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Linear ships more than one product — each judged line competes in its own arena on the same stories as everyone else.

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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

60.0/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

59.0/100

Automation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflowsevidence →

Building automations — triggers, actions, branching, scheduling

62.7/100

Collaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaborationevidence →

Working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editing

28.0/100

Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrationsevidence →

Connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrations

34.7/100

Onboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboardingevidence →

Getting started and time-to-first-value stories

10.9/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

15.6/100

Planning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning trackingevidence →

Planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, status

21.8/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Reporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insightsevidence →

Stories about reporting insights in this arena

26.0/100

Security — security posture and hardening storiesSecurityevidence →

Security posture and hardening stories

29.1/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 0 free · 1 paid · 0 enterprise · 52 not stated in evidence

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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 userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full9/10C

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10C

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full7/10T

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Review AI agent code changes and comment on specific lines from a mobile app, then have the agent iterate P

Agent access

engineerAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10C

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10C

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Have a coding agent auto-detect and install the toolchains and dependencies it needs for a task P

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Have AI break a code diff into focused sections with explanations of what changed and why P

Agentic features

engineerAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Have an agent verify its own implementation by navigating the app and capturing before-and-after screenshots P

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Restore an AI coding agent's session to any previous checkpoint in its version history P

Agentic features

engineerAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

The documented API rate limits and concurrency caps before building automation at scale G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full7/10C

Build and configure my own custom AI agent within the product C

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10C

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10C

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10C

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10C

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partialpaid6/10C

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10C

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10C

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Hand off work between tools or agents without losing context or information C

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1full7/10C

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1n/auntestednone yet

Build trigger-and-action automation rules to eliminate repetitive manual steps C

Workflow automation

engineerAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows3full8/10C

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3full8/10C

Secure organization access with SSO and SAML G

Access control

engineerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity3partial7/10C

Create and organize shared docs and notes alongside my project work C

Docs knowledge

product managerCollaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration3partial6/10C

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 userAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows3partial6/10C

Create tasks and assign them to teammates with due dates C

Task management

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking3partial4/10X

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3partial4/10X

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

That exporting my workspace preserves full history—comments, attachments, and audit trails—not just task titles C

Getting started

product managerOnboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding3none0/10

Break work into subtasks and link dependent tasks so blocking order is clear C

Task management

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking3noneuntestednone yet

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3noneuntestednone yet

See teammates' changes reflected instantly across open sessions without refreshing C

Real time sync

engineerCollaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration3noneuntestednone yet

The vendor's published uptime SLA and can check real-time incident status via a public status page G

Trust reliability

product managerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity3noneuntestednone yet

Whether my plan enforces a minimum seat count or annual billing commitment before I subscribe G

Pricing transparency

product managerOnboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding3noneuntestednone yet

Comment directly on specific text or images within an item's description C

In context discussion

engineerCollaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration2full9/10C

Connect common tools like Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive natively C

App ecosystem

engineerIntegrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations2full9/10C

Save a filtered view of work and share it with a link C

Views organization

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2full9/10C

Create a workflow that runs on a schedule or recurring event to handle routine team work C

Workflow automation

engineerAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows2full8/10C

Have AI automatically triage and prioritize incoming bugs and tasks C

Ai task automation

ai-native userAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows2full8/10C

Have AI draft a project or initiative status update from recent activity C

Ai insights

ai-native userReporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights2full8/10C

Require AI-authored commits to be cryptographically signed with my SSH or GPG key P

Access control

engineerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity2full8/10C

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2full8/10C

Track initiatives with status, priority, and an owning team C

Task management

product managerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2full8/10C

Build multi-step automations without writing code C

Workflow automation

product managerAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows2full7/10C

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial7/10C

Connect my workspace to thousands of third-party tools via an app marketplace C

App ecosystem

product managerIntegrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations2partial6/10C

Import my data from another tool when switching over G

Getting started

product managerOnboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding2full6/10C

Assign granular permissions and roles to control who can view or edit work G

Access control

product managerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity2partial5/10C

Keep tasks bi-directionally synced with my code repository's issue tracker instead of duplicating data C

