How to integrate Linear MCP with OpenClaw

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Linear

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Linear is a modern issue tracking and project planning tool for fast-moving teams. It helps streamline workflows, organize projects, and boost productivity.

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Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Linear with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Linear via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1500+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Linear with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Go to dashboard.composio.dev
Copy the setup prompt

Copy the setup prompt from the OpenClaw dashboard

Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
Authenticate Linear from the dashboard
Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

bash

openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin

2. Copy the API Key from dashboard.composio.dev

3. Setup OpenClaw Config

bash

openclaw config set plugins.entries.composio.config.consumerKey "ck_your_key_here"

4. Restart OpenClaw

bash

openclaw gateway restart

5. Go to your chat interface and start asking questions.

6. When prompted, authenticate the app and you're all set.

How It Works

The plugin connects to Composio's MCP server at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and registers all available tools directly into the OpenClaw agent. Tools are called by name — no extra search or execute steps needed.

If a tool returns an auth error, the agent will prompt you to connect that toolkit at dashboard.composio.dev.

Configuration

bash

{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "composio": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "consumerKey": "ck_your_key_here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Option	Description	Default
`enabled`	Enable or disable the plugin	`true`
`consumerKey`	Your Composio consumer key (`ck_...`)	—
`mcpUrl`	MCP server URL (advanced)	`https://connect.composio.dev/mcp`

What is the Linear MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Linear MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Linear account. It provides structured and secure access to your issues, projects, milestones, updates, comments, and teams, so your agent can search and update issues, manage projects, create milestones, publish project updates, and configure teams on your behalf.

Issue search and updates: Have your agent find issues by keywords, update their details, and remove labels that no longer apply.
Project planning: Let the agent create projects, adjust existing projects, and associate new projects with the right teams.
Milestone management: Direct your agent to create project milestones with clear names and optional target dates.
Project status updates: Instruct your agent to list, publish, and revise project updates so stakeholders stay informed.
Team and conversation management: Have your agent create or update teams, review workspace comments, and remove reactions from comments.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Linear with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Linear directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
Natural language commands for Linear operations
Managed authentication through Composio
Access to 20,000+ tools across 1500+ apps for cross-app workflows
Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

Try asking OpenClaw to perform various Linear operations
Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities

TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Linear action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Archive issue

Archives an existing Linear issue by its ID, removing it from active views while preserving its data for future reference.

Archive Project

Archives an existing Linear project by its UUID, removing it from active views.

Archive Project Update

Archives a project update in Linear, hiding it from the default view while preserving its data.

Create attachment

Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing Linear issue.

Add reaction to comment

Tool to add a reaction to an existing Linear comment.

Create a comment

Creates a new comment on a specified Linear issue.

Create linear issue

Creates a new issue in a specified Linear project and team, requiring team_id and title, and allowing optional properties like description, assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.

Create issue relation

Create a relationship between two Linear issues using the issueRelationCreate mutation.

Create a label

Creates a new label in Linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.

Create Project

Creates a new Linear project with specified name and team associations.

Create Project Milestone

Tool to create a project milestone in Linear with a name and optional target date and sort order.

Create Project Update

Tool to create a project status update post for a Linear project.

Create Team

Creates a new team in Linear with the specified name and key.

Delete issue

Archives an existing Linear issue by its ID, which is Linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.

Download issue files

Downloads a Linear Attachment record or a private upload embedded in issue/comment Markdown; `file_name` must include the correct extension.

Get a comment

Retrieves a single Linear comment by its unique ID.

Get current user

Gets the currently authenticated user's ID, name, email, and other profile information — this is the account behind the API token, which may be a bot or service account rather than a human user.

Get cycles by team ID

Retrieves all cycles for a specified Linear team ID; cycles are time-boxed work periods (like sprints).

Get create issue default params

Fetches a Linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.

Get Linear issue

Retrieves an existing Linear issue's comprehensive details, including id, identifier, title, description, timestamps, state, team, creator, attachments, comments (with user info and timestamps, use issue.

Get Linear project

Retrieves a single Linear project by its unique identifier.

Get Project Update

Retrieves a specific project update by its unique identifier.

List comments

Lists comments from Linear workspace accessible to the authenticated user.

List issue drafts

Tool to list issue drafts.

List issues by team ID

Tool to list all issues for a specific Linear team, scoped by team ID.

Get all cycles

Retrieves all cycles (time-boxed sprint iterations) org-wide from the Linear account; no filters applied.

List Linear issues

Lists non-archived Linear issues; if project_id is not specified, issues from all accessible projects are returned.

Get labels

Retrieves labels from Linear.

List linear projects

Retrieves all projects from the Linear account.

List Linear states

Retrieves all workflow states for a specified team in Linear, representing the stages an issue progresses through in that team's workflow.

Get teams

Retrieves all teams with their members and projects.

List Linear users

Lists all workspace users (not team-scoped) with their IDs, names, emails, and active status.

List project updates

Retrieves all project updates from the Linear workspace.

Remove label from Linear issue

Removes a specified label from an existing Linear issue using their IDs; successful even if the label isn't on the issue.

Remove reaction from comment

Tool to remove a reaction on a comment.

Resolve comment

Marks a Linear comment as resolved.

Run Query or Mutation

Execute any GraphQL query or mutation against Linear's API.

Search Linear issues

Search Linear issues using full-text search across identifier, title, and description.

Unarchive Project Update

Unarchive a previously archived project update in Linear.

Unresolve a comment

Unresolves a previously resolved Linear comment, marking it as requiring attention again.

Update issue

Updates an existing Linear issue using its `issue_id`; requires at least one other attribute for modification, and all provided entity IDs (for state, assignee, labels, etc.

Update a comment

Tool to update an existing Linear comment's body text.

Update Project

Tool to update an existing Linear project.

Update Project Update

Tool to update an existing Linear project update post.

Update Team

Updates an existing Linear team's settings and configuration.

Validate credential

Validates the Linear API credentials by checking if the authentication token can successfully query the current user.

Who Am I

Return the identity (name, email) of the connected Linear account.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Linear MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Linear tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Linear and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. OpenClaw fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Linear tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Linear scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Linear data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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How to integrate Linear MCP with OpenClaw

Connect Linear without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate Linear with

Why use Composio?

How to install Linear with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

How It Works

Configuration

What is the Linear MCP server, and what's possible with it?

Conclusion

Supported Tools and Triggers

How to build Linear MCP Agent with another framework

Claude Code

Cursor

ChatGPT

Claude Cowork

Antigravity

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Grok Bot

Muse

Codex

Kimi Code

Grok Build

VS Code

OpenCode

Hermes

Atomic Agent

CLI

Google ADK

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

Pydantic AI

AutoGen

Explore Other Toolkits

Google Sheets

Notion

Airtable

Asana

Frequently asked questions

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Linear MCP?+

Can I use Tool Router MCP with OpenClaw?+

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Linear while using Tool Router?+

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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