comment on: Anyone using Linear for product work?HustlinInTheHall, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear exclusively after leaving Jira), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Oct 2, 2026
  30. MCP: return explicit null delegate fields for unassigned issuesorchidautomation, GitHub issue author (self-described: Agent integration that prepares native Linear delegation), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Oct 1, 2026
  31. Comment on: How to keep enjoying programming in a world of LLMssuperjose, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team using Linear, Metabase and Datadog), Hacker News comment, published Sep 26, 2026
  32. [Feature Request] Show initiatives, projects and issues together in one custom viewsealab2066, GitHub issue author (self-described: GitHub issue on linear/linear; owns initiatives, projects, and issues), GitHub issue, published Sep 24, 2026
  33. Linear Codex integration not working.MaxAndreassen, GitHub issue author (self-described: Fractional product engineer), GitHub issue on openai/codex, published Sep 24, 2026
  34. Comment on: AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep upheeton, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team that has used Linear for years), Hacker News comment, published Sep 22, 2026
  35. Comment on: Show HN: Self Improving AgentOrchestrator Skilljakelevirne, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Sep 21, 2026
  36. Comment on: AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep upreticulates, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Sep 21, 2026
  37. Comment on: AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep uptheYipster, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Founder of SkyThread and IDCA), Hacker News comment, published Sep 21, 2026
  38. Replacing Linear MCP with linear-cliSHxKM, author of The Big Log, backend developer (self-described: Personal Linear workspace used with Claude), Personal blog post, The Big Log, published Sep 21, 2026
  39. Comment on: Show HN: Share your AI Setup, Learn from othersgarethsprice, co-founder, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Co-founder running local-inference coding agents), Hacker News comment, published Sep 18, 2026
  40. Comment on: A year of Claude Code alongside Hermes and Codex: the problem isn't the coding, it's the 12 tasks every session leaves behindGinjaNinja71, Reddit commenter (self-described: Architect working mostly in .NET), Reddit comment (r/ClaudeCode), published Sep 17, 2026
  41. Comment on: Has AI destroyed product craft at your company too?Sketaverse, Solo founder, formerly led an 80-person product org (self-described: Solo founder running about 40 concurrent agents), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 13, 2026
  42. Automations Not Setting Issue Status On PR Mergeoliverkidd, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team with PR-merge status automations per branch), GitHub issue, published Sep 9, 2026
  43. Comment on: Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?muzani, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Sep 3, 2026
  44. Comment on: Who else fucking hates Linear?Jon_wong_2715, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team that moved from Jira to Shortcut to Linear), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Aug 26, 2026
  45. Who else fucking hates Linear?Unobtainiumrock, Reddit poster (self-described: Personal Linear use), Reddit post and the author's reply (r/Linear), published Aug 25, 2026
  46. Using Linear for waterfall projects with fixed start and go-live dates: how are you structuring it?No-Calligrapher-2421, Reddit poster (self-described: Team running waterfall deployment projects), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Aug 25, 2026
  47. Comment on: Who else fucking hates Linear?rednix, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Aug 25, 2026
  48. 2 suggestions for agentic engSketaverse, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/Linear), published Aug 24, 2026
  49. Issues with Linear integrationelias-vinterholm-42, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/codex), published Aug 22, 2026
  50. The best roadmapping tool for LinearRelative-Calendar162, Reddit poster leading a Linear rollout to about 90 people (self-described: Organization of about 90 onboarding Linear, four roadmap-owning groups), Reddit post and the author's reply (r/Linear), published Aug 20, 2026
  51. Comment on: The August 17 outagemort96, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Has worked with several companies), Hacker News comment, published Aug 20, 2026
  52. Comment on: AI usage patterns in software teams0xbadcafebee, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team adopting AI code pipelines with guardrails), Hacker News comment, published Aug 19, 2026
  53. Issues and Project Templates access when creating with MCPolivierbelhumeur-vlabs, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team creating issues mostly through coding agents and Claude Desktop), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 18, 2026
  54. As a small team, I just think small teams don't need PM SaaS tools anymoreSnooDogs5688, Reddit poster and former startup founder (self-described: Startup of about 10 on Linear; now a two-person team on GitHub issues), Reddit post and the author's reply (r/agile), published Aug 18, 2026
  55. MCP diff comment tools escape raw Markdown before syncing to GitHubTrollgeir, GitHub issue author (self-described: Agent posting code review comments through Linear's MCP diff tools), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 18, 2026
  56. Comment on: Incident with Github.comsebmellen, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team using Linear with GitHub), Hacker News comment, published Aug 17, 2026
  57. We stopped paying for LinearXiaofei Du, oversaw development for a team of about 10 (self-described: Ten-person team with one PM and one designer; later a two-person project), Personal blog post, xiaofeidu.com, published Aug 17, 2026
  58. list_projects limit maxes at 50 while sibling list tools allow 250PedroHenriqueFernandes, GitHub issue author (self-described: Agent sweeping a workspace with a few hundred projects through Linear's MCP server), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 17, 2026
  59. Comment on: 10 years in corporate, moving to a startup, need a new PM toollocalsonlynokooks, Reddit commenter (self-described: PM at an agency), Reddit comment (r/projectmanagement), published Aug 13, 2026
  60. MCP: expose comment delegation metadataTrollgeir, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 12, 2026
  61. [Feature Request] Expose Loops (recurring agent jobs) via GraphQL API & MCPjamesboncek-sqldbm, GitHub issue author (self-described: Workspace managed as infrastructure-as-code over the GraphQL API), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 10, 2026
  62. Comment on: When something fails, how do you figure out what engineering work is actually affected?davy_jones_locket, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/EngineeringManagers), published Aug 9, 2026
  63. Anyone else getting new_ack_timeout when delegating from Linear to Codex Cloud?StructureUnique8391, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/codex), published Aug 8, 2026
  64. Comment on: Stateless MCP has recaptured my interestrutierut, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Aug 5, 2026
  65. Comment on: What did your team outgrow in Linear?EscalateToHuman, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Aug 1, 2026
  66. Question about projects and linking issuesxidi11, Reddit poster (self-described: Enterprise product team), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Jul 28, 2026
  67. feature request: filter issues that were automatically moved from previous cyclepedrofreidinger-azos, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Jul 27, 2026
  68. Custom fields in Linear, to integrate into Workatourielpr, Reddit poster (self-described: Organization using Enterprise Plan), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Jul 27, 2026
  69. Transitioning to Spec-Driven Development via AWS Step FunctionsSpecific-Doughnut413, Reddit poster (self-described: Software engineer working with sensitive health data and ETL pipelines), Reddit post (r/ClaudeCode), published Jul 26, 2026
  70. Comment on: How Do We Stop Vibe Coding?enraged_camel, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jul 24, 2026
  71. The Board Must Not Lie: How My AI Agent Keeps Linear and Jira in SyncMike (nesquikm), author of dev-process-toolkit (self-described: Claude Code plugin that moves Linear or Jira tickets as work progresses), Personal blog post, DEV Community, published Jul 24, 2026
  72. Comment on: Why Software Factories Fail (or: harness engineering is not enough)rglynn, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jul 23, 2026
