linear-claude-skill MCP — Anwendungsfälle, Installieren & Live-Demo

Warum nutzen

Hauptfunktionen

Encodes Linear's data model: Teams → Projects → Cycles → Issues → SubIssues
Ready-made GraphQL query snippets for the most common reports
Priority, state, and label conventions that the agent applies consistently
Works alongside the official Linear MCP for writes
Markdown-only skill — no runtime dependencies to install

Live-Demo

In der Praxis

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Wählen Sie Ihren Client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear-claude-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Öffne Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Nach dem Speichern neu starten.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear-claude-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor nutzt das gleiche mcpServers-Schema wie Claude Desktop. Projektkonfiguration schlägt die globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear-claude-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Klicken Sie auf das MCP-Servers-Symbol in der Cline-Seitenleiste, dann "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear-claude-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Gleiche Struktur wie Claude Desktop. Windsurf neu starten zum Übernehmen.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "linear-claude-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue nutzt ein Array von Serverobjekten statt einer Map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "linear-claude-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill",
          "~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

In context_servers hinzufügen. Zed lädt beim Speichern neu.

claude mcp add linear-claude-skill -- git clone https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill ~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill

Einzeiler. Prüfen mit claude mcp list. Entfernen mit claude mcp remove.

Anwendungsfälle

Praxisnahe Nutzung: linear-claude-skill

How to run a weekly Linear cycle review with Claude

👤 Engineering managers and tech leads on a Linear team ⏱ ~15 min beginner

Wann einsetzen: Friday afternoon, you need to know what shipped this cycle, what slipped, and what to roll over.

Voraussetzungen

Linear API key or Linear MCP installed — linear.app/settings/api — create a personal API key
Skill cloned — git clone https://github.com/wrsmith108/linear-claude-skill ~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill

Ablauf

Ask Claude to pull the current cycle

Show me every issue in the current cycle for team ENG — grouped by state, with the assignee.✓ Kopiert

→ Table: Backlog / In Progress / In Review / Done with issue IDs
Diagnose slips

Which issues are still In Progress or In Review with 2 days left? Who owns them?✓ Kopiert

→ Per-issue one-liner with risk call-out
Roll over and write the recap

Roll incomplete issues into the next cycle and draft a Slack recap of what actually shipped.✓ Kopiert

→ Confirmation of the rollover + paste-ready recap

Ergebnis: A clean cycle close-out in 10 minutes instead of an hour.

Fallstricke

Claude rolls over issues you meant to cancel — Tell it 'list first, confirm, then mutate' — keep a human checkpoint before writes

Kombinieren mit: github · slack

Triage the bug inbox with prioritization rationale

👤 On-call engineers, tech leads ⏱ ~25 min intermediate

Wann einsetzen: Monday morning, the Bugs project has 40 untriaged items and you need to cut the list.

Ablauf

List untriaged bugs

Find all issues in project 'Bugs' with no priority and no assignee, created in the last 14 days.✓ Kopiert

→ Ranked table with titles
Suggest priority + owner

For each, suggest priority (Urgent/High/Medium/Low) and the most-likely team based on the file paths or labels mentioned.✓ Kopiert

→ Reasoned suggestions, not blanket Medium
Apply the decisions

Apply those priorities and assign to the suggested teams. Confirm before each write.✓ Kopiert

→ Per-issue confirmation

Ergebnis: A fully triaged bug inbox with traceable reasoning per issue.

Fallstricke

Mass-assigning to one person who happens to show up in the last few commits — Limit assignments to team-level, not individual — cheaper to fix later

Kombinieren mit: github

Generate a project status update from Linear

👤 PMs and TPMs running multi-cycle projects ⏱ ~15 min beginner

Wann einsetzen: Before a status review meeting or async update to stakeholders.

Ablauf

Gather project state

Summarize project 'Mobile v2.0': issue counts by state, % complete, and what's changed since last Monday.✓ Kopiert

→ Numeric snapshot + delta
Call out risks

List the top 3 risks — issues blocked, overdue, or with no owner.✓ Kopiert

→ Ranked risks with why
Draft the update

Write a 5-bullet status update: progress, shipped this week, next week, risks, asks.✓ Kopiert

→ Paste-ready paragraph or bullets

Ergebnis: A crisp stakeholder update you didn't have to write yourself.

Fallstricke

Updates become uniformly 'on track' — Force Claude to pick actual risks from stale issues; don't let it round to green

Kombinieren mit: github

Kombinationen

Mit anderen MCPs für 10-fache Wirkung

linear-claude-skill + github

Mirror GitHub issue activity into Linear for tracking

For every issue closed in octocat/api this week, mark the matching Linear issue as Done and leave a comment linking to the PR.✓ Kopiert

linear-claude-skill + sentry

Auto-file Linear bugs from Sentry alerts with proper priority

For every Sentry issue marked 'unresolved' with >100 events today, create a Linear bug in the BACKEND team at High priority.✓ Kopiert

Werkzeuge

Was dieses MCP bereitstellt

Werkzeug	Eingaben	Wann aufrufen	Kosten
cycle-reporting	team, cycle selector	You need a snapshot of a cycle	N Linear API calls (read-only)
issue-triage	filter (project, state, labels)	Weekly bug or backlog grooming	Read-only until user confirms writes
issue-creation	title, description, team, priority, labels	Filing structured issues from meeting notes or Sentry/GitHub events	1 write per issue
project-status	project id	Before stakeholder updates	Read-only

Kosten & Limits

Was der Betrieb kostet

API-Kontingent: Linear API: 1500 requests / hour on personal keys
Tokens pro Aufruf: 200–2000 tokens per report step
Kosten in €: Free — Linear Free and Standard plans both support API access
Tipp: Batch GraphQL fields in one query — saves both rate limit and token budget

Sicherheit

Rechte, Secrets, Reichweite

Minimale Scopes: read

Credential-Speicherung: Linear API key in env var (LINEAR_API_KEY). Never paste into the prompt.

Datenabfluss: api.linear.app only

Niemals gewähren: admin (org-wide write)

Issues, projects, and cycles may contain confidential roadmap info — think twice before pasting into external tools.

Fehlerbehebung

Häufige Fehler und Lösungen

Skill doesn't activate

Ensure SKILL.md exists at ~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code.

Prüfen: ls ~/.claude/skills/linear-claude-skill/

401 from Linear API

Regenerate the API key in linear.app/settings/api; make sure LINEAR_API_KEY is exported in the shell Claude Code runs in.

Prüfen: echo $LINEAR_API_KEY | head -c 6

Rate limit hit during a big report

Ask Claude to paginate with fewer fields; or split the report by team.

Alternativen

linear-claude-skill vs. andere

Alternative	Wann stattdessen	Kompromiss
Linear MCP (official)	You want a JSON-RPC tool surface rather than a prompt skill	MCP gives real tools; skill gives better defaults and reporting prose
Jira skill	Your team uses Jira instead of Linear	Different data model entirely

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