A sophisticated AI-driven tool for automating Linear issue triage, sprint planning, and team velocity analysis within your development environment.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install linear-issue-manager
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install linear-issue-manager using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Linear Issue Manager?
The Linear Issue Manager is an advanced integration designed for Openclaw Skills that connects your AI agent directly to the Linear workspace. By leveraging the Linear GraphQL API, it enables autonomous handling of project management tasks such as triaging incoming bug reports, assigning priorities based on technical severity, and organizing backlog items into structured cycles. This skill empowers developers to maintain high-quality issue tracking without the manual overhead typically associated with project maintenance.
Integrating this tool into your workflow via Openclaw Skills ensures that every code change or discovered bug is properly documented and categorized. It bridges the gap between raw development tasks and project management, providing a unified interface for planning sprints, analyzing team performance metrics, and maintaining a clean, duplicate-free issue backlog.
Linear Issue Manager Use Cases
- Automatically triage unassigned issues by analyzing severity signals and suggesting appropriate priority levels.
- Generate structured Linear issues directly from code context, including reproduction steps and suggested fixes.
- Conduct cycle planning sessions by calculating team capacity based on historical velocity data.
- Identify and merge duplicate bug reports using semantic analysis to reduce backlog noise.
- Create comprehensive release notes and user-facing changelogs from completed issues at the end of a sprint.
How Linear Issue Manager Works
- Authentication and Context Discovery: The skill authenticates via the Linear API to map teams, projects, cycles, and workflow states within the workspace.
- Intelligent Triage: The agent reads new issue descriptions to identify critical signals like security vulnerabilities or data loss, assigning priority levels from P0 (Urgent) to P3 (Low).
- Capacity Analysis: It queries previous cycle data to calculate average velocity, helping to recommend an achievable scope for upcoming sprints.
- Issue Lifecycle Management: The skill automates the creation, assignment, and labeling of issues, linking them to relevant code paths or pull requests.
- Metric Aggregation: It generates reports on lead time, cycle time, and completion rates to provide visibility into team health.
Linear Issue Manager Setup
To get started with the Linear Issue Manager for Openclaw Skills, you must provide a valid Linear API key.
- Generate a Personal API key in Linear by navigating to Settings → API → Personal API keys.
- Configure your environment:
# Set the environment variable for the agent
export LINEAR_API_KEY='your_linear_api_key_here'
Ensure the agent has network access to api.linear.app to execute GraphQL queries.
Linear Issue Manager Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes workspace data into structured reports and metadata mappings:
| Data Type | Description | Key Fields |
|---|---|---|
| Triage Report | Categorized list of new issues | Priority, Team Assignment, Labels |
| Velocity Data | Historical performance metrics | Points Planned vs. Completed, Bug Rate |
| Issue Context | Technical details from code | File Paths, Line Numbers, Suggested Fixes |
| Health Metrics | Team efficiency indicators | Lead Time, Cycle Time, Scope Creep |
Linear Issue Manager Advanced Features
- Multi-team support allowing for cross-departmental issue triaging and project tracking.
- Automated duplicate detection that compares semantic similarity between titles and descriptions.
- Real-time cycle risk flagging for issues that are unestimated or blocked by other tasks.
- Integration with Openclaw Skills to automatically generate internal migration notes for breaking changes.
- Dynamic release note generation that groups completed work into user-facing and technical categories.
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