  73. How do you delegate work?blubrry-pie, Reddit poster (self-described: Early-stage startup building an enterprise app handling sensitive PII), Reddit post (r/EngineeringManagers), published Jul 23, 2026
  74. Comment on: Cyrus is team multiplayer coding agents on your own machinewateralien, Hacker News commenter (not affiliated with Cyrus) (self-described: Team using the self-hosted Cyrus agent with Linear), Hacker News comment, published Jul 22, 2026
  75. Comment on: How do you organize PRDs for agentic development?Jcrossfit, Reddit commenter (self-described: Organization using Claude Code for development), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Jul 20, 2026
  76. How I use Linear to manage agents (and why we should all be building software factories)Fred Jonsson, AI and ML consultant (self-described: Sole Linear user on a US$12 seat; agents work tickets in batches of 3 to 5 parallel workstreams), X article (long-form post), published Jul 19, 2026
  77. Comment on: Ask HN: How do you maintain context across your coding sessions?marssaxman, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Solo developer working with Claude), Hacker News comment, published Jul 17, 2026
  78. How Coinbase Rebuilt Product Development Around AI Agents | Arize Observe 2026Chintan Turakhia, Chief Builder and Head of Coinbase Wallet (self-described: Coinbase engineering, moving to agent-first development), Conference talk, Arize Observe 2026 (YouTube), published Jul 16, 2026
  79. Comment on: How do you track when a feature that spans multiple tickets is actually ready to test?Aromatic-Fee2651, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear), Reddit comment (r/EngineeringManagers), published Jul 15, 2026
  80. Linear is always a lagging indicatorRob Koch, remark.ing author (self-described: Engineer in an organization where leadership uses Linear for visibility; submitted to Hacker News), Hacker News post, published Jul 12, 2026
  81. Comment on: When AI Costs More Than the EngineerDanielHB, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company testing Linear agents that start on every new issue, funded by free AI credits), Hacker News comment, published Jul 6, 2026
  82. How to build a product team OS with Emma BurrowsEmma Burrows, former Stripe UK CTO and CEO of Rezonant (Product-team operating system drawing on Linear and other work sources), Leadership webinar, YouTube, published Jul 6, 2026
  83. Comment on: Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?Bogdanp, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Solo developer with a custom agent harness), Hacker News comment, published Jul 3, 2026
  84. "Copy git branch name" button moves ticket status to Blocked if status is Backlog or TODOjalexakos, GitHub issue author (self-described: GitHub issue on linear/linear, with a screen recording), GitHub issue, published Jul 2, 2026
  85. Comment on: Which GitHub features are needed in a code forge before you can migrate?david_chisnall, Lobsters commenter (self-described: Team on GitHub issues and Projects with public and private repositories), Lobsters comment, published Jul 1, 2026
  86. Comment on: Tell HN: Installing Cursor on iOS irreversibly changes your privacy settingsjmuguy, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company Linear workspace; Cursor user), Hacker News comment, published Jun 30, 2026
  87. How do you keep external clients updated without giving them workspace access?Zealousideal-Can8362, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/Linear), published Jun 30, 2026
  88. Comment on: Codex logging bug may write TBs to local SSDsepistasis, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 22, 2026
  89. Linear Issuesjazzychad, ex-Apple engineer building the NeoCam app (self-described: Uses Linear daily on web, iPhone, and iPad while developing NeoCam), Personal blog post, jazzychad.notes, published Jun 22, 2026
  90. Visually connect sub-issues to their parent on issue boards (Web & Desktop)shurkanTwo, GitHub issue author (self-described: Engineer at Entendix GmbH), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Jun 17, 2026
  91. Comment on: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60Brcleveng, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Developer assigning Linear issues to Cursor), Hacker News comment, published Jun 16, 2026
  92. solving communication between teammates' agentsPerfect_Tangerine432, Reddit poster (self-described: Team using shared Linear), Reddit post (r/ClaudeCode), published Jun 14, 2026
  93. Why Can't Anyone Answer Questions About the Business?Garrett Galow, WorkOS engineer (self-described: WorkOS internal workspace querying Linear, Snowflake, and Notion), Conference talk, YouTube, published Jun 11, 2026
  94. Your Attention Is the Bottleneck, Not Your Agents - Zack Proser, WorkOSZack Proser, WorkOS (self-described: Personal agent workflow at WorkOS, Claude Code with Slack and Linear via MCP), Conference talk, AI Engineer (YouTube), published Jun 11, 2026
  95. An engineer you manage from a group chatShashank Singla, Niptao (self-described: Niptao, four-person group; Claude Code loop working Linear tickets through MCP), Engineering blog post, Niptao blog, published Jun 10, 2026
  96. Comment on: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?marcinignac, Hacker News commenter, runs a company with client projects (self-described: Company with about 20 internal and client repositories), Hacker News comment, published Jun 8, 2026
  97. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownport11, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team that adopted Linear in 2021), Hacker News comment, published Jun 8, 2026
  98. Codex delegate creates session/linkback but no visible cloud task result after @Codexomarpinarecords, GitHub issue author (self-described: Workspace with the Codex integration), GitHub issue, published Jun 7, 2026
  99. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownnilirl, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  100. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownKeyframe, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  101. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownvictor9000, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  102. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownjwr, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Paying Linear customer), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  103. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownandersonklando, Heavy Linear user for a personal project and Jira enterprise user (self-described: Personal project; Jira at work), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  104. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownepolanski, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Has worked in Trello, Azure DevOps, Linear, and Jira), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  105. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownHoyaSaxa, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Linear at work), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  106. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownricardobeat, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Works daily in Linear), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  107. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownherpdyderp, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  108. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownSenHeng, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Linear for work and personal projects), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  109. Comment on: How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownryukoposting, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Previous employer), Hacker News comment, published Jun 7, 2026
  110. Comment on: Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?browningstreet, Solopreneur (self-described: Many independent projects), Hacker News comment, published Jun 6, 2026
  111. [Feature Request] (Reviews) Be able to select a default PR merge strategyrubenbullit, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team with release branches merging from Linear Reviews), GitHub issue, published Jun 5, 2026
  112. Comment on: Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?0xbadcafebee, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Linear at work with OpenCode and MCP servers), Hacker News comment, published Jun 5, 2026
  113. Comment on: [Feature Request] Expose sortOrder (manual backlog position) in MCP tools for read and writejimmyp, GitHub commenter (self-described: Developer using agents to spec work), GitHub issue comment, published Jun 4, 2026
