Integrate the Linear Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with Atomicwork to give your AI Coworkers and automated workflows access to a comprehensive suite of issue, project, and team management tools. By connecting this server, your AI Workforce can securely interact with your Linear workspace to automate tasks, manage engineering resources, and collaborate directly within your workspace.
Please note that your AI Coworkers need the MCP server to access Linear tools. For standard workflow automation actions, please set up the integration via the App Store. See Linear: Overview and setup for more details.
Review prerequisites
To connect the Linear MCP server, you must have the following permissions:
Atomicwork admin access: You need organization administrator access in Atomicwork to access the MCP Store.
Linear admin access: You need administrator access in Linear to authorize the OAuth flow and grant workspace permissions.
Connect the Linear MCP server
Follow these steps to set up the integration:
Navigate to Settings > MCP Store > Linear in your Atomicwork account.
Click on the Linear tile and select Connect.
Complete the OAuth authorization flow in the window that appears by logging in with your Linear administrator credentials and authorizing the connection.
View the list of available Linear tools displayed on your screen once the setup is complete.
Understand required permissions
During the OAuth connection process, the Atomicwork-Linear integration requests specific permissions to interact with your workspace. The following scopes are required:
read: Grants read access to all Linear resources (including issues, projects, teams, users, comments, labels, and cycles) across the workspace.
write: Grants write and update access to all Linear resources (such as updating issues, projects, and labels).
issues:create: Specifically grants the ability to create new issues in Linear.
comments:create: Specifically grants the ability to create new comments on issues.
Configure AI Coworker access
After completing the setup, you can control which tools your AI Coworkers can use. This allows you to practice the principle of least privilege by granting only the necessary capabilities to each agent.
Navigate to AI Workforce > AI Coworker > Tools.
Select the specific AI Coworker you want to configure.
Grant granular or complete access to the available Linear tools based on your requirements.
In addition to standard agents, the Admin Assist workflow builder and the coding agent automatically have access to the MCP server while building workflows and writing custom code scripts respectively.
Next steps
Now that you have connected the Linear MCP server, you can configure your AI Coworkers to manage your engineering workflows. To learn more about other available integrations, see our guide on how to connect the Jira MCP server.