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New controls for Linear coding agent
Coding sessions are the shortest path from issue to diff. Assign a task to Linear Agent, and it works in a secure cloud environment to write and test the code before opening a pull request for review. We’re adding more c
Team organization at scale
As companies grow, it can become challenging to accommodate every team’s workflow within a single workspace-wide system. A Product team may track discovery and development, while Marketing organizes work around campaign
Loops for product management
Elapsed00:00 Remaining time unknown Loops are recurring agent workflows for teams. They now respond to more workspace activity, including changes to initiatives, projects, and cycles. They can also edit Linear documents
Callout components
Use callout components to draw attention to important information in issue and project descriptions, as well as documents. Choose any color, icon, or emoji to match the context. In PR descriptions, Linear converts callou
Priority inbox
An active workspace can create a significant amount of notifications each day, and until now your inbox treated them all the same. The new Priority tab separates what needs your attention from what can wait, so something
Draft projects with Linear Agent
The new project composer lets you develop ideas with Linear Agent before creating a live project. Inside the composer, Linear can pull in relevant context from your workspace and connected tools to sharpen the brief and
Document editing on mobile
Document creation and editing are now available in Linear’s iOS and Android apps. Start a doc while the context is fresh, update a plan as it changes, or fix a detail before it sends someone in the wrong direction, witho
Rich previews in diffs
Images, fonts, Markdown, and PDFs now render directly inside Linear diffs. Reviewers can see the output alongside the code and understand what changed without leaving the pull request. Symlinks are also now supported, sh
Third-party app approvals
As more apps and agents connect to your workspace, admins need control over which ones can access company data. Third-party app approvals are now available on paid Linear plans, allowing admins to review and approve apps
Coding sessions: environments, browser use, and updated pricing
Elapsed00:00 Remaining time unknown Linear Agent can now set up, run, and test your code before returning its work. That means fewer handoffs and changes that are further along when they come back to you. We’re also intr
Configurable environments
Coding sessions now automatically adapt to each codebase’s configuration, with broader out-of-the-box support for Python, Ruby, Go, and more. During a session, Linear detects and installs the toolchains and dependencies
Browser testing
Once the application is running, Linear Agent tests its work where users experience it: in the browser. The agent opens the app, navigates through a flow, and verifies its implementation. It also captures before-and-afte
Transparent pricing
As coding sessions take on more work, costs need to be easy to understand and easy to control. Starting today, coding sessions use a lower-cost pricing model with two components: - Model usage: Tokens are charged at the
Team initiatives
Initiatives are Linear’s way to manage product strategy and high-level planning across projects. Strategy may start at the company level, but teams carry it forward. You can now assign a team to lead an initiative, makin
Coding sessions on mobile
Elapsed00:00 Remaining time unknown Your coding session doesn’t have to stop when you leave your desk. Use the Linear mobile app to review code changes, comment on specific lines, and iterate with Linear Agent. Open any
Guided Reviews are now generally available
Guided Reviews) break diffs into focused sections with explainers on what changed and why. As part of general availability, they are now generated for larger pull requests, with a bigger context window and better latency
Support for GitHub teams in reviews
You can now assign reviews to GitHub teams. Review requests assigned to your GitHub teams appear in a dedicated section of the Reviews inbox. Learn more in the docs.
Signed commits for coding sessions
Coding sessions now support signed commits. Add your SSH or GPG key in Settings to enable signing. Workspace admins can also require users to upload a signing key before using coding sessions.
GitHub Copilot for Linear
GitHub Copilot users can assign issues directly to Copilot’s cloud agent from Linear. Copilot uses the issue context to work in its own development environment, open draft pull requests, and update the issue as it makes
Text attribution and agent-assisted editing
Documents and project descriptions are critical context for your teams and agents. You can now edit text with Linear Agent, and use Loops to keep docs and project descriptions up-to-date. Author name indicators let you c
Introducing Loops
Elapsed00:00 Remaining time unknown Loops are a new way for Linear Agent to take on recurring work for your team. Describe the job in plain language and then choose whether it should run on a schedule or in response to a
Initiative properties
Initiatives define your company’s high-level goals and organize the projects that contribute to them. To help you manage initiatives as your roadmap grows, we’ve added a new set of focused initiative properties: - Propos
Centrally manage access to Linear’s MCP server in Claude
Give employees secure access to Linear and other MCP servers in Claude, without requiring them to authenticate with each server individually. Enterprise-managed Authorization lets Okta administrators manage access and pe
Agent assisted project updates
Elapsed00:00 Remaining time unknown Project and initiative updates keep teams aligned, but writing them means pulling out recent changes from issues, documents, and discussions. Instead of finding that context manually,
Desktop navigation history and pinned tabs
We’ve rebuilt our desktop tabs to make navigation feel fluid and predictable. - Each desktop tab now has its own history stack, so moving backwards won’t navigate you to another tab - Pinned tabs are now a reliable home
Private sub-teams
Private sub-teams organize groups that work together under one umbrella, like independent business units, skunkworks efforts, or teams handling sensitive data like People Ops. When you create a sub-team under a private t
Build agents with Vercel Eve
Vercel Eve is an open-source framework for building custom agents. Build agents that can investigate incidents, monitor SLAs, or analyze customer feedback. You can deploy agents on Vercel with the guided setup, or host t
Release pipeline changelogs
Releases let you plan and track your software releases. Now, you can also keep your team aligned on what’s shipping with changelogs for each release pipeline. These changelogs bring a pipeline’s release notes together in
OAuth application manifests
OAuth application manifests let platforms provide a one-click OAuth app setup experience for users creating integrations. Use URL parameters to send users directly to a pre-filled _Create OAuth App_ form in Linear. An eq
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