  114. Comment on: Cloud Agents are impressive, but what tasks are you actually trusting them with?NotARedditUser3, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using cloud agents for PR review), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published Jun 4, 2026
  115. Claude Code + Linear MCP was creating messy tickets. Here's the guardrail I added.Straight_Stomach812, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/ClaudeCode), published Jun 4, 2026
  116. Linear + ChatGPT + Codex workflow = goldenSpecialist-Menu-5688, Reddit poster (self-described: Individual developer managing an application over 80k LOC), Reddit post (r/codex), published Jun 2, 2026
  117. Codex retains wrong worktree/thread binding for Linear-delegated tasks and applies fixes to the wrong local worktreepezezzle, GitHub issue author (self-described: One person developer studio in Switzerland), GitHub issue on openai/codex, published Jun 1, 2026
  118. Comment on: Using AI to write better code more slowlyHyperL0gi, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Codex with the Linear MCP server), Hacker News comment, published May 26, 2026
  119. Comment on: Jira Is Turing-Completepimeys, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published May 25, 2026
  120. AI agents almost refunded 2 of my customers without permissionInteresting-Sock3940, Reddit poster (self-described: Solo SaaS founder), Reddit post (r/SaaS), published May 25, 2026
  121. Comment on: 22% Layoff at ClickUpanematode, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company that switched from ClickUp), Hacker News comment, published May 22, 2026
  122. Comment on: Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5rcleveng, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Hands Linear tasks to Cursor), Hacker News comment, published May 19, 2026
  123. Comment on: Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5khazhoux, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Linear at work), Hacker News comment, published May 19, 2026
  124. Feature request: Allow Linear MCP to switch between multiple projects seamlesslyProjectProgramAMark, GitHub issue author (self-described: Works across client, internal, and side projects in Linear), GitHub issue, published May 17, 2026
  125. Comment on: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile appstavros, Hacker News commenter, Stavros Korokithakis (self-described: Individual; Symphony implemented for Linear and GitHub), Hacker News comment, published May 14, 2026
  126. Comment on: +50k spent in the past 6 months - I can tackle your questionsHassan_W, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/cursor), published May 10, 2026
  127. How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdownDennis Brotzky, web developer (self-described: Linear user since its beta, writing an outside teardown of the app; he has never worked at Linear), Independent technical teardown, performance.dev, published May 3, 2026
  128. Linear Agent Isn't What You Need. Your Agent Was Already in the TerminalFernando Rodriguez, developer (self-described: Solo work with terminal coding agents), Personal blog post, DEV Community, published Apr 30, 2026
  129. Linear Agent SDK cannot spawn cloud agentoleghalin, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on openai/codex, published Apr 29, 2026
  130. Comment on: I spent 6 years building my Kanban as I hated how managers run the boardsdankons, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Small team that moved from Jira about two years earlier), Hacker News comment, published Apr 26, 2026
  131. Comment on: I spent 6 years building my Kanban as I hated how all tools arengrilly, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Four years of Linear across teams), Hacker News comment, published Apr 26, 2026
  132. Comment on: SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60Bfy20, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company of about 25 engineers running Cursor cloud agents on its Linear tickets), Hacker News comment, published Apr 22, 2026
  133. Comment on: Show HN: Broccoli, one shot coding agent on the cloudubercore, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team using Linear with coding agents), Hacker News comment, published Apr 22, 2026
  134. [Feature Request] Expose sortOrder (manual backlog position) in MCP tools for read and writeperelin, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Apr 20, 2026
  135. I stopped asking my engineers for status updates. I just read their agent traces now.davidbun, Reddit poster leading engineering after their head of engineering left (self-described: Company with senior engineers across time zones, all using Claude Code; moved from Jira to Linear), Reddit post (r/EngineeringManagers), published Apr 16, 2026
  136. Comment on: My AI-Assisted WorkflowBossie, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Personal workflow with Claude Code), Hacker News comment, published Apr 15, 2026
  137. Comment on: Gas Town: From Clown Show to v1.0dbbk, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Apr 14, 2026
  138. Codex's Linear integration is always working against master branchIllustratorHaunting1, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/codex), published Apr 13, 2026
  139. Comment on: Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)glerk, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Apr 13, 2026
  140. Comment on: I still prefer MCP over skillstheshrike79, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company where legal reviews MCP connections), Hacker News comment, published Apr 10, 2026
  141. What are your favourite plugins/skills for Claude Code right now as of April 2026?bobo-the-merciful, Reddit poster (self-described: Client team using Linear), Reddit post (r/ClaudeCode), published Apr 10, 2026
  142. [Feature request] Add a pause/resume SLA feature to ensure you can track SLA eliminating external dependenciesppardhi, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Apr 9, 2026
  143. Comment on: With Linear becoming more prevalent in the product world, what becomes the new purpose for product managers?V_Ster, Reddit commenter (self-described: Company that had just moved to Linear, with GitLab), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Apr 8, 2026
  144. Comment on: With Linear becoming more prevalent in the product world, what becomes the new purpose for product managers?Thunder_raining, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team that moved plans into the repository for agents), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Apr 7, 2026
  145. Comment on: Cursor 3athoscouto, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Apr 3, 2026
  146. update_issue status parameter rejects state names, expects UUIDahmed-aisyst, GitHub issue author (self-described: Agent updating issue status through Linear's MCP server), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Apr 2, 2026
  147. Comment on: Are you team MCP or team CLI?trcarney, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Workplace with its own defined Linear workflow), Hacker News comment, published Mar 31, 2026
  148. Comment on: Atlassian is killing Opsgenie and the JSM migration path nearly broke my team's on-call process.Much-Guidance-8560, Reddit commenter managing several teams (self-described: Teams moved from Jira and Jira Service Management to Linear and Linear Asks in Q1 2026), Reddit comment (r/EngineeringManagers), published Mar 30, 2026
  149. Comment on: sidelined at a 50-person startup for trying to fix the chaos. Is it over?Otherwise-Profit5054, Reddit commenter (self-described: 50-person startup where they mandated a ticket for every pull request), Reddit comment (r/EngineeringManagers), published Mar 28, 2026
  150. Comment on: Linear just announced "Issue Tracking is Dead." Their Moat is dry. "i will not promote"CowChicken23, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Claude and Linear MCP), Reddit comment (r/startups), published Mar 28, 2026
  151. Comment on: Linear just announced "Issue Tracking is Dead." Their Moat is dry. "i will not promote"CowChicken23, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/startups), published Mar 28, 2026
  152. Comment on: Linear just announced "Issue Tracking is Dead." Their Moat is dry. "i will not promote"Hephaestite, Reddit commenter (self-described: Individual developer using an LLM and Linear workflow), Reddit comment (r/startups), published Mar 28, 2026
  153. Comment on: Linear just announced "Issue Tracking is Dead." Their Moat is dry. "i will not promote"komokasi, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team with an engineer using Linear skills), Reddit comment (r/startups), published Mar 28, 2026
  154. Linear just announced "Issue Tracking is Dead." Their Moat is dry. "i will not promote"SteveZedFounder, Reddit poster and startup founder (self-described: Early-stage startup using Claude and Codex with a coordinator repository), Reddit post (r/startups), published Mar 27, 2026
