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This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a linear issue", "add a linear issue", "track this in linear", "open a linear ticket", "log this in linear", "create a ticket", or mentions creating an issue for tracking work in Linear.

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Linear Issue Creator

Create Linear issues pre-configured with Todo status, assigned to the current user.

Title Constraints

Linear generates git branch names in the format username/TEAM-123-title-in-kebab-case. With ~18 characters consumed by the username prefix and issue identifier, keep the title 50 characters or fewer and avoid characters that are illegal in git branch names (~, ^, :, ?, *, [, \, spaces, ..).

Good titles (descriptive, short, branch-safe):

  • fix worker crash on empty response
  • add latency percentile to report
  • update auth middleware for compliance

Bad titles:

  • Fix the worker service crash that happens when it receives an empty response — too long
  • Fix: worker crash! — contains special characters

Workflow

Step 1: Determine the team

Call mcp__linear__list_teams to retrieve available teams.

  • One team: use it silently.
  • Multiple teams: ask the user which team the issue belongs to.

Step 2: Confirm the title

  • If the context (current task, error, file, conversation) makes a suitable title obvious, propose one that satisfies the constraints above.
  • Otherwise, ask the user for a short title.
  • Always show the proposed title and wait for the user to confirm or revise before proceeding.

Step 3: Create the issue

Call mcp__linear__save_issue with:

  • title — confirmed title from Step 2
  • team — team from Step 1
  • assignee — "me"
  • state — "Todo"

Step 4: Offer to add to a project

Ask the user: "Do you want to add this to a Linear project?"

  • If yes: call mcp__linear__list_projects with the team from Step 1, present the list, then call mcp__linear__save_issue with id set to the created issue identifier and project set to the chosen project name or ID.
  • If no or no response: skip.

Step 5: Offer to check out the branch

The save_issue response includes a gitBranchName field (e.g. dbermudez/aip-123-title).

Ask the user: "Do you want to check out the branch <gitBranchName>?"

  • If yes: run git checkout -b <gitBranchName>.
  • If no or no response: skip.

Step 6: Confirm

Report the created issue identifier (e.g. AIP-42) and title to the user.