linearis
CLI for Linear.app with JSON output, designed for LLM agents.
Setup
bash
npm install -g linearis
Auth (one of):
- •
echo "lin_api_..." > ~/.linear_api_token(recommended) - •
export LINEAR_API_TOKEN="lin_api_..." - •
--api-token <token>flag
Get API key: Linear Settings → Security & Access → Personal API keys
Commands
Issues
bash
linearis issues list -l 20 # List recent issues linearis issues list -l 10 --team WHO # Filter by team linearis issues search "bug" # Full-text search linearis issues read ABC-123 # Get issue details linearis issues create --title "Fix bug" --team WHO --priority 2 linearis issues update ABC-123 --status "Done" linearis issues update ABC-123 --title "New title" --assignee user123 linearis issues update ABC-123 --labels "Bug,Critical" --label-by adding linearis issues update ABC-123 --parent-ticket EPIC-100 # Set parent
Comments
bash
linearis comments create ABC-123 --body "Fixed in PR #456"
Documents
bash
linearis documents list linearis documents list --project "Backend" linearis documents create --title "Spec" --content "# Overview..." linearis documents read <doc-id> linearis documents update <doc-id> --content "Updated" linearis documents delete <doc-id>
File Uploads/Downloads
bash
linearis embeds upload ./screenshot.png linearis embeds download "<url>" --output ./file.png
Teams, Users, Projects
bash
linearis teams list linearis users list --active linearis projects list linearis cycles list --team WHO --active
Full Usage
bash
linearis usage # Complete command reference (~1k tokens)
Output
All commands return JSON by default. Pipe to jq for processing:
bash
linearis issues list -l 5 | jq '.[].identifier'
Priority Values
- •0: No priority
- •1: Urgent
- •2: High
- •3: Medium
- •4: Low