  155. Comment on: Linear just announced "Issue Tracking is Dead." Their Moat is dry. "i will not promote"_marcx, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/startups), published Mar 27, 2026
  156. Comment on: Dobase - Open-source, self-hosted workspace with issues, docs, and chatpas, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team that evaluated ClickUp in 2023), Hacker News comment, published Mar 27, 2026
  157. Comment on: Looking for 5-10 Leaders as Design PartnersAromatic-Fee2651, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/EngineeringManagers), published Mar 26, 2026
  158. Feature request: Add bulk issue creation tool for MCP (issueBatchCreate)emirtuncer, GitHub issue author (self-described: Developer syncing codebase issues to Linear), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Mar 26, 2026
  159. Comment on: Linear to Claude to Linear Agentkeyom, Reddit commenter (self-described: Developer using cron based Linear dispatch), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Mar 26, 2026
  160. I Tried to Run Symphony for Real on Rentello. It Broke in Exactly the Right Place.Alessio Masucci, developer (self-described: Rentello project with Codex and Claude orchestrators on a Linear board), Personal blog post, DEV Community, published Mar 26, 2026
  161. Comment on: Linear to Claude to Linear Agenthraun, Reddit commenter (self-described: Developer using Claude and Linear for project planning), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Mar 25, 2026
  162. Comment on: Issue Tracking Is Deadsevenseacat, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Current Linear user), Hacker News comment, published Mar 25, 2026
  163. Comment on: Issue Tracking Is Deadobiefernandez, Hacker News commenter (self-described: ZAR product engineering, which replaced Linear with a homegrown experiment-tracking system), Hacker News comment, published Mar 24, 2026
  164. Comment on: Issue Tracking Is Deadsteve_adams_86, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Software developer at Hakai Institute), Hacker News comment, published Mar 24, 2026
  165. An agent orchestrator built by the agents it managesParabola2112, Reddit poster (self-described: Rust developer building an OpenAI Symphony implementation), Reddit post (r/codex), published Mar 23, 2026
  166. How we built a Linear coding agent: the hard partsIdo Shamun, daily.dev (daily.dev engineering, which logs bugs, feedback, and feature work in Linear and built Huginn, an in-house agent on Linear's Agent API), Engineering blog post, daily.dev, published Mar 23, 2026
  167. Comment on: Ask HN: Are you using a Pivotal Tracker successor? Which one?izajahmad, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Engineering projects; small projects on GitHub Projects), Hacker News comment, published Mar 20, 2026
  168. No way to distinguish @mention-triggered from assignment-triggered AgentSessionEvent webhooksstepandel, GitHub issue author (self-described: Builds an agent app on Linear's agent session webhooks), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Mar 19, 2026
  169. Comment on: Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?clintonb, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company running Coder.com and Linear), Hacker News comment, published Mar 16, 2026
  170. Comment on: Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AIdeathanatos, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company uses Linear), Hacker News comment, published Mar 12, 2026
  171. Comment on: Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AItech_tuna, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Long-time Jira user), Hacker News comment, published Mar 12, 2026
  172. Comment on: Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AIPoachedEggs, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Jira and Linear), Hacker News comment, published Mar 12, 2026
  173. Anyone else having trouble with the UI?roastedtuna, Reddit poster (self-described: Team that switched from ClickUp to Linear), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Mar 11, 2026
  174. Comment on: Searching for the Agentic IDEpjm331, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 11, 2026
  175. Loom vs Linear: A tale of two AI-citiesJames Pember, Chief Product Officer at Komo Technologies (self-described: Personal use with OpenClaw agents and cheap models), Newsletter post, James Pember on Substack, published Mar 10, 2026
  176. Comment on: Anyone successfully using Automations for Slack-to-PR workflows yet?anObscurity, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear and Cursor agents), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published Mar 9, 2026
  177. Comment on: Cloud agents + AI code review have completely changed how our team ships bug fixes (Slack → Linear → Cursor → GitHub → merged in <1 hour)mmaskani, Reddit commenter (self-described: Startup CTO), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published Mar 7, 2026
  178. Claude Code Linear Plugin: blockedBy relations include completed/resolved issueszebdro, GitHub issue author (self-described: Engineer at Northbooks), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Mar 6, 2026
  179. Designing human-agent engineering teamsnihal_was_here, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/EngineeringManagers), published Mar 5, 2026
  180. Our team finally let go of the last few tickets on Jira and completely moved to LinearAkshay Chugh, product lead at Coinbase India (self-described: Coinbase India product team, after finishing its move from Jira), X post, published Mar 5, 2026
  181. Auto-archiving of completed issues not workingFlagrare, GitHub issue author (self-described: Free-plan workspace with auto-archive set to one month), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Mar 5, 2026
  182. save_project MCP tool only supports a single teamjuliettefournier-econ, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 28, 2026
  183. Feature request: configurable default tab for projectstscaramel, GitHub issue author, self-described, GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 27, 2026
  184. Our migration to Linear was simple. Delete and start fresh.Chintan Turakhia, Chief Builder and Head of Coinbase Wallet (Coinbase, in his own post on X about how the team moved to Linear), X post, published Feb 27, 2026
  185. Comment on: Ask HN: Share your productive usage of OpenClawmaebert, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team running a shared OpenClaw agent in group chat), Hacker News comment, published Feb 25, 2026
  186. MCP Server: update_issue tool returns -32602 'Tool not found' despite being listed in tools/listmkbctrl, GitHub issue author (self-described: Claude Code calling Linear's hosted MCP server with an API key), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 25, 2026
  187. Marketing with AI Agents - Why I Left Linear for FPTom Granot, SyntaxGTM YouTube channel (self-described: Marketing campaigns run with Claude Code; uses the Linear CLI), Video, YouTube, published Feb 24, 2026
  188. Management theory from the 1970s applies surprisingly well to managing AI agents in 2026rllngstn, Reddit poster (self-described: Solo startup founder), Reddit post (r/ExperiencedDevs), published Feb 19, 2026
  189. How we reached bug zero using LinearMichael Sukkarieh, Sourcebot (self-described: Sourcebot, open source startup after YC), Engineering blog post, Sourcebot blog, published Feb 19, 2026
  190. Comment on: Anyone automating the gap between Linear tickets and actual implementation?lord_braleigh, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear Agents and Cursor Cloud Agents), Reddit comment (r/ExperiencedDevs), published Feb 16, 2026
  191. Anyone automating the gap between Linear tickets and actual implementation?Eyoba_19, Reddit poster (self-described: Team with a backlog of well-scoped tickets left idle), Reddit post and the author's reply (r/ExperiencedDevs), published Feb 16, 2026
  192. Building a Linear-Driven Agent Loop with Claude CodeDamian Galarza, developer building Tracewell AI (self-described: A bash loop that runs Claude Code against his Linear project through the Linear MCP, one issue per session), Personal blog post, damiangalarza.com, published Feb 13, 2026
  193. [Feature request] Pull Request Reviews for (self-hosted) GitLabheyshowshana, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team on a self-hosted GitLab instance), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 11, 2026
  194. [Proposal] Redesign MCP tools around user tasks, not API endpointsitsuki-terada, GitHub issue author (self-described: Developer using Linear with AI coding agents), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 9, 2026
  195. Claude Code + Linear (Coding Agent Workflow)Owain Lewis, YouTube creator (self-described: Personal Linear workspace with Claude Code via MCP), Video, YouTube, published Feb 7, 2026