App ecosystem

engineerIntegrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations2partial5/10C

Track cross-team dependencies to coordinate large launches C

Task management

product managerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2partial5/10C

Chat with my team directly inside the same tool I plan work in C

Team chat

engineerCollaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration2partial4/10C

Manage my tasks from a full-featured native mobile app without missing desktop functionality C

Mobile access

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2partial4/10C

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial4/10C

Plan and manage sprints for agile software development C

Task management

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2partial4/10X

Roll up progress across multiple projects into a single portfolio view C

Dashboards

product managerReporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights2partial4/10C

Ask AI a question and get an instant answer with citations from my workspace content C

Ai insights

ai-native userReporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights2none0/10

Build dashboards and widgets to report on project progress C

Dashboards

product managerReporting insights — stories about reporting insights in this arenaReporting insights2none0/10

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2none0/10

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2none0/10

See my assigned tasks from multiple project management tools in one unified view C

App ecosystem

engineerIntegrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations2none0/10

Collaborate visually with my team on a shared whiteboard C

Visual collaboration

designerCollaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration2n/auntestednone yet

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Customize fields and workflow statuses to match my team's process C

Task management

product managerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2noneuntestednone yet

How the product performs and whether item caps apply in workspaces with tens of thousands of tasks C

Views organization

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2noneuntestednone yet

Jumpstart a new project using pre-built templates C

Getting started

product managerOnboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding2noneuntestednone yet

Keep project status updated from my design tool without switching apps C

Cross tool sync

designerCollaboration — working as a team — sharing, comments, roles, simultaneous editingCollaboration2noneuntestednone yet

Log time directly against tasks and projects C

Task management

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Review an admin audit log of actions taken across the workspace G

Access control

product managerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity2noneuntestednone yet

Search across all tasks, docs, and comments and get fast, accurate results C

Views organization

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2noneuntestednone yet

Switch between board, list, calendar, and timeline views of the same work C

Views organization

engineerPlanning tracking — planning and tracking work — issues, sprints, boards, statusPlanning tracking2noneuntestednone yet

The vendor's documented support response times for each plan tier G

Trust reliability

product managerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity2noneuntestednone yet

Create private sub-teams restricted to specific members C

Access control

product managerSecurity — security posture and hardening storiesSecurity1full9/10C

Auto-generate a changelog for each release so shipping progress is easy to review C

Workflow automation

engineerAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows1full7/10C

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1partial4/10C

Build custom views and dashboard widgets that feel native to the product C

Extensibility

designerIntegrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations1noneuntestednone yet

Follow a guided walkthrough to set up my workspace the first time C

Getting started

engineerOnboarding — getting started and time-to-first-value storiesOnboarding1noneuntestednone yet

Have my in-app AI assistant learn my tone, shorthand, and preferences to tailor its output C

Ai task automation

ai-native userAutomation workflows — building automations — triggers, actions, branching, schedulingAutomation workflows1noneuntestednone 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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).

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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).

  7. 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.

  8. 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

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

1 of 32 testable claims verified · 0 contradictedintegrity 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)
Unverified (40)
Undersold (21)
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.

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  • Pinned tabs stay anchored in the tab bar and persist across app restarts.

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  • Assigning an issue to an app sets it as delegate rather than assignee, keeping humans as owners.

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  • A dedicated Priority tab separates work needing attention from what can wait.

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  • Images, fonts, Markdown, and PDFs render directly inside Linear diffs.

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  • Sharing a skill lets a team standardize recurring workflows like specs, planning, or updates.

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  • You can subscribe to events in project views and get notifications in Inbox or Slack.

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  • Issue creation can be opened with pre-filled fields via URL parameters.

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  • An agent must clearly signal its identity so it can never be mistaken for a person.

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  • My Issues shows a dedicated section for delegated issues with coding-session status.

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Free tier; per-seat Basic and Business subscriptions; custom Enterprise; some AI features use purchased credits.

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Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score25 (Sep 1 '26)49 (Sep 14 '26)
Agent-ready8 (Aug 28 '26)56 (Sep 14 '26)

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