# Linear (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-linear)

Linear MCP — wraps the Linear GraphQL API (OAuth)

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/linear-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/linear-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-linear`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/pipeworx-mcp-linear.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/pipeworx-mcp-linear)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-linear`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-linear).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 722 tokens (~144/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Linear MCP server?

Linear runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-linear. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-linear -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-linear
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-linear"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-linear"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-linear -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-linear
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-linear": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-linear"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-linear --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-linear
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-linear:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-linear"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-linear": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-linear"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-linear -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-linear
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-linear"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 83, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-02 (score 67, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-31 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 81, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `linear_list_issues` (~417 tokens)

Browse issues in your Linear workspace, filtered by TEAM, DATE RANGE, state, priority, assignee, project, cycle, or labels — alone or combined. `filter` is Linear's own IssueFilter, so anything IssueFilter expresses works here: filter one team ({"team":{"key":{"eq":"ENG"}}}), a date window ({"updatedAt":{"gte":"-P2W"}}), or several DIFFERENT filter sets at once via `or`. Returns issue ID, title, state, priority, assignee, and URL, newest-updated first.

Input parameters:

- `filter` (string|object): Optional Linear IssueFilter, passed straight through to the issues query. Send it as an object, or as a JSON string — both work. TEAM: {"team":{"key":{"eq":"ENG"}}} (also team.id / team.name). DATE:…
- `first` (number): Number of issues to return (default 20, max 50)

### `linear_get_issue` (~63 tokens)

Get full details of a Linear issue by ID (e.g., "ABC-123"). Returns title, description, state, priority, assignee, labels, comments, and URL.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Issue identifier (e.g., "ABC-123")

### `linear_create_issue` (~102 tokens)

Create a new issue in Linear with title and optional description. Returns issue ID, key, title, and URL.

Input parameters:

- `description` (string): Issue description (markdown supported)
- `priority` (number): Priority level: 0 (none), 1 (urgent), 2 (high), 3 (medium), 4 (low)
- `teamId` (string, required): Team ID to create the issue in
- `title` (string, required): Issue title

### `linear_list_teams` (~29 tokens)

List all teams in your Linear workspace. Returns team ID, name, key, and description.

### `linear_search` (~61 tokens)

Search Linear issues by keyword or text. Returns matching issues with ID, title, state, priority, and URL.

Input parameters:

- `first` (number): Number of results to return (default 20, max 50)
- `query` (string, required): Search query text

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/pipeworx-mcp-linear#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 67
- 2026-11-01: 82
- 2026-10-31: 82
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Linear MCP server?

Linear is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/linear. Linear MCP, wraps the Linear GraphQL API (OAuth). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-linear).

### Is the Linear MCP server safe to use?

Linear scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Linear MCP server expose?

Linear exposes 5 tools: linear_list_issues, linear_get_issue, linear_create_issue, linear_list_teams, linear_search. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 672 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Linear MCP server still maintained?

Linear is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Linear MCP server under?

Linear declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-linear
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-linear
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-linear
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/linear
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/pipeworx-mcp-linear.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/pipeworx-mcp-linear.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-linear/pipeworx-mcp-linear