  196. Comment on: AI is killing B2B SaaS9dev, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team that moved off Jira), Hacker News comment, published Feb 4, 2026
  197. So We Built Our Own Agentic Developer…and then the CEO shipped a featureNick Crum, Fullscript Engineering (self-described: Fullscript engineering, Linear for issues and self-hosted GitLab for code, with an in-house agent called Nitro), Engineering blog post, Fullscript Builder's Corner, published Feb 3, 2026
  198. [Feature Request] - Filter on project membersdui-sellpy, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team using projects and current-cycle views for standups), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 2, 2026
  199. How to use Cursor and Linear to be a product team soloFuns Janssen, Software Consultant (self-described: Solo builder expanding his SaaS Trusthero), Personal blog post, FJAN IT, published Feb 2, 2026
  200. Codex Cloud cannot load screenshot from Linear taskbenglewis, GitHub issue author (self-described: Codex Business user on macOS), GitHub issue on openai/codex, published Feb 1, 2026
  201. Comment on: Track Your Routine - Open-source app for task managementGZGavinZhao, Hacker News commenter (self-described: First used Linear at work, now also for personal tasks), Hacker News comment, published Jan 30, 2026
  202. Comment on: Track Your Routine - Open-source app for task management_bramses, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Individual; Claude Code connected to Linear through MCP), Hacker News comment, published Jan 30, 2026
  203. [Feature Request] - Multiple JIRA syncs in 1 workspace?gcb2018, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team working between two third parties that each run Jira), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Jan 28, 2026
  204. My Claude Code'd App just hit 1750 users, here's how I did it:Additional-Mark8967, Reddit poster (self-described: AI SEO content generator with 1750 users), Reddit post (r/ClaudeCode), published Jan 28, 2026
  205. Comment on: Agent orchestration for the timidmyleshenderson, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Solo developer with a light agent orchestrator), Hacker News comment, published Jan 25, 2026
  206. Comment on: For those using Linear, what are you guys using for product prioritization/planning?Less-Sentence-1723, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team switched from Atlassian to Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Jan 20, 2026
  207. Using AI to capture ideas from customer callsImaginationInFocus, Reddit poster (self-described: Team building an AI agent for customer calls), Reddit post (r/ProductManagement), published Jan 14, 2026
  208. Comment on: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teamscmrdporcupine, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team that just rolled out Linear), Hacker News comment, published Jan 13, 2026
  209. I forced our team to stop creating tickets (on Linear in our case)Varunram Ganesh, founder of Trylapis (YC F25) (self-described: Trylapis, a YC startup team that stopped filing Linear tickets and coordinates on Slack), X post, published Jan 8, 2026
  210. Comment on: Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus farmegalomanu, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Small team that wired Claude Code into its pull request flow through a shared CLAUDE.md), Hacker News comment, published Jan 7, 2026
  211. Comment on: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phoneharlanlewis, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Hobby projects), Hacker News comment, published Jan 6, 2026
  212. Insights are useless unless you upgrade to Enterprise?Capital-Barnacle2255, Reddit poster (self-described: Team on the Linear Business plan), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Jan 5, 2026
  213. Comment on: Hacker News comment (parent story removed)lijok, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Engineering team learning to orchestrate agents on Bedrock), Hacker News comment, published Dec 31, 2025
  214. Comment on: Looking for Honest experiences about Linear Appii-_-, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team using Linear and Notion), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Dec 30, 2025
  215. Comment on: Karpathy on Programming: "I've never felt this much behind"packetlost, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company with an ops person building internal dashboards), Hacker News comment, published Dec 30, 2025
  216. Comment on: Looking for Honest experiences about Linear Appmaltelandwehr, Reddit commenter (self-described: CPO and CMO at Peec AI), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Dec 28, 2025
  217. Comment on: Productboard is a lot of work - what would you keep?jecs321, Reddit commenter (self-described: Engineering team using Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Dec 26, 2025
  218. Comment on: Scaling LLMs to Larger Codebasesmstank, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Marketing technologist), Hacker News comment, published Dec 22, 2025
  219. Comment on: Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?jjice, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Dec 9, 2025
  220. Embedding Agents in Linear with Dana LawsonDana Lawson, CTO at Netlify (Netlify CTO presenting an agent embedded in Linear at Lisbon AI), Conference talk, YouTube, published Dec 8, 2025
  221. Time Tracking in LinearUnableGreen3328, Reddit poster (self-described: Team doing nonprofit and for-profit work), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Nov 27, 2025
  222. Claude Code Workflow: My Complete Development SetupDamian Galarza, developer building Tracewell AI (self-described: Works mostly alone on Tracewell AI, with Linear, Sentry, and Claude Code connected over MCP), Personal blog post, damiangalarza.com, published Nov 25, 2025
  223. Comment on: our startup grew too fast and now our processes are chaoscatchthebreeze, Reddit commenter (self-described: Works at a 5,000-person company that uses Linear), Reddit comment (r/devops), published Nov 22, 2025
  224. Forgot to stop sprint in Jira, now our reports are completely messed upJumpy-Evidence-5766, Reddit poster managing boards across five teams (self-described: Company that moved from Linear to Jira; author runs five team boards), Reddit post and the author's reply (r/agile), published Nov 20, 2025
  225. Comment on: our startup grew too fast and now our processes are chaoscosmic-creative, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/devops), published Nov 20, 2025
  226. Comment on: our startup grew too fast and now our processes are chaoscj6464, Reddit commenter (self-described: Has used Linear on teams of more than 20 people), Reddit comment (r/devops), published Nov 20, 2025
  227. Comment on: What if you don't need MCP at all?clintonb, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team sharing MCP config in the repository), Hacker News comment, published Nov 16, 2025
  228. Still Using Linear? Curious - Has Linear Fixed These 3 Things Yet? (Or Are We Still Patching Them With Workarounds?)Mecheter, Reddit poster (self-described: Dev agency managing client work), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Nov 7, 2025
  229. Comment on: Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI. Are we right?Sander_Marechal, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company that recently moved from Jira), Hacker News comment, published Nov 5, 2025
  230. How to Create Visual Reports in Linear/from Linear?kleri3, Reddit poster (self-described: Company on Linear Business plan), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Nov 4, 2025
  231. The Linear Team Made a Good MCPBrett Beutell and Nele Uhlemann, Fiberplane (self-described: Fiberplane's analysis of Linear's MCP server, measured in Claude Code and the MCP Inspector), Independent evaluation, Fiberplane blog, published Nov 4, 2025
  232. Comment on: Looking for a sprint planning tool that doesn't suckVenthe, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/agile), published Oct 28, 2025
  233. Comment on: Notion vs Jira and other PM toolsgitfetchcash, Reddit commenter (self-described: Product manager across teams from 5 to 1200 people), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Oct 20, 2025
  234. Comment on: Has anyone actually tried Devin before?johndoerayme1, Reddit commenter (self-described: Company using Devin), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published Oct 18, 2025
  235. Comment on: Claude Skillsskinnymuch, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Rails and React project builder), Hacker News comment, published Oct 16, 2025
