---
title: Linear
description: Mount Linear workspaces, teams, projects, issues, and comments as a Mirage filesystem for Python agents.
icon: chart-gantt
---
The Linear resource exposes Linear workspace data as a virtual filesystem
mounted at some prefix such as `/linear/`.

For API key setup, see [Linear Setup](/python/setup/linear).

## Config

```python
import os

from mirage import MountMode, Workspace
from mirage.resource.linear import LinearConfig, LinearResource

config = LinearConfig(api_key=os.environ["LINEAR_API_KEY"])
resource = LinearResource(config=config)
ws = Workspace({"/linear": resource}, mode=MountMode.READ)
```

## Filesystem Layout

```text
/linear/
  teams/
    <team-key>__<team-name>__<team-id>/
      team.json
      members/
        <display-name>__<user-id>.json
        ...
      issues/
        <issue-key>__<issue-id>/
          issue.json
          comments.jsonl
        ...
      projects/
        <name>__<project-id>.json
        ...
      cycles/
        <name>__<cycle-id>.json
        ...
```

Example:

```text
/linear/
  teams/
    ENG__Engineering__abc123def/
      team.json
      members/
        alice__usr_001.json
        bob__usr_002.json
      issues/
        ENG-123__iss_001/
          issue.json
          comments.jsonl
        ENG-124__iss_002/
          issue.json
          comments.jsonl
      projects/
        Mirage__proj_001.json
      cycles/
        Sprint-12__cyc_001.json
```

Directory and file names embed the Linear ID after `__` so that
resource-specific commands can reference the correct resource without
extra lookups.

### Teams

Each team directory is named:

```text
<team-key>__<team-name>__<team-id>
```

Inside the team directory:

- `team.json` is the normalized team metadata
- `members/` contains one JSON file per member
- `issues/` contains one directory per issue
- `projects/` contains one JSON file per project, including lightweight
  related issue references
- `cycles/` contains one JSON file per cycle

### Issues

Each issue directory is named:

```text
<issue-key>__<issue-id>
```

Each issue directory contains:

- `issue.json` -- normalized issue metadata with command-aligned fields such as
  `issue_id`, `issue_key`, `team_id`, `state_id`, and `assignee_id`
- `comments.jsonl` -- normalized comment stream ordered by `created_at`

`comments.jsonl` is a Mirage representation chosen for shell-friendly
workflows. It is not a native Linear file format.

### Members

Each member file is named:

```text
<display-name>__<user-id>.json
```

Member JSON includes command-aligned identifiers such as `user_id` and `email`
so the value can be reused directly in commands like `linear-issue-assign`.

### Projects and Cycles

Project and cycle files are named:

```text
<name>__<id>.json
```

Project JSON includes lightweight related issue references. Cycle JSON
includes cycle metadata such as start and end dates.

## Cache

The Linear resource uses `IndexCacheStore` (same as Discord and other
resources). There is no separate content cache -- file content caching
is handled by the workspace `IOResult` mechanism.

## Example

See `examples/linear/linear.py` for the full working example.

```bash
# List teams
ls /linear/teams/

# Read team metadata
cat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/team.json

# List issues
ls /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/

# Read an issue
cat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/ENG-123__iss_001/issue.json

# Read issue comments
cat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/ENG-123__iss_001/comments.jsonl

# Extract issue ID with jq
cat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/ENG-123__iss_001/issue.json \
  | jq '.issue_id'

# Read last 5 comments
tail -n 5 /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/ENG-123__iss_001/comments.jsonl

# List members
ls /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/members/

# Read a project with its issues
cat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/projects/Mirage__proj_001.json \
  | jq '.issues'

# Tree view
tree -L 2 /linear/teams/
```

## Finding IDs

IDs are embedded in directory and file names after `__`:

```bash
# Team ID -- embedded in directory name
ls /linear/teams/
# -> ENG__Engineering__abc123   <- team_id = abc123

# Issue ID -- embedded in issue directory name
ls /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/
# -> ENG-123__iss_001   <- issue_id = iss_001

# Member ID -- embedded in member file name
ls /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/members/
# -> alice__usr_001.json   <- user_id = usr_001

# Use stat for structured metadata
stat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/ENG-123__iss_001/issue.json

# Extract fields with jq
cat /linear/teams/ENG__Engineering__abc123/issues/ENG-123__iss_001/issue.json \
  | jq '{issue_id, issue_key, team_id, state_id, assignee_id}'
```

## Shell Commands

Standard commands available on the mounted Linear tree:

| Command         | Notes                                      |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `ls`            | List teams, issues, members, projects      |
| `cat`           | Read .json metadata or .jsonl comments     |
| `head` / `tail` | First/last N lines                         |
| `grep` / `rg`   | Pattern search (file or directory level)   |
| `jq`            | Query JSON fields                          |
| `wc`            | Line/word/byte counts                      |
| `stat`          | File metadata (name, size, type)           |
| `find`          | Recursive search with `-name`, `-maxdepth` |
| `tree`          | Directory tree view                        |
| `basename`      | Extract file name from path                |
| `dirname`       | Extract directory from path                |
| `realpath`      | Resolve path to absolute form              |

