Connect Claude to the Linear MCP server

Overview⁠

Claude is a conversational AI assistant from Anthropic. By connecting it to Linear via the MCP server, Claude can search, create, and update Linear issues, projects, and comments directly from a conversation.

Setup instructions⁠

Team, Enterprise (Claude.ai)

• Navigate to Settings in the sidebar on web or desktop
• Scroll to Integrations at the bottom and click Add more
• In the prompt enter:
  • Integration name: Linear
  • Integration URL: https://mcp.linear.app/sse
• Make sure to enable the tools in any new chats

Free, Pro (Claude for Desktop)

1. Open the file ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add the following and restart the Claude desktop app:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.linear.app/sse"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport sse linear-server https://mcp.linear.app/sse

then run /mcp once you've opened a Claude Code session to go through the authentication flow.