  236. Comment on: Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?kstrauser, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Employer that moved company-wide from an earlier tracker), Hacker News comment, published Oct 12, 2025
  237. Anyone here successfully working with Cursor agents and Linear?Senseifc, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/Linear), published Oct 9, 2025
  238. How do I answer the question, "which people resources free up in mid-October?"Narrow_Cost8429, Reddit poster, self-described, Reddit post (r/Linear), published Oct 8, 2025
  239. Anyone else feel like keeping your team aligned in Linear gets way harder once you hit around four or five devs?Motor_Association493, Reddit poster (self-described: Small dev team), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Oct 8, 2025
  240. Comment on: Anyone else feel like keeping your team aligned in Linear gets way harder once you hit around four or five devs?Valuable_Word_8310, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team of 30 Linear members), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Oct 8, 2025
  241. Comment on: Anyone else feel like keeping your team aligned in Linear gets way harder once you hit around four or five devs?leonardfactory, Reddit commenter (self-described: Small growing team), Reddit comment (r/Linear), published Oct 8, 2025
  242. Comment on: "Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymoretheshrike79, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company that switched from Jira), Hacker News comment, published Oct 8, 2025
  243. Linear for Marketing Teams feat. RudderStackAli McDerment and Eric Dodds, RudderStack product marketing team (self-described: RudderStack's marketing and product teams using Linear for launches and cross-functional work), Customer workflow talk, YouTube, published Oct 4, 2025
  244. Comment on: What plugins or MCPs are you guys using right now that are actually useful?josephspeezy, Reddit commenter (self-described: Marketing specialist, team uses Linear for engineering management), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published Oct 2, 2025
  245. Comment on: Jira/Asana to LinearEconomy_List5060, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team that moved engineering sprints from Jira and Asana to Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 29, 2025
  246. Linear's import of its exported CSV file ignores too muchparnmatt, GitHub issue author (self-described: Moving issues between teams through Linear's own CSV export and import), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Sep 21, 2025
  247. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takesneakysalesman, Reddit commenter (self-described: Organization broadcasting Linear updates to per-project Slack channels), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 13, 2025
  248. Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takebrushali, Product manager of an AI product team (self-described: AI product team of 6, moved from Jira six months earlier), Reddit post (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  249. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeabbazabba75, Reddit commenter (self-described: Company of about 60 that moved from Notion to Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  250. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeImad-aka, Product manager, Reddit commenter (self-described: Uses Linear Projects for product discovery), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  251. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takebetasridhar, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team that switched from Jira), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  252. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeStandard-Feed-9260, Reddit commenter (self-described: Small startup team that moved from ClickUp), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  253. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takezach978, Reddit commenter (self-described: Switched from Jira a few months earlier), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  254. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeWolfgangBob, Startup co-founder, Reddit commenter (self-described: Startup of about 20 with dev, design, marketing, and soon sales teams), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  255. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeGreenSlices, Reddit commenter (self-described: Uses Linear across an organization), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  256. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeCydeSwype, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team with many developers who used Jira before), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  257. Comment on: Been using Linear for 6 months vs Jira - here's my brutally honest takeVasquo, Reddit commenter (self-described: Former Jira user), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Sep 12, 2025
  258. Comment on: Ask HN: What's a modern alternative to Confluence for small dev teams?ivarojha, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Small dev team using Notion for docs), Hacker News comment, published Sep 11, 2025
  259. Comment on: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Companyindemnity, Hacker News commenter, consultant (self-described: Consulting side projects), Hacker News comment, published Sep 5, 2025
  260. Comment on: A staff engineer's journey with Claude Codemakk, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Sep 3, 2025
  261. Comment on: How many project management tools did you try before finding the right PM software for your team?focustools, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team that plans tasks by days and weeks), Reddit comment (r/projectmanagement), published Sep 3, 2025
  262. why do you like it?Fc81jk-Gcj, Reddit poster (self-described: Company merged with another, switched from Jira to Linear), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Sep 1, 2025
  263. Why are milestones inside projects and not initiatives?Olofadell, Reddit poster (self-described: Team runs 1-3 week projects with 1-3 people), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Aug 29, 2025
  264. everywhere at onceLe_swiss, Reddit poster (self-described: Manages many products, company uses Linear), Reddit post (r/ProductManagement), published Aug 27, 2025
  265. Comment on: Best way to handle handoffs between different functions?Commercial_West_8337, Reddit commenter (self-described: Product manager with an engineering team, moved from Atlassian to Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Aug 25, 2025
  266. Comment on: Is Everything Fine with Jira?Equivalent_Story6605, Reddit commenter who moved a startup's development department (self-described: Startup that adopted Jira two years earlier, then moved development to Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Aug 22, 2025
  267. Use Claude Code as Agentarnoopt, Reddit poster (self-described: Team on a Linear project, wants Claude Code on a laptop to fix team bugs), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Aug 22, 2025
  268. Head of Product: drowning in Linear + Slack + Figma + HubSpot… how do you keep a single thread of truth?Swimming_Hunt9739, Head of product at a funded startup (self-described: Startup with Linear for engineering and decisions spread across Slack, Figma, and HubSpot), Reddit post (r/ProductManagement), published Aug 21, 2025
  269. Comment on: What Tools Do You Use to Manage Projects Without Drowning in Admin Work?jcoolwater, Reddit commenter (self-described: 10 developers, 4 QA and product contributors; moved from Linear to Jira for an agile implementation), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Aug 20, 2025
  270. How do you account for PTOs when planning your cycles?Senseifc, Reddit poster (self-described: Team running sprint cycles in Linear), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Aug 19, 2025
  271. Comment on: Our company's systems are a mess of disconnected tools , how do i implement this flow ?not_you_again53, Reddit commenter (self-described: Previous company consolidating seven work-tracking systems, piloted with one team), Reddit comment (r/EngineeringManagers), published Aug 17, 2025
  272. [Bug/Feature Request] Status doesn't change when destination branch is modifiednicolo-barboni, GitHub issue author (self-described: Team with pull request status automations per target branch), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 11, 2025
  273. Comment on: GPT-5 for Developersrcarr, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Aug 10, 2025
  274. Comment on: Ask HN: Has any of the Pivotal Tracker replacement attempts succeeded?maplealmond, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Long-time user of another agile tracker), Hacker News comment, published Aug 8, 2025
