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Linear, product by product →Linear ships more than one product — each judged line competes in its own arena on the same stories as everyone else.
| Line | Arena | Rank | PA Score | Agent-ready |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linearthis page | Project Management | #1/6 | 49/100 | 56/100 |
Not yet judged (3 — no arena where they compete): Asks · Linear for Agents · Coding Sessions
Verified integrations
Connections to other tracked products — hover a chip for the verbatim evidence quote behind it.
By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →
How well agents can access and operate the product
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →
How much of the product can run unattended
Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflowsevidence →
Building automations — triggers, actions, branching, scheduling
Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaborationevidence →
Working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editing
Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrationsevidence →
Connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrations
Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboardingevidence →
Getting started and time-to-first-value stories
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →
Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories
Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning trackingevidence →
Planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, status
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →
Data-handling and privacy stories
Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insightsevidence →
Stories about reporting insights in this arena
Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurityevidence →
Security posture and hardening stories
Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts
What’s free: 0 free · 1 paid · 0 enterprise · 52 not stated in evidence
Follow the green: where the map greys out is where Linear stops today. ✓ full · ~ partial · ! disputed · — none · n/a not applicable.
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness
How well agents can access and operate the product
API surface
Drive the product through a documented public API
✓9/10
unlocks → Official CLI · See my assigned tasks from multiple project management tools in one unified view · Build custom views and dashboard widgets that feel native to the product
Subscribe to events via webhooks
✓9/10
Build against official SDKs
✓8/10
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent
~6/10
Connect an agent via an official MCP server
✓7/10
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)
~6/10
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy
~5/10
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data
n/an/a
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples
~6/10
Docs for agents
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs
~6/10
Agentic features
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product
✓8/10
unlocks → MCP client
Operate the product with natural-language commands
✓8/10
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools
—0/10
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product
~6/10
Set up automations that run autonomously in the background
✓8/10
Agent access
Agentic features
The documented API rate limits and concurrency caps before building automation at scale
✓8/10
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth
How much of the product can run unattended
Automation depth
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events
✓8/10
unlocks → Have my in-app AI assistant learn my tone, shorthand, and preferences to tailor its output
Schedule recurring jobs or workflows
✓8/10
Perform bulk operations across many items at once
~4/10
Version, review, and roll back my automations
~4/10
Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows
Building automations — triggers, actions, branching, scheduling
Ai task automation
Workflow automation
Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration
Working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editing
Keep project status updated from my design tool without switching apps
—–
Create and organize shared docs and notes alongside my project work
~6/10
Comment directly on specific text or images within an item's description
✓9/10
See teammates' changes reflected instantly across open sessions without refreshing
—–
Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work in
~4/10
Collaborate visually with my team on a shared whiteboard
n/an/a
Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations
Connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrations
Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding
Getting started and time-to-first-value stories
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness
Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories
Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking
Planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, status
Manage my tasks from a full-featured native mobile app without missing desktop functionality
~4/10
Task management
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture
Data-handling and privacy stories
Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights
Stories about reporting insights in this arena
Ai insights
Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity
Security posture and hardening stories
Access control
Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 83/83 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence
Drive the product through a documented public API G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Connect an agent via an official MCP server G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | full | 7/10 | Tprobed | |
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 3 | none | 0/10 | ||
Review AI agent code changes and comment on specific lines from a mobile app, then have the agent iterate P Agent access | engineer | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Subscribe to events via webhooks G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Build against official SDKs G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Have a coding agent auto-detect and install the toolchains and dependencies it needs for a task P Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Have AI break a code diff into focused sections with explanations of what changed and why P Agentic features | engineer | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Have an agent verify its own implementation by navigating the app and capturing before-and-after screenshots P Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Operate the product with natural-language commands G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Restore an AI coding agent's session to any previous checkpoint in its version history P Agentic features | engineer | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
The documented API rate limits and concurrency caps before building automation at scale G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | full | 7/10 | Cclaimed | |
Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the product C Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G Agentic features | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partialpaid | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Cclaimed | |
Use an official CLI G Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Hand off work between tools or agents without losing context or information C Agent access | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 1 | full | 7/10 | Cclaimed | |
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G Api quality | ai-native user | Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness | 1 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
Build trigger-and-action automation rules to eliminate repetitive manual steps C Workflow automation | engineer | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 3 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 3 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Secure organization access with SSO and SAML G Access control | engineer | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 3 | partial | 7/10 | Cclaimed | |
Create and organize shared docs and notes alongside my project work C Docs knowledge | product manager | Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration | 3 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
What happens—extra charges, throttling, or a hard stop—when I exceed my plan's automation or API call limits G Workflow automation | ai-native user | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 3 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Create tasks and assign them to teammates with due dates C Task management | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 3 | partial | 4/10 | Xcommunity | |