## Resource-Specific Commands

### `linear-issue-create`

Create a new issue. Description can be passed via `--description`, `--description_file`, or stdin.

```bash
linear-issue-create --team_key ENG --title "New bug"
linear-issue-create --team_id abc123 --title "New bug" --description "Details here"
cat brief.md | linear-issue-create --team_key ENG --title "Agent bug"
```

| Option               | Required | Description                         |
| -------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `--team_id`          | \*       | Linear team ID                      |
| `--team_key`         | \*       | Linear team key (e.g. ENG)          |
| `--title`            | yes      | Issue title                         |
| `--description`      | no       | Inline description text             |
| `--description_file` | no       | Path to file containing description |

\* One of `--team_id` or `--team_key` is required.

### `linear-issue-update`

Update an existing issue. Description can be passed via `--description`, `--description_file`, or stdin.

```bash
linear-issue-update --issue_key ENG-123 --title "Updated title"
linear-issue-update --issue_id iss_001 --description "New description"
```

| Option               | Required | Description                         |
| -------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`         | \*       | Linear issue ID                     |
| `--issue_key`        | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123)     |
| `--title`            | no       | New title                           |
| `--description`      | no       | Inline description text             |
| `--description_file` | no       | Path to file containing description |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.

### `linear-issue-assign`

Assign an issue to a user.

```bash
linear-issue-assign --issue_key ENG-123 --assignee_email "alice@example.com"
linear-issue-assign --issue_id iss_001 --assignee_id usr_001
```

| Option             | Required | Description                     |
| ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`       | \*       | Linear issue ID                 |
| `--issue_key`      | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123) |
| `--assignee_id`    | \*\*     | Linear user ID                  |
| `--assignee_email` | \*\*     | User email address              |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.
\*\* One of `--assignee_id` or `--assignee_email` is required.

### `linear-issue-transition`

Transition an issue to a different workflow state.

```bash
linear-issue-transition --issue_key ENG-123 --state_name "In Progress"
linear-issue-transition --issue_id iss_001 --state_id state_001
```

| Option         | Required | Description                     |
| -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`   | \*       | Linear issue ID                 |
| `--issue_key`  | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123) |
| `--state_id`   | \*\*     | Linear workflow state ID        |
| `--state_name` | \*\*     | Workflow state name             |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.
\*\* One of `--state_id` or `--state_name` is required.

### `linear-issue-set-priority`

Set the priority of an issue.

```bash
linear-issue-set-priority --issue_key ENG-123 --priority 1
```

| Option        | Required | Description                                                |
| ------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`  | \*       | Linear issue ID                                            |
| `--issue_key` | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123)                            |
| `--priority`  | yes      | Priority level (0=none, 1=urgent, 2=high, 3=medium, 4=low) |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.

### `linear-issue-set-project`

Assign an issue to a project.

```bash
linear-issue-set-project --issue_key ENG-123 --project_id proj_001
```

| Option         | Required | Description                     |
| -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`   | \*       | Linear issue ID                 |
| `--issue_key`  | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123) |
| `--project_id` | yes      | Linear project ID               |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.

### `linear-issue-add-label`

Add a label to an issue.

```bash
linear-issue-add-label --issue_key ENG-123 --label_id lbl_001
```

| Option        | Required | Description                     |
| ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`  | \*       | Linear issue ID                 |
| `--issue_key` | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123) |
| `--label_id`  | yes      | Linear label ID                 |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.

### `linear-issue-comment-add`

Add a comment to an issue. Body can be passed via `--body`, `--body_file`, or stdin.

```bash
linear-issue-comment-add --issue_key ENG-123 --body "Looks good"
cat note.md | linear-issue-comment-add --issue_key ENG-123
```

| Option        | Required | Description                     |
| ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| `--issue_id`  | \*       | Linear issue ID                 |
| `--issue_key` | \*       | Linear issue key (e.g. ENG-123) |
| `--body`      | \*\*     | Inline comment text             |
| `--body_file` | \*\*     | Path to file containing body    |

\* One of `--issue_id` or `--issue_key` is required.
\*\* One of `--body`, `--body_file`, or stdin is required.

### `linear-issue-comment-update`

Update an existing comment. Body can be passed via `--body`, `--body_file`, or stdin.

```bash
linear-issue-comment-update --comment_id cmt_001 --body "Updated text"
```

| Option         | Required | Description                  |
| -------------- | -------- | ---------------------------- |
| `--comment_id` | yes      | Linear comment ID            |
| `--body`       | \*\*     | Inline comment text          |
| `--body_file`  | \*\*     | Path to file containing body |

\*\* One of `--body`, `--body_file`, or stdin is required.

### `linear-search`

Search issues across the workspace.

```bash
linear-search --query "authentication bug"
```

| Option    | Required | Description       |
| --------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| `--query` | yes      | Search query text |

Returns matching issues as a JSON array.