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Overview
Agents, also known as “app users”, behave similar to other users in a workspace. Depending on the permissions granted during installation, agents can be mentioned, delegated issues through assignment, create and reply to
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Adding Agents
Workspace admins can install agents by following the setup instructions provided by the agent developer. Find available agents in the Integrations Directory. During installation, you’ll be prompted to choose which teams
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Using Agents in Linear
Agents are designed to work seamlessly alongside human teammates: - Delegate issues to them by assigning the issue to the agent. This triggers the agent to take action based on its programmed behavior. - The human assign
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Guiding Agents
Agent guidance lets you provide instructions that agents will automatically receive when they work on issues in your workspace. Agent guidance provides instructions that help agents work within your team’s conventions. G
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Viewing Agent Activity
You can track what an agent has done in the same ways you track other teammates: - Agent user pages show issue activity and contributions. - In the My issues view, issues that you’ve delegated to agents will still appear
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Building Your Own Agent
Developers can build custom agents using Linear’s developer platform. Documentation on agent APIs, authentication, and behavior can be found in our Developer Docs.
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FAQs
Agents are not counted as billable seats in Linear. The services that provide the agent may have their own pricing structure, and you should refer to their documentation before installing. Linear does not train on custom
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