Export all of my data in open formats and leave G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 3 | partial | 4/10 | Xcommunity | |
Self-host the core product G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 3 | none | 0/10 | ||
That exporting my workspace preserves full history—comments, attachments, and audit trails—not just task titles C Getting started | product manager | Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding | 3 | none | 0/10 | ||
Break work into subtasks and link dependent tasks so blocking order is clear C Task management | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 3 | none | untested | none yet | |
Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 3 | none | untested | none yet | |
See teammates' changes reflected instantly across open sessions without refreshing C Real time sync | engineer | Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration | 3 | none | untested | none yet | |
The vendor's published uptime SLA and can check real-time incident status via a public status page G Trust reliability | product manager | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 3 | none | untested | none yet | |
Whether my plan enforces a minimum seat count or annual billing commitment before I subscribe G Pricing transparency | product manager | Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding | 3 | none | untested | none yet | |
Comment directly on specific text or images within an item's description C In context discussion | engineer | Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration | 2 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive natively C App ecosystem | engineer | Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations | 2 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Save a filtered view of work and share it with a link C Views organization | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Create a workflow that runs on a schedule or recurring event to handle routine team work C Workflow automation | engineer | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Have AI automatically triage and prioritize incoming bugs and tasks C Ai task automation | ai-native user | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Have AI draft a project or initiative status update from recent activity C Ai insights | ai-native user | Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Require AI-authored commits to be cryptographically signed with my SSH or GPG key P Access control | engineer | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Track initiatives with status, priority, and an owning team C Task management | product manager | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | full | 8/10 | Cclaimed | |
Build multi-step automations without writing code C Workflow automation | product manager | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 2 | full | 7/10 | Cclaimed | |
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 2 | partial | 7/10 | Cclaimed | |
Connect my workspace to thousands of third-party tools via an app marketplace C App ecosystem | product manager | Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations | 2 | partial | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Import my data from another tool when switching over G Getting started | product manager | Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding | 2 | full | 6/10 | Cclaimed | |
Assign granular permissions and roles to control who can view or edit work G Access control | product manager | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Cclaimed | |
Keep tasks bi-directionally synced with my code repository's issue tracker instead of duplicating data C App ecosystem | engineer | Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Cclaimed | |
Track cross-team dependencies to coordinate large launches C Task management | product manager | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | partial | 5/10 | Cclaimed | |
Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work in C Team chat | engineer | Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Manage my tasks from a full-featured native mobile app without missing desktop functionality C Mobile access | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Perform bulk operations across many items at once G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Plan and manage sprints for agile software development C Task management | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Xcommunity | |
Roll up progress across multiple projects into a single portfolio view C Dashboards | product manager | Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights | 2 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Ask AI a question and get an instant answer with citations from my workspace content C Ai insights | ai-native user | Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Build dashboards and widgets to report on project progress C Dashboards | product manager | Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Read the product's source under an open license G | ai-native user | Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
See my assigned tasks from multiple project management tools in one unified view C App ecosystem | engineer | Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations | 2 | none | 0/10 | ||
Collaborate visually with my team on a shared whiteboard C Visual collaboration | designer | Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration | 2 | n/a | untested | none yet | |
Control data retention and deletion G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Customize fields and workflow statuses to match my team's process C Task management | product manager | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
How the product performs and whether item caps apply in workspaces with tens of thousands of tasks C Views organization | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Jumpstart a new project using pre-built templates C Getting started | product manager | Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Keep project status updated from my design tool without switching apps C Cross tool sync | designer | Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Log time directly against tasks and projects C Task management | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G | ai-native user | Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Review an admin audit log of actions taken across the workspace G Access control | product manager | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Search across all tasks, docs, and comments and get fast, accurate results C Views organization | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Switch between board, list, calendar, and timeline views of the same work C Views organization | engineer | Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
The vendor's documented support response times for each plan tier G Trust reliability | product manager | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 2 | none | untested | none yet | |
Create private sub-teams restricted to specific members C Access control | product manager | Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity | 1 | full | 9/10 | Cclaimed | |
Auto-generate a changelog for each release so shipping progress is easy to review C Workflow automation | engineer | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 1 | full | 7/10 | Cclaimed | |
Version, review, and roll back my automations G | ai-native user | Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth | 1 | partial | 4/10 | Cclaimed | |
Build custom views and dashboard widgets that feel native to the product C Extensibility | designer | Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations | 1 | none | untested | none yet | |
Follow a guided walkthrough to set up my workspace the first time C Getting started | engineer | Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding | 1 | none | untested | none yet | |
Have my in-app AI assistant learn my tone, shorthand, and preferences to tailor its output C Ai task automation | ai-native user | Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows | 1 | none | untested | none yet |
Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 51 stories with headroom
What would move Linear’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPlug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools
nonemoves agent-readyimpact 45
All MCP-related evidence (linear-probe-1, linear-docs-67, linear-intdir-4, linear-intdir-6) describes Linear exposing its OWN MCP server so that other tools (Cursor, Claude) can connect TO Linear — the opposite direction from the story, which asks whether a user can plug external MCP servers INTO Linear so Linear's agent can use their tools.
Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesThat exporting my workspace preserves full history—comments, attachments, and audit trails—not just task titles
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
The evidence pack contains no mention of a workspace export feature at all—only import tooling (from other services into Linear) is documented, with nothing about exporting comments, attachments, or audit trails out of Linear.
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesSelf-host the core product
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
Linear is explicitly a cloud-only SaaS with no self-hosting option; a community Q&A cites a direct Linear response stating 'We unfortunately don't currently have plans to provide self-hosting' (linear-comm-10).
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
No evidence in the pack addresses AI training data opt-out or any policy preventing customer data from being used to train AI models; the pack covers agents, integrations, API, and workspace features but is silent on AI training data usage policy.
Security — security posture and hardening storiesThe vendor's published uptime SLA and can check real-time incident status via a public status page
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
Missing: any mention of an SLA commitment, a status page URL, or incident history/uptime reporting.
Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingSee teammates' changes reflected instantly across open sessions without refreshing
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
The evidence pack contains no documentation or community reports describing real-time, no-refresh syncing of teammates' changes across open sessions (e.g., live cursors, instant issue updates, presence).
Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesWhether my plan enforces a minimum seat count or annual billing commitment before I subscribe
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
Missing: any pricing page or plan documentation disclosing seat minimums, billing cadence, or contract terms.
Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusBreak work into subtasks and link dependent tasks so blocking order is clear
nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30
The evidence pack contains no mention of sub-issues, issue hierarchies, or blocking/blocked-by dependency links—core planning-tracking features one would expect docs to cover for an issue tracker.
Showing the top 8 of 51 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.
Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.
Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map8 surfaces · 53 covered stories
Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.
Changelog docs40 stories
- Connect an agent via an official MCP server
- Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent
- Subscribe to events via webhooks
- Hand off work between tools or agents without losing context or information
- Review AI agent code changes and comment on specific lines from a mobile app, then have the agent iterate
- Restore an AI coding agent's session to any previous checkpoint in its version history
- Have a coding agent auto-detect and install the toolchains and dependencies it needs for a task
- Have an agent verify its own implementation by navigating the app and capturing before-and-after screenshots
- Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product
- Set up automations that run autonomously in the background
- Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product
- Operate the product with natural-language commands
- Have AI break a code diff into focused sections with explanations of what changed and why
- Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the product
- Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events
- Schedule recurring jobs or workflows
- Version, review, and roll back my automations
- Have AI automatically triage and prioritize incoming bugs and tasks
- Auto-generate a changelog for each release so shipping progress is easy to review
- Build multi-step automations without writing code
- Build trigger-and-action automation rules to eliminate repetitive manual steps
- Create a workflow that runs on a schedule or recurring event to handle routine team work
- What happens—extra charges, throttling, or a hard stop—when I exceed my plan's automation or API call limits
- Create and organize shared docs and notes alongside my project work
- Comment directly on specific text or images within an item's description
- Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work in
- Keep tasks bi-directionally synced with my code repository's issue tracker instead of duplicating data
- Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive natively
- Connect my workspace to thousands of third-party tools via an app marketplace
- Manage my tasks from a full-featured native mobile app without missing desktop functionality
- Track cross-team dependencies to coordinate large launches
- Track initiatives with status, priority, and an owning team
- Plan and manage sprints for agile software development
- Save a filtered view of work and share it with a link
- Have AI draft a project or initiative status update from recent activity
- Roll up progress across multiple projects into a single portfolio view
- Assign granular permissions and roles to control who can view or edit work
- Create private sub-teams restricted to specific members
- Require AI-authored commits to be cryptographically signed with my SSH or GPG key
- Secure organization access with SSO and SAML
Developers docs23 stories
- Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs
- Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation
- Drive the product through a documented public API
- Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent
- Build against official SDKs
- Subscribe to events via webhooks
- Hand off work between tools or agents without losing context or information
- Operate the product with natural-language commands
- Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the product
- Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples
- Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)
- Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy
- The documented API rate limits and concurrency caps before building automation at scale
- Perform bulk operations across many items at once
- Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events
- Build trigger-and-action automation rules to eliminate repetitive manual steps
- What happens—extra charges, throttling, or a hard stop—when I exceed my plan's automation or API call limits
- Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work in
- Keep tasks bi-directionally synced with my code repository's issue tracker instead of duplicating data
- Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive natively
- Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI
- Export all of my data in open formats and leave
- Create tasks and assign them to teammates with due dates
linear.app7 stories
- Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product
- Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product
- Operate the product with natural-language commands
- Have AI automatically triage and prioritize incoming bugs and tasks
- Track cross-team dependencies to coordinate large launches
- Plan and manage sprints for agile software development
- Roll up progress across multiple projects into a single portfolio view
developers.linear.app6 stories
- Build against official SDKs
- Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the product
- Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples
- Perform bulk operations across many items at once
- Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive natively
- Import my data from another tool when switching over
Integrations docs5 stories
- Hand off work between tools or agents without losing context or information
- Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work in
- Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive natively
- Connect my workspace to thousands of third-party tools via an app marketplace
- Import my data from another tool when switching over
Hacker News3 stories
Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence
1 of 32 testable claims verified · 0 contradicted → integrity 3/100
51 distinct capability claims found in Linear’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.
1
Verified
31
Unverified
0
Contradicted
21
Undersold
Verified (1)
“Linear's MCP supports managing employee access through existing Okta-managed identity.”
Unverified (40)
“Coding agent auto-detects and installs the toolchains and dependencies needed to complete a task.”
Have a coding agent auto-detect and install the toolchains and dependencies it needs for a taskfullproof ↗
“Teams can pin runtime versions, add setup scripts, and define environment variables for agent sessions.”
Have a coding agent auto-detect and install the toolchains and dependencies it needs for a taskfullproof ↗
“Agent navigates the app and captures before/after screenshots to verify its own implementation.”
Have an agent verify its own implementation by navigating the app and capturing before-and-after screenshotsfullproof ↗
“Admins can set workspace-wide and per-user spend limits that reset daily, weekly, or monthly.”
What happens—extra charges, throttling, or a hard stop—when I exceed my plan's automation or API call limitspartialproof ↗
“Teams can assign an owning team to lead an initiative, clarifying responsibility.”
Track initiatives with status, priority, and an owning teamfullproof ↗
“Initiatives support Proposed and Canceled statuses plus priority to signal importance.”
Track initiatives with status, priority, and an owning teamfullproof ↗
“Logging in verifies identity through Okta and applies the user's existing Linear permissions.”
“Admins can manage employee access to Linear centrally without individual sign-in or authorization.”
“Mobile app lets you review agent code changes, comment on specific lines, and have the agent iterate.”
Review AI agent code changes and comment on specific lines from a mobile app, then have the agent iteratefullproof ↗
“Guided Reviews break a code diff into focused sections with explanations of what changed and why.”
Have AI break a code diff into focused sections with explanations of what changed and whyfullproof ↗
“Coding sessions support signed commits via SSH or GPG keys added in settings.”
Require AI-authored commits to be cryptographically signed with my SSH or GPG keyfullproof ↗
“You can build custom agents that investigate incidents, monitor SLAs, or analyze customer feedback.”
Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the productpartialproof ↗
“Release notes/changelog can be auto-generated in pipeline settings so it's always current.”
Auto-generate a changelog for each release so shipping progress is easy to reviewfullproof ↗
“Loops let you describe a recurring job in plain language and run it on a schedule or in response to an event.”
Create a workflow that runs on a schedule or recurring event to handle routine team workfullproof ↗
“Linear Agent can edit text and use Loops to keep docs and project descriptions up-to-date.”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productfullproof ↗
“Linear Agent can write code using Claude Code and Codex, covering triage through shipping in Linear.”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productfullproof ↗
“Project composer lets you develop ideas with the agent before creating a live project.”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productfullproof ↗
“Any filtered view can be shared by copying its URL or a keyboard shortcut.”
Save a filtered view of work and share it with a linkfullproof ↗
“Private sub-teams can be restricted or hidden except to specifically invited members.”
Create private sub-teams restricted to specific membersfullproof ↗
“Initiatives led by private teams are visible only to team members, for confidential planning.”