  275. Comment on: Linear sent me down a local-first rabbit holewooque, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Linear), Hacker News comment, published Aug 8, 2025
  276. Comment on: Has anyone else been using Height.app? It's shutting down - what are you moving to?Qllervo, Reddit commenter (self-described: Height user from 2021, switched to Linear in 2025), Reddit comment (r/projectmanagement), published Aug 7, 2025
  277. gitlab import is broken - estimates are not allowed to be greater than 64, but gitlab issue exports estimates in secondsmtesch-um, GitHub issue author (self-described: Importing 273 GitLab issues with Linear's CLI importer), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Aug 6, 2025
  278. Linear sent me down a local-first rabbit holeBytemash author, web developer (self-described: Started using Linear two months before writing; building a personal local-first app), Personal blog post, Bytemash, published Aug 5, 2025
  279. Building the platform for agent coordinationTom Moor, Head of Engineering at Linear (Linear engineering leader explaining Linear as an operating system for teams and agents), Conference talk, YouTube, published Jul 28, 2025
  280. Comment on: It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPApaffdragon, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Uses Linear at work; view shared by the commenter's team), Hacker News comment, published Jul 27, 2025
  281. Comment on: Rethinking CLI interfaces for AIAchintyaAshok, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Building toolprint.ai, an MCP guidance layer; self-promotional context), Hacker News comment, published Jul 19, 2025
  282. [Bug] GitHub issue import not workingshortercode, GitHub issue author (self-described: Testing Linear on a personal project to argue for a work trial as a Jira replacement), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Jul 8, 2025
  283. Comment on: how many more AI dev tools are we going to get?phoenixmatrix, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team on Linear and Notion, hands labeled tickets to an AI agent), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published Jun 26, 2025
  284. Comment on: Gemini CLIiddan, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team with PMs and engineers using the Xander agent), Hacker News comment, published Jun 25, 2025
  285. Comment on: Remote MCP Support in Claude Codenvahalik, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 22, 2025
  286. API returns truncated issue descriptions using MCParcofs, GitHub issue author (self-described: Reading long Linear issues through the MCP server), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Jun 22, 2025
  287. Struggling to map ICE scoring to Linear's priority propertypaltium, Reddit poster (self-described: Small team moving roadmap from Notion to Linear), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Jun 20, 2025
  288. Comment on: A practical guide to building agents [pdf]baalimago, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Company using Linear as its ticketing system; hackathon project), Hacker News comment, published Jun 9, 2025
  289. I'm planning cycles wrong and I want to improveIdeoREX, Reddit poster (self-described: Engineering team of 8 SWEs on Linear for 6 months), Reddit post (r/Linear), published May 30, 2025
  290. Comment on: Ask HN: What's the best tool you've used for sprint planning?spoiler, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Software engineer, employer not named), Hacker News comment, published May 29, 2025
  291. In Project View, it is hard to tell which projects belong to which priority levelkurt-rhee, GitHub issue author (self-described: Software and product work in solar, per GitHub bio), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published May 23, 2025
  292. Comment on: Everything’s a bug (or an issue)stevekemp, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Employer-chosen Linear), Hacker News comment, published May 22, 2025
  293. Comment on: Everything's a bug (or an issue)arzmir, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Small greenfield project with 5 to 6 developers), Hacker News comment, published May 22, 2025
  294. Comment on: Ask HN: How do you manage client retainers? Built a tool, curious if usefulwithinboredom, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Consulting practice billing clients by half-day), Hacker News comment, published May 7, 2025
  295. Comment on: Which MCP servers do you use with Cursor?TheJedinator, Reddit commenter (self-described: Developer on a team with a Postgres backend, Linear tasks in Cursor via MCP), Reddit comment (r/cursor), published May 2, 2025
  296. I moved our engineering org from Jira to LinearMorgan Linton, Co-founder and CTO at Bold Metrics (Bold Metrics, whose engineering organization he moved from Jira to Linear), X post, published Apr 30, 2025
  297. How I use Linear to manage my SaaSBrian Casel, SaaS founder (self-described: SaaS product run with two developers and one support person, moved from GitHub Issues to Linear), Video, YouTube, published Apr 14, 2025
  298. Comment on: WebTUI - A CSS Library That Brings the Beauty of Terminal UIs to the Websantiagobasulto, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Founder of DataWars, previously co-founded rmotr.com), Hacker News comment, published Apr 13, 2025
  299. Comment on: Help me tell leadership why we shouldn't use Monday for product managementInterested_3rd_party, Reddit commenter (self-described: Product manager, previous role used Linear for product and engineering), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Feb 28, 2025
  300. Our startup's journey from Notion to LinearJacob Beckerman, co-founder and CEO of Macro (self-described: Macro, an 18-person startup whose engineers moved its tickets from Notion to Linear), X article (long-form post), published Feb 22, 2025
  301. Amp up the stone age-esque automation of Linearravishqureshi, GitHub issue author scaling engineering and product (self-described: New org on Linear; author is a long-time Jira and Confluence user), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Feb 18, 2025
  302. Comment on: Ask HN: Solo Founders: How Do You Stay Organized?mrdependable, Solo founder (self-described: Solo founder; Intercom for customers, Linear for features), Hacker News comment, published Feb 13, 2025
  303. Comment on: Jira/Asana to LinearJumpy-Evidence-5766, Reddit commenter, self-described, Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Feb 8, 2025
  304. Comment on: If your customers don't talk, NPS is a vanity metricMarcelOlsz, Hacker News commenter who has moved several teams to Linear (self-described: Moved multiple teams off their previous ticketing systems), Hacker News comment, published Feb 7, 2025
  305. Comment on: Jira/Asana to Linearpreviaegg, Chief product officer at a fast-growing startup (self-described: Started a new team on Linear, then moved the whole operation to Jira after two years), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Feb 7, 2025
  306. Comment on: Jira/Asana to Linearpraying4exitz, Reddit commenter (self-described: Team that chose Linear over Jira and Asana), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Feb 7, 2025
  307. Constant linear issuesIcy-Victory9882, Reddit poster (self-described: Team using Linear cycles for a few months), Reddit post (r/Linear), published Feb 6, 2025
  308. Comment on: Jira/Asana to LinearFlowRadiant3102, Reddit commenter (self-described: Previous organization moved from Jira to Linear), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Feb 6, 2025
  309. Comment on: Jira/Asana to LinearASHLEYakaASHLEY, Product manager, Reddit commenter (self-described: Current company on Linear after Asana at a previous one), Reddit comment (r/ProductManagement), published Feb 6, 2025
  310. Comment on: Show HN: I built one of my favorite Linear features for GitHub Issuesdayabsm, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Team triaging bugs in Linear with the GitHub integration on), Hacker News comment, published Jan 27, 2025
  311. Switching to Linear was another transformational change in Brex 3.0.James Reggio, CTO at Brex (Brex, in the CTO's own post on X), X post, published Jan 22, 2025
  312. Phasing Out from JIRAReza Khosravi, Co-founder at Galliot (self-described: Galliot, a software agency that moved its teams from Jira to Linear in the second half of 2024), Company blog post, Galliot, published Jan 11, 2025
  313. Feature request: Auto assign an issue to a user when status changesmtebele, GitHub issue author (self-described: Dev team where developers hand issues to a tech lead for review, Argentina), GitHub issue on linear/linear, published Jan 6, 2025
  314. Any tool recommendations for dynamic resource planning?vishnu97, Reddit poster (self-described: Startup using Linear for sprints, synced with GitHub, planning to hire), Reddit post (r/ProductManagement), published Jan 3, 2025

