What is Linear Agent?

Linear Agent is an AI assistant created by Linear to streamline product development. It synthesizes product context, makes recommendations, and takes action directly within Linear, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. The tool helps product teams make faster, more accurate decisions by providing relevant information quickly.

How can Linear Agent help with product development?

Linear Agent reduces the time spent on manual research by pulling relevant data from roadmaps, issues, customer requests, and code. It allows users to find related issues, group them, and extract common requirements to scope out a spec in minutes. This helps teams focus on strategic thinking rather than data aggregation.

What are Skills and Automations in Linear Agent?

Skills are reusable workflows that save effective conversations for recurring tasks like project catch-ups or drafting issues from meeting notes. Automations, available on Business and Enterprise plans, trigger agent workflows automatically when issues enter triage, refining or synthesizing new context without human intervention.

What is Code Intelligence in Linear Agent?

Code Intelligence is an upcoming feature in Linear Agent that expands the agent's understanding to a team's codebase. Once enabled, the agent will be able to understand and assist with technical tasks, further streamlining the development process. Code Intelligence is available on Business and Enterprise plans.

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Q: How do I access Linear Agent?

Linear Agent is available in public beta for all Linear teams. You can initiate queries within the Linear desktop or mobile apps using Cmd/Ctrl + J, or by mentioning @Linear in Slack or Microsoft Teams. All agent features are included at no additional cost during the beta period.

The bottleneck in product development has shifted from execution speed to informed judgment: precisely deciding what to build and how to best allocate team resources. Manual research across threads, backlogs, and customer requests consumes valuable time. Addressing this, Linear has introduced Linear Agent, an AI assistant designed to synthesize this critical context, make recommendations, and take action directly within the product development workflow. This new tool, launched in public beta, empowers product teams to make faster, more accurate decisions by bringing relevant information within immediate reach, according to Linear's changelog.

Quick Stats

Linear Agent is available in public beta for all teams.
All agent features are included at no additional cost during beta.
Automations and Code Intelligence are available on Business and Enterprise plans.
The agent integrates with four major communication and development platforms (Linear app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, mobile).

Streamlining Product Decisions with AI

Product managers often spend hours gathering disparate information to make a single decision. Linear Agent changes this dynamic by pulling relevant data from the entire workspace—roadmap, issues, customer requests, and even code. When starting a new project, for instance, a user can ask the agent to find related issues, group them, and then extract common requirements to scope out a spec in minutes. This process significantly reduces manual research, allowing teams to focus on strategic thinking rather than data aggregation.

The agent operates across various touchpoints. Users can initiate queries within the Linear desktop or mobile apps using Cmd/Ctrl + J, or by mentioning @Linear in Slack or Microsoft Teams. For example, a quick Slack message like "@Linear Make issues based on the discussion here and assign them to me" instantly translates conversations into actionable tasks. This ubiquitous access ensures teams can leverage AI assistance wherever their work happens.