Linear

Linear

Access the Linear API with managed OAuth authentication. Query and manage issues, projects, teams, cycles, labels, and comments using GraphQL.

Quick Start

CLI:

maton linear issue list -c ABC -L 10

maton api '/linear/graphql'

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'query': '{ viewer { id name email } }'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/linear/graphql', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://api.maton.ai/linear/graphql

All requests use POST to the GraphQL endpoint. Maton proxies requests to api.linear.app and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Installation

NPM:

npm install -g @maton/cli

Homebrew:

brew install maton-ai/cli/maton

Authentication

CLI:

maton login                          # Opens browser for API key
maton login --interactive            # Skip browser, paste API key directly
maton whoami                         # Show current auth state

Manual:

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key
4. Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Connection Management

Manage your Linear OAuth connections at https://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

CLI:

maton connection list linear --status ACTIVE

maton api -X GET /connections -f app=linear -f status=ACTIVE

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections?app=linear&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

CLI:

maton connection create linear

maton api /connections -f app=linear

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'linear'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

CLI:

maton connection view {connection_id}

maton api /connections/{connection_id}

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "{connection_id}",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-04T23:03:22.676001Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-04T23:03:51.239577Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "linear",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

CLI:

maton connection delete {connection_id}

maton api -X DELETE /connections/{connection_id}

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Linear connections, specify which one to use:

CLI:

maton linear issue list -c ABC --connection {connection_id}

maton api /linear/graphql --connection {connection_id}

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'query': '{ viewer { id name } }'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/linear/graphql', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '{connection_id}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If you have multiple connections, always specify the connection to ensure requests go to the intended account.

Security & Permissions

• Access is scoped to issues, projects, teams, cycles, and comments within the connected Linear account.
• All write operations require explicit user approval. Before executing any create, update, or delete call, confirm the target resource and intended effect with the user.

API Reference

Linear uses a GraphQL API. All operations are sent as POST requests with a JSON body containing the query field.

Viewer (Current User)

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ viewer { id name email } }"}

Example:

maton linear whoami

Organization

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ organization { id name urlKey } }"}

Example:

maton linear org view

Teams

List Teams

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ teams { nodes { id name key } } }"}

Example:

maton linear team list

Get Team

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ team(id: \"ABC\") { id name key issues { nodes { id identifier title } } } }"}

Example:

maton linear team view ABC

Issues

List Issues

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ issues(first: 10, filter: { team: { key: { eq: \"ABC\" } } }) { nodes { id identifier title state { name } priority createdAt } pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue list -c ABC -L 10

Get Issue by ID or Identifier

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ issue(id: \"ABC-123\") { id identifier title description state { name } priority assignee { name } team { key name } createdAt updatedAt } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue view ABC-123

Filter Issues

Filter by state type:

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ issues(first: 10, filter: { state: { type: { eq: \"started\" } } }) { nodes { id identifier title state { name type } } } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue list --state started -L 10

Filter by title:

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ issues(first: 10, filter: { title: { containsIgnoreCase: \"bug\" } }) { nodes { id identifier title } } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue list --title bug -L 10

Search Issues

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ searchIssues(first: 10, term: \"shopify\") { nodes { id identifier title } } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue search shopify -L 10

Create Issue

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { issueCreate(input: { teamId: \"TEAM_ID\", title: \"New issue title\" }) { success issue { id identifier title state { name } } } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue create --team-id TEAM_ID -t 'New issue title'

Update Issue

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { issueUpdate(id: \"ABC-123\", input: { title: \"Updated title\", priority: 2 }) { success issue { id identifier title priority } } }"}

Example:

maton linear issue update ABC-123 -t 'Updated title' --priority 2

Projects

List Projects

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ projects(first: 10) { nodes { id name state createdAt } } }"}

Example:

maton linear project list

Cycles

List Cycles

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ cycles(first: 10) { nodes { id name number startsAt endsAt } } }"}

Example:

maton linear cycle list

Labels

List Labels

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ issueLabels(first: 20) { nodes { id name color } } }"}

Example:

maton linear label list

Workflow States

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ workflowStates(first: 20) { nodes { id name type team { key } } } }"}

Example:

maton linear state list

Users

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ users(first: 20) { nodes { id name email active } } }"}

Example:

maton linear user list

Comments

List Comments

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ issue(id: \"ABC-123\") { comments(first: 10) { nodes { id body createdAt user { name } } } } }"}

Example:

maton linear comment list --issue ABC-123 -L 10

Create Comment

POST /linear/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { commentCreate(input: { issueId: \"ABC-123\", body: \"Looking into this\" }) { success comment { id body } } }"}

Example:

maton linear comment create --issue ABC-123 -b 'Looking into this'

Pagination

Linear uses Relay-style cursor-based pagination. The CLI automatically paginates with '--paginate'.

Example:

maton linear issue list -c ABC --paginate

Code Examples

CLI

# List issues for a team
maton linear issue list -c ABC -L 10

# View a specific issue
maton linear issue view ABC-123

# Create a new issue
maton linear issue create --team-id TEAM_ID -t 'Fix login'

# Add a comment
maton linear comment create --issue ABC-123 -b 'Looking into this'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://api.maton.ai/linear/graphql', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `{ issues(first: 10) { nodes { id identifier title state { name } } } }`
  })
});
const data = await response.json();

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.maton.ai/linear/graphql',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={
        'query': '{ issues(first: 10) { nodes { id identifier title state { name } } } }'
    }
)
data = response.json()

Notes

• Linear uses GraphQL exclusively (no REST API)
• Issue identifiers like ABC-123 can be used in place of UUIDs for the id parameter
• Priority values: 0 = No priority, 1 = Urgent, 2 = High, 3 = Medium, 4 = Low
• Workflow state types: backlog, unstarted, started, completed, canceled
• The GraphQL schema is introspectable at https://api.linear.app/graphql
• Use searchIssues(term: "...") for full-text search across issues
• Some mutations (delete, create labels/projects) may require additional OAuth scopes. If you receive a scope error, contact Maton support at [email protected] with the specific operations/APIs you need and your use-case

Error Handling

GraphQL errors are returned in the errors array:

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Invalid scope: `write` required",
      "extensions": {
        "type": "forbidden",
        "code": "FORBIDDEN",
        "statusCode": 403
      }
    }
  ]
}

Troubleshooting: API Key Issues

CLI:

1. Check your auth state:

maton whoami

1. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

maton connection list

Manual:

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

1. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with linear. For example:

• Correct: https://api.maton.ai/linear/graphql
• Incorrect: https://api.maton.ai/graphql

Resources

• Linear API Overview
• Linear GraphQL Getting Started
• Linear GraphQL Schema (Apollo Studio)
• Linear API and Webhooks
• Maton CLI Manual
• Maton Community
• Maton Support