Linear · developer-tools · founded 2019
Linear for humans
Linear is the issue tracker designed like a fast native app: keyboard-first, opinionated workflow, gorgeous graphs. Humans who have suffered Jira feel the difference in a day. The GraphQL API, webhooks, and synced GitHub PRs make it agent-friendly. There is no official CLI of GitHub's stature, which nicks the agent score, but the API quality is among the best in the catalog. Twin Score on this directory is 92 for humans and 86 for agents, using the public rubric (interface, onboarding, human docs, collaboration, support, pricing fairness, accessibility, reliability versus API quality, MCP or tool surface, CLI, structured docs, machine auth, quotas, determinism, and skill packaging). Linear is sold by Linear, founded 2019, headquartered in San Francisco, USA / remote. Pricing in public materials: Free for small teams; Standard, Plus, and Enterprise per-seat. Machine capabilities we record: API excellent, MCP basic, CLI none, docs excellent, auth OAuth and API keys; GraphQL. This page is editorial, not a star rating scraped from users.
Updated 2026-08-01. Editorial, not a user-count rating.
Edited by Edu Tor. Twin Score updated 2026-08-01. Method: methodology and rubric.
Twin page for agents: Linear on Build Something Agents Want.
Capability matrix
This matrix is the same data agents see. MCP is listed only when a real surface exists — we do not fake a manifest.
API, MCP, CLI, docs, auth
| Surface | Level |
|---|---|
| API | excellent |
| MCP | basic |
| CLI | none |
| Docs | excellent |
| Auth | OAuth and API keys; GraphQL |
| SDKs | graphql, http |
Pricing and facts
Free for small teams; Standard, Plus, and Enterprise per-seat. Headquarters: San Francisco, USA / remote. Official site: https://linear.app.
Editorial reviews
- Linear for humans: an editorial Twin Score review — editorial · staff
- Linear for agents: capability notes — editorial · staff