Create private sub-teams restricted to specific membersfullproof ↗
“Teams can create, add, and organize documents into sections directly from their home page.”
Create and organize shared docs and notes alongside my project workpartialproof ↗
“You can comment directly on text or images inside issue descriptions.”
Comment directly on specific text or images within an item's descriptionfullproof ↗
“Write with Agent drafts a project update by reviewing recent changes and linked Slack messages.”
Have AI draft a project or initiative status update from recent activityfullproof ↗
“You can restore a coding agent session to any previous checkpoint in its version history.”
Restore an AI coding agent's session to any previous checkpoint in its version historyfullproof ↗
“Coding sessions run in the cloud, letting you prototype without setting up a local dev environment.”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationfullproof ↗
“Agent can investigate and attempt a fix for a new issue before it reaches an engineer.”
Have AI automatically triage and prioritize incoming bugs and tasksfullproof ↗
“Conversations and customer feedback are automatically turned into issues that are routed, labeled, and prioritized.”
Have AI automatically triage and prioritize incoming bugs and tasksfullproof ↗
“Data can be imported from other services into Linear.”
Import my data from another tool when switching overfullproof ↗
“Public API is built on GraphQL, the same API Linear uses internally.”
Drive the product through a documented public APIfullproof ↗
“API supports personal API keys and OAuth2 authentication.”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentpartialproof ↗
“Webhooks deliver HTTP push notifications whenever data is created, updated, or removed.”
“TypeScript SDK exposes the Linear GraphQL schema as strongly typed models and operations.”
“Agents behave like workspace users: they can be @mentioned, assigned issues, comment, and collaborate on docs/projects.”
Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the productpartialproof ↗
“Once connected, teammates can delegate issues to a custom agent or mention it in comments.”
Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the productpartialproof ↗
“You can submit your agent to Linear's integration directory to make it available to other workspaces.”
Connect my workspace to thousands of third-party tools via an app marketplacepartialproof ↗
“You can mention @Linear with a natural-language request to have the agent take action.”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsfullproof ↗
“Document creation and editing are available in Linear's iOS and Android apps.”
Manage my tasks from a full-featured native mobile app without missing desktop functionalitypartialproof ↗
“Third-party app approvals let admins review and approve apps before they're installed, on paid plans.”
Assign granular permissions and roles to control who can view or edit workpartialproof ↗
“A JSON manifest format lets you store, validate, or programmatically generate OAuth app configurations.”
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)partialproof ↗
“GitHub Copilot users can assign issues directly to Copilot's cloud agent from within Linear.”
Hand off work between tools or agents without losing context or informationfullproof ↗
Undersold (21)
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docspartialproof ↗
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productpartialproof ↗
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundfullproof ↗
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplespartialproof ↗
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policypartialproof ↗
The documented API rate limits and concurrency caps before building automation at scalefullproof ↗
Perform bulk operations across many items at oncepartialproof ↗
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsfullproof ↗
Build multi-step automations without writing codefullproof ↗
Build trigger-and-action automation rules to eliminate repetitive manual stepsfullproof ↗
Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work inpartialproof ↗
Keep tasks bi-directionally synced with my code repository's issue tracker instead of duplicating datapartialproof ↗
Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive nativelyfullproof ↗
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIpartialproof ↗
Export all of my data in open formats and leavepartialproof ↗
Track cross-team dependencies to coordinate large launchespartialproof ↗
Plan and manage sprints for agile software developmentpartialproof ↗
Create tasks and assign them to teammates with due datespartialproof ↗
Roll up progress across multiple projects into a single portfolio viewpartialproof ↗
Claims outside our story set (10)
Real capability claims found in Linear’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.
“Reviews can be assigned to GitHub teams, appearing in a dedicated Reviews inbox section.”
source ↗“Pinned tabs stay anchored in the tab bar and persist across app restarts.”
source ↗“Assigning an issue to an app sets it as delegate rather than assignee, keeping humans as owners.”
source ↗“A dedicated Priority tab separates work needing attention from what can wait.”
source ↗“Images, fonts, Markdown, and PDFs render directly inside Linear diffs.”
source ↗“Sharing a skill lets a team standardize recurring workflows like specs, planning, or updates.”
source ↗“You can subscribe to events in project views and get notifications in Inbox or Slack.”
source ↗“Issue creation can be opened with pre-filled fields via URL parameters.”
source ↗“An agent must clearly signal its identity so it can never be mistaken for a person.”
source ↗“My Issues shows a dedicated section for delegated issues with coding-session status.”
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