Jan 2025 to Oct 2026.

298 sources from practitioners, by month and sentiment.

The full readExplore all Linear Signals5 praise themes, 6 concerns, 3 points of agreement and 1 disagreement across all three groups, with all 314 sources open to inspect.

Where It Fits

Where does Linear belong in the stack?

Open Where It Fits: the Stack Field and the full map

Linear is Core across Plan, supports Build, Validate, and Ship, and touches Operate.

Business area
Product & Engineering
Function
Software Development
Operating stack
Agentic Software Development
Primary role
Issue Tracking, Planning & Agent Delegation
Linear beside the rest of its stackThe Stack Field, every product on every layer
FootprintLinear across the Agentic Software Development stack. Bar height is its role on each layer.

  1. Plan

    1. Work planning: Core

      Work planning, core. Linear's primary role is work planning: issues, Triage, cycles, projects, and initiatives. Linear Agent drafts projects and issues on every plan, and Triage Intelligence suggests owners and duplicates on Business and Enterprise.

  2. Build

    1. Codebase context: Supports

      Codebase context, supports. Code Intelligence, on Business and Enterprise, lets Linear Agent answer questions from connected GitHub repositories, scoped to each member's repository access, in service of specs and triage.

    2. Coding: Supports

      Coding, supports. Coding sessions run Claude Code or Codex in a cloud environment to return a draft pull request, billed from AI credits. Issues can also be assigned to Cursor, Codex, Devin, or GitHub Copilot. The agents write the code.

    3. Agent runtime: Supports

      Agent runtime, supports. Issues are where people delegate to agents, follow their progress, and add workspace and team guidance; an engineer steers an agent line by line in the editor or terminal.

    4. Tool execution: Supports

      Tool execution, supports. A hosted MCP server, the GraphQL API, webhooks, and an agent platform connect Linear to coding agents and other tools, and Linear Agent can call external MCP servers.

  3. Validate

    1. Debugging: Touches

      Debugging, touches. Sentry and support integrations turn errors and reports into Triage issues, and coding sessions can investigate a bug, but the debugging happens in the agent and observability tools.

    2. Testing: Touches

      Testing, touches. Coding sessions can run tests and capture screenshots or recordings as verification, but Linear does not run or own the team's test suite.

    3. Code review: Supports

      Code review, supports. Reviews show GitHub pull request diffs, checks, and comments inside Linear and sync review actions back to GitHub, while GitHub's review requirements still decide what merges.

    4. Application security: Touches

      Application security, touches. Linear has no code security scanning. Its security controls (SAML, SCIM, audit log, app approvals) govern the tracker itself.

  4. Ship

    1. Source control: Supports

      Source control, supports. Branch and pull request links move issue status automatically, and GitHub Issues sync both ways, but GitHub or GitLab remains the system of record for code changes.

    2. CI/CD: Touches

      CI/CD, touches. Releases, on Business and Enterprise, connect a CI/CD tool so Linear records which issues shipped to each environment. Linear does not build or deploy software.

  5. Operate

    1. Observability: Touches

      Observability, touches. Monitoring and incident tools can file issues into Triage with SLAs on the follow-up, but Linear holds no production telemetry.

Market mapThe layers Linear covers, and who else owns each one.

  1. Work planning & task decomposition

    CorePlan

    • Jira
    • GitHub Issues

  2. Codebase context & intelligence

    SupportsBuild

  3. Coding & implementation

    SupportsBuild

  4. Agent interface & developer runtime

    SupportsBuild

  5. Tool execution & integrations

    SupportsBuild

7 more layers on the full map. Core, Supports and Touches describe coverage. They say nothing about quality.

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  1. GILD ReviewGILD's evaluation, with the buying facts
  2. Research2 pieces
  3. Guides4 guides
  4. Operator Insights7 operator accounts
  5. Where It FitsOn the Agentic Software Development stack
  6. Related Products9 products